The government faces a dilemma over foreign buyout firms. It welcomes the injection of foreign funds to boost the economy and enhance competitiveness, but fears the possible side effects.

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By Wilson Chen 陳春生
Since March 1, 1950, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), separated by the Taiwan Strait, have been competing with each other to win the right to represent China in the international community. Both sides have regarded themselves as the only legitimate representative of China.

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Environmentalists would not normally compare George W. Bush with Theodore Roosevelt, but now it seems Bush has seen the Roosevelt light
By Shery Gay Stolberg and Felicity Barringer
After six years in the Oval Office, US President George W. Bush may have found his inner Teddy Roosevelt.

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Since becoming one of the biggest global concern of our time, global warming now requires its own `coalition of the willing'
By Joseph Stiglitz
The message has finally gotten through: global warming represents a serious threat to our planet. At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, world leaders saw climate change, for the first time, topping the list of global concerns.

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By Richard Halloran
In its own understated way, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in Washington has waved a red flag in front of the new Congress and urged it to pay attention to the rise of China, Islamist militancy, and other troubles in Asia.

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By Walt Brown
Taiwan needs to use its financial resources both public and private to influence the world with soft-power, its moral authority and the power of popular culture through movies.

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There is no question that Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正) was a dictator, as your editorial notes ("Good riddance to a tyrant," Feb 7, page 8). Nor is there any question that the 228 Incident was a crime and a tragedy. Thirty-one years after his death, the time is long past for an objective assessment of Chiang's complex role. As this process is carried out, however, one fact should be borne in mind: Chiang and his refugee Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) troops and government saved Taiwan from conquest by and incorporation into the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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By Ben Goren
Jerome Keating's article ("Democracy, the KMT and reality," Feb 7, page 8) makes a number of good points. Most significantly, it highlights how the promise of defending and maintaining Taiwan's still weak democracy must become the first and most important element of any presidential candidate's manifesto for 2008.

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