China, Taiwan leaders mark first contact since 1949
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao sent Taiwan counterpart Ma Ying-jeou a telegram on Monday applauding his election as party chief, the first direct communication between leaders of the two sides since the civil war ended in 1949. Taiwan's Nationalist Party (KMT) elected Ma as chief on Sunday, giving him more control...
Honesty and fairness
Extracted fromTan Kin Lian's blog It is important for our society to be operated on the principles of honesty and fairness. The minibond crisis has raised many issues of deep concerns to me, and many other people in Singapore. When I organised the Petition last September, it was very clear that the financial institutions had...
Myanmar: The Lady should be for turning
From The Economist Aung San Suu Kyi is remarkable. But Myanmar’s problems are more than just those of democracy denied JULY 20th marked the 20th anniversary of the day when military rulers first placed Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. The leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement has since spent more than 13 years detained...
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