The trip to Taiwan by former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton shows there are at least a few people in the upper tiers of Washington who are prepared to speak in support of Taiwan and to act on their words by visiting and affording respect to the office of Taiwanese president. So, more strength to him and those like him.

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By Johnny Neihu
"Infringing the reputation of a commodity" is the latest punishable offense in China, as reporter/baozi connoisseur Zi Beijia (訾北佳) was unfortunate enough to discover this week.

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By Taiwan Societyies, Taiwan Hakka Society, Taiwan Herald Society, Taiwan Association of University Professors 台灣北、南、東、中、客家、角社、台灣教授協會
We want to express our deep disappointment with the verdict of the Taipei District Court in former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) corruption case.

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An Oxford bioethics professor has proposed allowing athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs as long as it is safe for them to do so
By Peter Singer
There is now a regular season for discussing drugs in sports, one that arrives every year with the Tour de France. This year, the overall leader, two other riders and two teams were expelled or withdrew from the race as a result of failing, or missing, drug tests. The eventual winner, Alberto Contador, is alleged to have had a positive test result last year. So many leading cyclists have tested positive for drugs, or have admitted, from the safety of retirement, that they used them, that one can plausibly doubt that it is possible to be competitive in this event otherwise.

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By Howard French
With the polish of veteran television MCs, the slick, Chinese-speaking announcers used every trick in the book to try to get a largely Tibetan crowd of a few hundred people involved in the singing and dancing on stage.

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Cold comfort

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