The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is busy crafting a new resolution on "making Taiwan a normal country" to replace the party's existing "Resolution on Taiwan's Future." The proposal, together with the current resolution and its predecessor -- the "Taiwan Independence Clause" -- shows just how much the DPP's stance on cross-strait relations and the status of Taiwan has evolved over time.

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By Mei-chin Van Der Wees
Taiwan is a thriving democracy, has a vibrant economy and offers its citizens universal health care. The nation sends young medical doctors to African nations such as Burkina Faso and Malawi to improve health standards. It even offers to send peacekeepers to the world's hot spots, if allowed.

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Economic development advocates argue that the Clean Development Mechanism, a complex system of trading pollution credits, favors fast-growing economies like China while leaving poorer nations out in the cold
By Keith Bradsher
The wind turbines rising 55m above this dusty village at the hilly edge of Inner Mongolia could be an environmentalist's dream: Their electricity is clean, sparing the horizon sooty clouds or global warming gases.

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Once it was clear that the killings were not terrorist-related, the NYSE rose by more than 100 points, ignoring the deeper problem underlying the massacre
By H.T. Goranson and B. Cardier
A few weeks ago, a student in the US murdered 32 people before killing himself. Although this event was widely reported, there was little discussion about its most puzzling side-effect -- oddly, the New York Stock Exchange rose in response.

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While I admire Tony Weir's vision of a green future for Taiwan ("Letters," May 9, Page 8), I also agree that it won't happen very soon.

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Noted environmental advocate Jim Hansen, in his testimony before the US House of Representatives this year, said that the "dangerous level of CO2 is at most 450ppm [parts per million], and it is probably less." Hansen added: "Note that I do not specify an exact fraction by which CO2 emissions must be reduced by 2050 or any other date, but we can say that emissions must be reduced to a fraction of their current values."

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I believe it is time for Taiwan to embark on a new phase in its national journey by building up a Taiwan Communities Mapping Network (TCMN).

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