On Wednesday, Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC) chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) announced the termination of his contract with Hua Hsia Investment Holding Co over the BCC purchase, his resignation as BCC chairman and general manager and his withdrawal from the company's management. This was a victory for the government's quest for the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) stolen assets. But despite Jaw's departure, the BCC remains under the management of Hua Hsia, and the government is still far from achieving its goal.

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By Ku Chung-hwa 顧忠華
During the Martial Law era, the Legislative Yuan was an "abnormal" body which, until 1992, was filled with representatives elected to represent all provinces in China -- a situation that exposed it to international ridicule. It resembled more a branch of the Cabinet, rather than an independent institution. It was unable to truly exercise its function of maintaining checks and balances in the government.

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By Liu Kuan-teh 劉冠德
Campaigns are all about setting the agenda, framing the debate, getting media spotlight and keeping up momentum. Campaigns start with competing messages. The key to winning any race is to come up with an affirmative message that keeps you ahead of your opponent. It is the inability to understand this simple, straightforward point that causes more losses in elections than any other factor.

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By Chou Yung-hong 周永鴻
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Secretary-General Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) and a number of members of the pan-blue camp have expressed their opposition to combining a referendum on joining the UN and the presidential elections in March.

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Any country in the same position as the US, even a democracy, would be tempted to exercise its hegemonic power with less and less restraint
By Francis Fukuyama
When I wrote about the "end of history" almost 20 years ago, one thing that I did not anticipate was the degree to which the US' behavior and misjudgments would make anti-Americanism one of the chief fault-lines of global politics. And yet, particularly since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that is precisely what has happened, owing to four key mistakes made by the Bush administration.

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By Dominique Moisi
How should we assess the state of transatlantic relations nowadays? With a nod to Wall Street, we can say that the Alliance is up, Europe is flat and the US is clearly down.

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Pentagon officials said that the tragedy of the Gulf Coast taught them to be forward-leaning, while the White House learned how tricky public relations can be
By Jennifer Loven
Hurricane Katrina has many legacies for the Bush White House, none pleasant. One is the guarantee that as soon as disaster strikes in the US, President George W. Bush's every move is closely scrutinized to gauge the speed and tone of his response to the suffering.

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