Sep
20
As predicted, Taiwan’s bid to join the United Nations failed during the 62nd Session of the General Assembly. It’s the 15th consecutive time that the island nation has submitted a bid and failed.
I’ve had a couple of readers blasting me for the previous post about this issue. But let me clarify my position on this: […]
Sep
18
The Ultimate Political Hack
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Some say Chen Shui-bian is a brilliant politician. That may be true in that he has managed time and again to survive one political crisis after another. But ultimately politicians are judged on their leadership abilities, of which Chen has none.
His latest political trickery is a referendum on whether “Taiwan” belongs in the United Nations. […]