The China Post January 26, 2012 The China Post news staff–Stable and peaceful cross-strait exchanges are expected to continue in part thanks to the re-election of President Ma Ying-jeou on Jan. 14 and with the anticipated transition of power from Chinese President Hu Jintao to his expected successor, Vice President Xi Jinping, scholars said.   ...
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The Council On Foreign Relations Asia Unbound January 25, 2012 by Elizabeth C. Economy Kong Qingdong has gone viral. The Peking University professor of literature and descendant of Confucius has become an overnight celebrity with his televised rant against Hong Kong. In an interview on CCTV, Kong rails against non-Mandarin speaking Hong Kongers, denounces...
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AFP January 19, 2012 TAIPEI — Taiwan officials said Thursday they have dropped a plan to erect a statue of the Goddess of Democracy, a defining image of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, on an islet in sight of China. The Kinmen county government said the plan was put on hold as it could...
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Focus Taiwan 2012/01/12 Taipei, Jan. 12 (CNA) A member of an international election observer team suggested Thursday that China should be “a friendly neighbor” and respect the result of Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday no matter who is elected.   
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DEBATE:A former US official’s analysis was disputed by several experts, with one saying China may see an internal political crisis before unification could occur Taipei Times January 10, 2012 By William Lowther  /  Staff Reporter in Washington Former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski has listed Taiwan as a “geopolitically endangered species” in an...
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