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...According to an FBI affidavit filed last week in Virginia, two days later Keyser boarded a plane to Taiwan. There, he allegedly met a 33-year-old female Taiwan intelligence agent who had flown from Washington, where she worked for Taiwan's representative office. He spent $570.01 at a Taipei Christian Dior shop, according to the affidavit, and paid a bill at the Grand Formosa Regent Taipei hotel in the amount of $333.19. Then on Sept. 6 he flew back to Japan. By his own admission, the FBI says, he didn't tell his wife of the trip...
...Other countries that had previously won minor medals joined the golden league for the first time. Felix Sanchez gave the Dominican Republic a gold with his win in the men's 400-m hurdles. Taiwan, which competes as Chinese Taipei, won its first two golds, both in taekwondo. And on the tennis courts, Chile swept all comers to take both men's titles. First, Nicolas Mass? and Fernando Gonz?lez won the doubles, sparking nationwide rejoicing back home. A day later, Mass?, who had lost all of his hardcourt matches this season before Athens, returned to defeat American Mardy Fish...
...without warning, hundreds of Chinese missiles strike Taiwan. Day two: China's jet fighters tear across the Taiwan Strait and reduce the island's air force to just 30 planes. Day five: paratroopers land near Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Plaza, storming the offices of President Chen Shui-bian. In 130 hours, China's hostile takeover of Taiwan is complete?at least in cyberspace...
...asking the legislature to take early action on $18 billion in military spending, but he may face tough opposition. "The military is lobbying for the budget, and this was a way to remind people [why]," says Lo Chih-cheng, director of the Institute for National Policy Research in Taipei. Even if the arms deal isn't authorized, Taiwan may still enjoy the benefits of American military hardware: the U.S. said last week that it was thinking of stationing a second aircraft carrier in the Pacific?making it easier to keep an eye on the Taiwan Strait...
...Altogether, 201 nations, territories and city-states?plus the island of Taiwan, which competes under the nebulous title of "Chinese Taipei"?joined the parade of athletes in last Friday's Opening Ceremony of the 28th Olympiad. Some, including the Americans, Russians and Chinese, are hoping to burnish their countries' reputations with bulging medal counts. Others, including Bhutan and East Timor, which is competing for the first time, are simply happy to wave their flags. Unlike high-profile gold-medal hopefuls, many of whom travel with their own personal trainers and a fridge full of optimal training food, athletes from these...