The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has indicated it is now considering joining forces with the People First Party (PFP) to launch a no-confidence vote against newly sworn-in Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄).

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In his address at Monday's member meeting of the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce (CNAIC, 工商協進會), American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Stephen Young said that "A critical way to improve the US-Taiwan trade partnership is for Taiwan to further open its economic relationship with China."

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By Huang Tien-lin 黃天鱗
On May 16, amid calls for unity following the party's presidential primary, the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Central Standing Committee finally established a team to draft a "resolution on making Taiwan a normal country" (正常國家決議文) amending the 1999 "Resolution on Taiwan's Future" (台灣前途決議文).

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Instead of emulating th eUS and the UK, France should model its economic reforms on those instituted in Germany
By Melvyn Krauss
In gearing up to take France on a new economic course, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's choices are not confined to Anglo-US neo-liberalism and the dying French model of social protection.

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By Peter Beaumont
In Kosovo now there is only one question. What will the Russians do? It is asked in smoky cafes, on the countless building sites, and in government offices. It is asked by the majority Albanians, hoping for independence for this divided former Serbian province, who fear the Russians will torpedo the dream for which they fought the Kosovo War of 1998 to 1999.

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The `Fahrenheit 9/11' director's new film about the US healthcare system must be seen in the US as well as in Europe
By Agnes Poirier
The big guy with a baseball cap knows his stuff. He has a point to make and he makes it efficiently and amusingly. In the past his targets were General Motors ruining Flint, Michigan; the gun lobby as the culprit for the US' crime culture; and the lies behind the Iraq war. He's back with a vengeance with Sicko, which premiered at the Cannes film festival last Saturday. His question: what has happened to the idea of universal healthcare in the US?

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I've just signed the "Say NO to United Nations' abolishment of Traditional Chinese in 2008" petition. Based on the description provided on the petition's Web site, the rationale behind supporting simplified Chinese is to increase the Chinese literacy rate throughout the world.

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