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...European governments pressured you to call a cease-fire - which you resisted. Are you worried about jeopardizing that relationship? I don't think they're so petty-minded. They're the people who encouraged us to defeat terrorism. We followed what [George W.] Bush said. We accomplished what he wanted: eliminate terrorism. They must give credit to us. We fought their war. We showed that you can defeat terrorism...
...they have been operating under severe restrictions, such as a ban on direct travel between China and Taiwan, and limitations on investment, which put Taiwan at a disadvantage versus other economies in Asia that enjoyed greater access to the mainland. The regulations were a result of the tense political relationship between Taipei and China's leaders in Beijing, who consider Taiwan a breakaway province. Read "What 60-Year Chill? Chinese Tourists Flock to Taiwan...
...comprehensive economic framework" with Beijing that would give Taiwan companies easier access to the China market. San, the deputy minister, believes Taiwan's shared culture and language give its businessmen an advantage in China that could make a partnership between the two especially powerful. Taiwan "has a unique relationship with China that is totally different from other countries in Asia," San says. "Our policy is to allow our firms to fully explore such advantages. There is a very good chance that both sides can work together to make the pie bigger...
...already begun grumbling about the huge payout he received. Dietmar Barsch, general manager of the leftist party Die Linke, calculated that even compensation of $35 million was equivalent to 250 Porsche 911 Targa 4 models. "This is not about social envy. The sum is absurdly high and has no relationship to any work he performed," Barsch said...
Biden tried to reassure Ukrainian and Georgian leaders that better U.S. relations with Moscow could benefit their countries. "The more substantive relationship we have with Moscow, the more we can defuse the zero-sum thinking about our relations with Russia's neighbors," he said during a speech in Kiev. He also called on Yushchenko and Georgia's Saakashvili to heal rifts with their respective opposition parties and upbraided Ukraine and Georgia for the political infighting that has slowed reform...