At the World Health Assembly in Geneva last month, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (吳儀) and China's representative to the UN in Geneva, Sha Zukang (沙祖康), used extremely crude and unreasonable language toward journalists and other people from Taiwan. "Who cares about your Taiwan?" was on such quote. When the scene was broadcast on local TV, the insults pierced through the hearts of Taiwanese people like a sword.

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Leaders of the 1989 democracy movement are busy with the rigors of daily life but some are still dedicated to the cause
By Doug Young
They marched together, fasted together and kept vigil beneath a makeshift Goddess of Democracy in Tiananmen Square before their drive to bring new freedoms to China was crushed beneath the army's tank treads.

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The world's rich need to understand that investing in education for the poor means healthier babies, stronger families, better economies and improved democracies
By Sara Sievers
On Sept. 21, 1832, in Boston's Franklin Hall, the first American woman to deliver a public lecture, Maria Stewart, shocked the town when she stood and spoke. What cause compelled her to abandon social norms and decorum so brazenly?

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With the leaders of the National League for Democracy in detention, the nation appears set to regain its pariah status
The Myanmar junta's latest assault on the democratic opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi has left observers struggling to explain why the generals have suddenly snuffed out a UN-sponsored peace process.

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By Huang Song-lih 黃嵩立
Of the past seven years of the nation's trying to secure a role at the World Health Organization (WHO), this year's efforts are unparalleled due to the country's confidence that it is in the right. However, just as in previous years, we were again dealt a setback by Geneva.

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By Sun Ching-yu 孫慶餘
Two types of leaders have emerged in Taiwan's fight against SARS. One is those who don't know how to lead, such as Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九). The other is those who are unwilling to lead, such as President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁). Ma stood on the front line, but he didn't know how to lead. Chen knew how to lead but stayed in the rear.

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Sanitation the key

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