Exiled Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer may be preparing to take legal action against the Taiwanese government over accusations that they are involved with an Islamic terrorist group. While questions are raised as to whether the group even exists.
It seems like only a couple of days ago since somebody in Japan said/did the last thing to "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people".From the pen of Stuart Biggs, BloombergYukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party
Two Taiwanese tuberculosis patients who sparked a health scare by defying a travel ban to fly to China have been brought back, an official said Tuesday.
It's all Change for some of Taiwan's best know state owned enterprises. As of this week 5 of them are sporting new name. Names which are likely to upset Mainland China.
While such an event would not normally attract the attention of a (right wing/
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro has been invited to attend the opening of Taiwan's answer to the Shinkansen, and Beijing isn't happy about it. Apparently, train inaugurations promote separatism.
Although it is a taboo that it is not often spoken of in public, or at least in the presence of foreigners, one of the key dynamics in the turbulent Sino-Japanese relationship has always been Japan's close post-war relationship with the US.
According to the latest defense reports, China is preparing a nasty surprise of US aircraft carriers, should they try to intervene in a Sino-Taiwanese conflict. But is this fact, fiction, scare-mongering, or a monumental bluff on China's part?
Depending on who you are, and how you read it, the recently released "US National Security Strategy can be interpreted as a step to ensuring greater security, or a very dangerous document. Why not DOWNLOAD it here, in full, and decide for yourself
China is increasingly keen to see the return of artifacts stolen from it by foreigners, and is using both the law and its new found wealth to achieve this end, but is this really doing China any good, or is it nothing more than a nationalist plot?
When it comes to banned films, it appears that the only thing that can prompt Beijing to admit to their existence is a chance to:
A)Denounce them
B)Win face from them
Enter "Brokeback" Mountain, the banned foreign film "with a Chinese heart"
Describing it as being a “just cause”, North Korea has, this weak, released a statement reafirming Pyonyangs support for 一個中國 (The One China Policy), and denouncing any efforts to separate China and its unwilling sibling Chinese-Taiwan.
Despite pledging not to, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian, has Today, officially announced the dissolution of the Sino-Taiwanese "National Reunification Council". A move that comes much to Beijing's ire, and Washington's dismay.