The saga over whether Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Diane Lee (李慶安) has US citizenship has gone on for far too long.

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In March 2004, the last time controversy over the Senkaku (Diaoyutai, 釣魚台) islands surfaced, the US State Department affirmed that the United States Mutual Security Treaty with Japan covered the islands.

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By Woo Wing Thye
High inflation is threatening social stability in China, soaring from 3.3 percent in March last year to 8.3 percent in March this year. As a result, the People’s Bank of China has raised interest rates substantially and increased banks’ reserve requirements. The trick for the Chinese government will be to quell inflation in a way that does not compromise its long-term goal of continued strong economic growth.

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The prospects for a strong EU foreign policy and democratization were killed by the Irish ‘no’ vote. Perhaps it is now time to part ways
By Joschka Fischer
It has happened. After France and the Netherlands rejected the European Constitutional Treaty, Ireland’s “no” vote is the second and probably decisive blow against a united and strong Europe.

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By Siddhartha Kumar and Peter Mayer
If there is one place in the Jethani household that shows the family’s swift rise to prosperity over the last few years, it has to be the kitchen.

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