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...special focus on Taiwan's biggest trading partner, China. Ma believes that sectors of Taiwan's economy, such as tourism and finance, have been stunted by the island's political standoff with Beijing. (China considers Taiwan a renegade province.) Ma is pushing for an agreement with China that would allow for free flows of capital and services across the Taiwan Strait for the first time. He has already opened the island to mainland tourists and eased restrictions on Taiwan investment in China...
...without any preconditions. Though Beijing has said it would accept him back on those terms, it is possible that the Chinese leadership--mindful of the return of exiles like the Ayatullah Khomeini to Iran--will try to block his path or refuse to live up to its promise to allow the Dalai Lama to go back to Tibet. But such a result would only broaden support and sympathy for the Tibetan cause...
...there are more optimistic scenarios. The Dalai Lama's presence in China might allow for improvement in the way Tibetans are treated. Whatever the possible outcomes, this last, desperate gesture is one that has to be made. The only alternative is for Dorje's son's sons and their sons to continue to live in a long, anguished twilight as communist cadres, Coca-Cola and Chinese immigrants slowly snuff out Tibet's unique heritage...
...whole point of the week is to create a caring community, empowering students, and providing tools to allow them to reach out to each other,” said Tamar Holoshitz ’10, a mental health liaison and chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee. “Tonight’s training fit our goal...
...Obama did not allow his party to dwell on finger-pointing. He kept talking through their applause, forcing them to return to their seats. A coach, after all, cannot lead a team divided. He told the country's leaders, Democrats and Republicans, supporters and opponents of his presidency, that he knew "every American who is sitting here tonight loves this country and wants it to succeed." He continued, "That must be the starting point for every debate we have in the coming months, and where we return after those debates are done. That is the foundation on which the American...