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...addition to enraging Beijing, Chen has also created an ill-timed headache for Taiwan's biggest ally: the U.S., which is obligated under its Taiwan Relations Act to come to the island's defense in case of an attack. But Washington is preoccupied with Iraq and Afghanistan; it also needs Beijing's cooperation on everything from prosecuting the war on terror to containing North Korea to cutting its trade surplus with...
...status and vowed that any referendum would not touch on "independence or reunification." Instead, he told the New York Times, he'd organize a plebiscite that calls on China to remove the nearly 500 missiles aimed at Taiwan and demand that Beijing renounce the use of force against the island...
...frequent policy flip-flops in the past few years for having aggravated Taiwan's poor economy. Still, by harping on the referendum issue, Chen has managed to achieve two key election objectives: telegraphing to his hard-core supporters, who want independence, that he has not forgotten about protecting the island's sovereignty, and belatedly provoking an irate reaction from Beijing. His critics in Taiwan fear he has gone too far. "He has put his own interests above those of national security," says Sisy Chen, a former staffer of Chen's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and now an independent legislator...
...sweeps them all away." Diome, 35, has created a headstrong heroine, Salie, with a more than passing resemblance to herself. The character leaves her native Senegal for France where, after years of struggle and isolation, she eventually learns how to straddle the two worlds. (Diome herself left the Senegalese island of Niodior in 1994, and lives in Strasbourg.) Like her creator, Salie leaves behind a younger brother who yearns to join her, convinced that, even without papers, he can become a star football player if he can just reach French soil. As Salie tries to dissuade him with somber stories...
Maltzan, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the GSD, has returned to the GSD this semester as a visiting design critic. Before beginning his own firm, he worked for architect Frank Gehry as an designer for the winning competition entry for the Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall (although the Hall, which opened in Los Angeles last month, bears little resemblance to the original design). Looking at Maltzan’s work, it is clear that Gehry has had a strong influence on his formal and professional maturation as a designer...