Persistent speculation about presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's (謝長廷) legal troubles -- and possible indictment -- have forced the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to consider how to implement its anti-corruption regulations.

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By Jackson Yeh 葉國豪
The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre is just behind us, while that of the handover of Hong Kong to China, along with dates associated with important protests in China, are just around the corner.

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By Huang Tien-lin 黃天麟
On Feb. 21, 1972, US president Richard Nixon traveled to China. A week later, the Shanghai Communique was announced in the city after whose name the agreement was named. In this document, the US stated: "All Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States government does not challenge that position."

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By Huang Tzeng Chang-ju 黃璋如
The contributions that the Consumers' Foundation has made to ensure quality and the care they have shown for organic farming products are admirable. However, for many years the foundation's test reports and views on organic farming have had a negative impact on the development of organic farming.

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Douglas Tompkins says he is trying to protect fragile land from development, but not everyone is happy with the idea of a foreigner owning so much land, despite his promise to eventually turn the plots into reserves
By Shane Romig
The US multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southern Chile, and now he's hoping to save the northeast wetlands of neighboring Argentina.

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Parts of Italy are as polluted as Los Angeles and Italians are increasing emissions, and that spells hard work for environmentalists
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
This part of northern Italy is renowned for fashion, food, Fiat. But now it has another, less welcome claim to fame: The cities here have the worst air pollution in Europe.

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By Fabio Giambiagi
Two questions have dominated economic debate in Latin America in recent years. First, when will the current period of great international liquidity end? Second, what will happen when it does?

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