Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan's (連戰) meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) was most disappointing. Not only did he fail to convey Taiwan's resentment over the "Anti-Secession" Law, he gave credibility to the so-called "1992 consensus" in a five-point press communique released jointly with Hu.

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By the Liberty Times editorial
On Wednesday, as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) led his delegation to China's tomb for Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙) to pay their respects, repeatedly ingratiating himself with his Chinese hosts, a report on Voice of America said that a movement to reconstitute the KMT had appeared in China because of dissatisfaction with the party's China-friendliness and the Lien-led delegation.

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By Hsu Yung-ming 徐永明
Who would have thought that President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) -- two implacable political enemies who fought two presidential elections and who have not met in more than four years -- could speak to each other after all. It was only a brief telephone conversation they had last Monday, but it was said to be polite, and offered the possibility that the two men would speak again.

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Injections without puncturing the skin, but rather projecting into it, are being mooted as a more effective everyday health procedure
By Natalie Hanman
Needles are something of a sore point for many people. From phobias to infections, accidents and misuse, they deliver many health negatives as well as positives. Yet, with an estimated 12 billion needles entering our arms, bums and thighs each year worldwide, injections are one of the most frequently used medical procedures.

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By William Safire
"In the blurbosphere," says Charles McGrath, recent editor of the New York Times Book Review, "has there ever been a book that wasn't acclaimed?" He considers that indispensable adjective of praise -- rooted in the Latin clamare, "to shout," also the root of "clamor" -- to be the key word in the publishing world's "language of hagiography."

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By Marc Plumb
Health authorities in Taiwan yesterday released a statement confirming a dangerous outbreak of a new bird-flu disease dubbed "Cuckoo Bird Flu" (CBF).

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By Lee Long-hwa
Tail between his legs, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (連戰), a would-be dictator of Taiwan and two-time loser, is going to China to grovel before the dictator of China. Together they have been and will continue to plot against the free and independent, democratic government of Taiwan, all in the name of power. Power of China over democratic Taiwan, and dictatorship by Lien's KMT over Taiwan all over again.

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