The following panel presentation will occur on May 4, 2005.
Panel: “Issues in International Health” National Press Club Dining Room, 165 Sparks St. (613-596-2105; jbscott58@hotmail.com).12 p.m.
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By Joe Mcdonald
Canadian Press
April 30, 2005.
Taiwan’s opposition leader and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised on Friday to work together to end hostilities between Taipei and Beijing, during the highest-level meeting between the two sides since they split amid civil war nearly six decades ago.
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By Huang Tai-lin
Taipei Times
April 29, 2005.
The president said that until Beijing allows democratic elections and freedom of speech and religion, there is little chance of improved ties.
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Reply from Francesco Sisci (Director of the Institute of Italian Culture in Beijing)
April, 2005.
Dear Mr Bell, thank you for the letter,
You are of course right about Chiang Pin-kung, he came to China and Lian Chan was invited. In writing the article I mixed it up and came up with the mistake. However I think the argument still holds.
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By Wu Ping-ing 吳珮瑛
Taipei Times
April 26, 2005.
The debate over China buying Taiwan’s agricultural produce has polarized public opinion. Most pan-greens believe Beijing’s intentions are malicious, while most pan-blues see this as offering salvation for the nation’s agriculture, or at least a solution to the occasional agricultural surplus.
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By Christopher Bodeen
Canadian Press
April 27, 2005.
Supporters and protesters scuffle with police in the departure lounge at the Chiang Kai-shek Airport as Taiwan’s main opposition party leader Lien Chan boards a flight to mainland China.
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China Daily
March 14, 2005.
Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China.
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China Post
April 24, 2005.
President Chen Shui-bian reportedly has accepted opposition leaders’ upcoming politically charged visits to China as only “civilian trips” that do not need government authorization.
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By Jim Yardley
New York Times
April 23, 2005.
China made clear on Friday, in an orchestrated effort to clamp down on rising nationalist anger, that it would tolerate no more anti-Japanese protests and urged its citizens not to boycott Japanese products.
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AP
April 23, 2005.
A flock of protesters walk through a Tokyo street, shouting anti-China slogans Saturday, April 23, 2005. About 150 demonstrators, many of them Japanese nationalists, marched through a Tokyo neighborhood with a large Chinese population on Saturday to protest anti-Japanese violence in China.
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