For more than 50 years, the US has enjoyed a remarkably close relationship with Taiwan. Arguably, no other country maintains as many ties with Taiwan. What lies behind US interest and how has it changed over time?

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By Hou Sheng-mou 侯勝貿
Late on May 11, I left for Geneva, Switzerland, with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission. We were setting out to try to win acceptance for Taiwanese membership in the WHO.

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The Creation Museum in Kentucky wants its patrons to believe that the world is just 6,000 years old and the flood that compelled Noah to build the ark is the source of all the world's significant geological phenomena
By Edward Rothstein
The entrance gates here are topped with metallic Stegosauruses. The grounds include a giant tyrannosaur standing amid the trees, and a stone-lined lobby sports varied sauropods. It could be like any other natural history museum, luring families with the promise of immense fossils and dinosaur adventures.

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By Stuart Elliot
A broadcast network will soon offer advertisers two more ways to try holding the attention of viewers throughout those commercial breaks that consumers love to hate.

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Chiang attracted the PRC

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