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...issued a blank check to its military for the use of force against Taiwan." CHIU TAI-SHAN, Vice Chair of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, on China's proposed antisecession law that in certain circumstances authorizes "nonpeaceful means" of dealing with the island, considered a renegade province by China...
...possibility of talks with Taiwan, saying that the government "will continue to seek prospects of peaceful reunification" with the island. Yet topping the NPC agenda this week is ratification of a new "antisecession" law, which may set out the steps Beijing would take should Taiwan declare independence from the mainland...
...million Number of divorces in mainland China last year, up 21% from...
...Fake Watch If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Fed up with losing revenue and market share to China's ubiquitous DVD pirates, Warner Home Video last week announced that it is setting up a mainland video distribution network with a local partner?a first for any foreign studio?and that it is pricing its discs to compete with local fake copies. The studio (which, like TIME, is owned by Time Warner) is gambling that people will be willing to pay about $3 apiece for authentic DVDs of Warner hits like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. With...
...largest number of tourists visiting the island, and Japanese corporations are the biggest foreign investors there after the U.S. Taiwan likes Japan, too: although the 50 years of Japanese rule were sometimes harsh, Tokyo developed the island, educated its people, and helped give Taiwanese an identity different from their mainland cousins. "The Japanese brought security, peace, and law and order," says Joe Hung, a retired journalist and diplomat who has written a history of Taiwan. "And that started Taiwan's modernization...