The legislative elections appear to be not so much a contest between President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), in his capacity as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman, and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) as it is between Chen and dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石).

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In a recent letter (Letters, Dec. 23, page 8), Milton Liao argued that the concept of Taiwanese identity was a groundless artifice of propaganda lacking in support, and he emphasized the strength of Chinese origin and identity, and its superiority to Taiwanese identity, as grounds for close identification with "mainland China."

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By Ku Chung-hwa 顧忠華
BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2005, the National Association for the Promotion of Community Universities published the book Don't Call Me a Foreign Bride. In the book, foreign spouses in Taiwan argue that they should not be pigeon-holed as newlyweds for the rest of their lives.

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The celestial event that led the three wise men to Jesus' birthplace is under new scrutiny
By Tom Coyne
It's long been a puzzle for Christian astronomers, and now a professor from the University of Notre Dame thinks he has it figured out -- almost, anyway.

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The former US president has seized the reins to get his wife's bandwagon back on track for the Democratic nomination, but has he seized them too tightly?
By Paul Harris
Former US president Bill Clinton has never been one to avoid the limelight. Or stay on message. Last week, as he spearheaded a mission to rejuvenate his wife's troubled presidential campaign, he showed that old habits die hard.

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By Aleks Tapinsh
Seventeen years after they pulled themselves out of the clutches of the Soviet empire, the relationship between the three Baltic states and Russia remains complicated.

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