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...Beijing keen to undermine Ma's conciliatory stance, says Andrew Yang, Secretary General of the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies in Taipei. Although Beijing refuses to recognize any Taiwanese government, in early April Chinese President Hu Jintao met informally with Ma's vice presidential running mate - a signal that China is open to further rapprochement across the tense Taiwan Strait. "I think Hu Jintao will put cross-Strait interests first because that serves Beijing's long-term strategic benefit," says Yang. "On the diplomatic front, I think Beijing will try their best not to upset the Taiwanese and send...
...That early cultivation has ensured diving supremacy for the People's Republic. But the impact of thousands upon thousands of dives has left many Chinese divers with permanent eye injuries. After detaching a retina, Hu Jia, a Chinese gold medalist in Athens, told the Chinese press that he would nonetheless dedicate himself to striking gold in Beijing "unless my eyes are really blind." He ended up missing the 2008 Olympic squad because of injury...
...think we are developing mutual trust, gradually. I think it started in March, just four days after our victory, President Bush talked with Hu Jintao over the phone. Hu said both sides of the Taiwan Strait believe in the one China principle, but both sides have different definitions. This is what we call one China, different interpretations. This is the first time a leader in mainland China recognized that. That paved the way for mutual trust. I think the Chinese leaders are interested in having this kind of interaction with Taiwan. After all, they don't want war. They...
...truth, both U.S. and Chinese sources acknowledge that Bush has more urgent business. Bush will meet with both Hu Jintao, his Chinese counterpart, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin - both veto wielding members of the U.N. Security Council. With world capitals now awash in rumors about what Israel might do militarily to prevent the government in Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, Bush will press China and Russia for stiffer economic sanctions against Tehran, which is resolutely refusing to suspend its uranium enrichment program. Tehran let another informal deadline pass last weekend, and reiterated it had no intention of stopping...
...After those failures, Bush's message to both Hu and Putin this weekend will be that having Iran is refusing to play ball despite American efforts. And there are signs that Beijing is beginning to share Bush's frustration. "Iran," a senior Chinese official acknowledged to a western visitor before Bush's arrival, "is on thin...