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Pity the remaining inhabitants of Yahoo! On August 1, when its board of directors meets to decide whether to throw out CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang and capitulate to Microsoft, the Siege of Yahoo will have entered, to the day, its sixth month...
...when Taiwan's then-President Lee Teng-hui's offended China by referring to their relations as "state-to-state." China considers Taiwan to be a breakaway territory and bristles at any reference to it as a sovereign government. "The resumption of talks is always encouraging," says Andrew Yang, head of the Taipei-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies. "Now a brief encounter between the two sides unveils a new historical chapter for cross-strait relations...
...missiles along its southern coast near Taiwan. The U.S. military, which could be drawn in to defend Taiwan in the event of a conflict, considers the Taiwan Strait to be one of the most dangerous flashpoints in Asia. Easing tensions will require more than a deal on tourism, Yang says, but he notes that Friday's agreement could help reduce provocative military maneuvers. "Both China and Taiwan conduct training exercises in the Taiwan Strait. To avoid miscalculation, to avoid accidents, those exercises have to be constrained," he says. "Whether Beijing or Taiwan have a willingness to eliminate exercises and training...
...body. He sits on a railing with his grandmother, a cotton mask over his mouth and a camouflage hat on his head. "It's a tragedy," he says, his voice finally cracking. "You must cherish life. You must cherish every moment you are alive." With reporting by Lin Yang...
...discover your passion for writing? -Roderick Yang, SeattleMy deepest passion was reading. At some point-not early, I was 35 or 36-I realized there was a book that I wanted very much to read that really hadn't been written, and so I sort of played around with it in trying to construct the kind of book I wanted to read...