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Iran's Allies China, Russia Part on Sanctions Talk

Iran's Allies China, Russia Part on Sanctions Talk

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi answers questions after a meeting with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in Paris, 03 Feb 2010
Iran’s key allies, China and Russia, are sending divergent messages on whether to pursue further sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi warned Thursday that talk of additional sanctions is complicating [...]

China to Sanction US Companies That Sell Arms to Taiwan

China to Sanction US Companies That Sell Arms to Taiwan

China has warned of serious repercussions for relations with the United States after the Obama administration’s decision to sell arms to Taiwan.
The Chinese government indicated Tuesday it is still angry over a nearly $6.5 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan that was announced in Washington Friday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu warned that the sale [...]

Full Text Script of Secretary Clinton Speech on Internet Freedom (English, Chinese and MP3 Download)

Full Text Script of Secretary Clinton Speech on Internet Freedom (English, Chinese and MP3 Download)

The prepared text of U.S. of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech, delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. JANUARY 21, 2010

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Thank you, Alberto for that kind introduction. It’s a pleasure to be here at [...]

China Appoints New Provincial Party Chiefs (Biography Added)

China Appoints New Provincial Party Chiefs (Biography Added)

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced on Monday the latest reshuffle of provincial leaders.
Former Party chief of Fujian Province Lu Zhangong was appointed secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the CPC, replacing Xu Guangchun.
Sun Chunlan was appointed secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the CPC.
Former Party chief of [...]

Top Ten Public Grievances of Taiwan

Top Ten Public Grievances of Taiwan

Taiwan Premier Wu Den-yih has appointed RDCE (The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission) to select top ten public grievances of Taiwan socierty by counting votes. RDCE chairman Chu Chin-Peng said on November 20th that the “top ten public grievances” will be collected from telephone interview, E-Government on the Internet, email, petition documents and other channels [...]

Annette Lu: US-China Joint Statement a Serious Warning to Taiwan

Annette Lu: US-China Joint Statement a Serious Warning to Taiwan

Taiwan’s former Vice President Annette Lu said that the joint statement issued by US and China leaders after the summit is a serious warning to Taiwan, but Taiwan’s government insists that it is now the best time for trilateral relations between the United States, China, and Taiwan over the past sixty years.

Lu pointed out that [...]

Bo Xilai and His Red Revolution in Chongqing

Bo Xilai and His Red Revolution in Chongqing

Implying “revolution”, Red has always been used as political color. In Taiwan, the DPP took green, the Kuomintang played with blue, leaving only red color for Shih Ming-teh to name his followers “Red Shirt Army”. The red color matched their “revolution” indeed, it is no wonder that some people doubted whether the “Red shirts” was [...]

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