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...Chen Shui-bian has both elicited veiled threats from China and pitted his country against its main ally, the U.S. At issue is the name under which Taiwan intends to apply to regain membership in the United Nations. Chen has called for a referendum next March on whether the island should forgo its official name (the Republic of China) in favor of Taiwan. It's a provocative gesture, as it would seemingly codify Chen's contention that the island is effectively independent of the mainland...
Hoping to maintain the tenuous peace between Taipei and Beijing, which considers the island an inseparable part of China, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has called Chen's proposal "a mistake," urging Taiwan's leaders to "behave in a responsible manner." China's Taiwan Affairs Office warned that it has "made necessary preparations to cope with any serious situation" across the strait. Yet the criticism does not seem to have dampened enthusiasm for the referendum. On Sept. 15, more than 100,000 people rallied to support the idea in Taiwan and New York City. And Chen--whose government...
...Michigan Sen. Carl Levin and Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed certainly hope so. In this week's congressional tug-of-war over Iraq policy, their amendment to the defense spending bill - the latest version of one they've introduced four times before - has the best chance of ultimately winning the 60 votes required to give it a fuller Senate consideration. Finding 60 votes this time around is unlikely. But it is steadily gaining support...
...does, expect Canadians to have one of the biggest dogs there - for Ottawa has never been shy about asserting ownership to much of the Arctic. In 1907 a Senator claimed a Canada-wide triangle right up to the Pole, and there's still a plaque on Melville Island commemorating that assertion. As a spur to maple-leaf nationalism, it is not just the Russians and Danes that Canadians have to worry about in the Arctic but also their giant neighbor to the south. When Prime Minister Harper declared in August that the "first principle of Arctic sovereignty...