diplomacy

This doesn’t look clever. It may be a great idea to seek better relations with Beijing, but president Ma Ying-jeou’s definition of Taiwan’s relations with China not being state-to-state makes me wonder: what does he hope to achieve with such a concession?
Because a concession it is: the idea that the Republic of China could claim [...]

“Chope Paljor Tsering, the health minister of the Dalai Lama’s government-in-exile, arrived on a low-key visit in Kathmandu on Wednesday from Dharamsala in India to interact with foreign officials, NGOs and Tibetan refugees living in settlements spread across Nepal. He will be in Nepal till October 23.”
Beacon Online, October 12 >>
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Martti Ahtisaari is the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. He will get congratulatory messages from all over the world, but besides those from Namibia and Aceh (possibly), the most heart-felt ones will probably come from Zhongnanhai, Beijing.
I’m not sure if Stein Toennesson knew the final decision already when he alluded that it could [...]

751 Hong Kongers will attend Taiwan’s Double-Ten celebrations on October 10 (anniversary of the Republic of China’s founding day in 1911), according to today’s European Overseas Chinese Europe Journal  (歐洲日報, Paris). Among the celebration guests from Hong Kong will be politicians of the Democratic Party (民主黨) and the Civic Party (公民黨), business people, and the Traditional Chinese Societies [...]

Cheng Yu (鄭優) resigned as chairman of CBS, Shao Li-chung (紹立中) resigned as Radio Taiwan International’s director-general, and Shao’s deputy, Chang Cheng-lin (張正霖), resigned along with them. Four board members also offered their resignations.
The government’s representative at the meeting, Ho Nai-chi (何乃麒), denied that the government had “mobilized the media to force a mass resignation”, [...]