NAME GAME: The head of the Sports Affairs Council said Taiwanese athletes would drop out of the Games if Beijing insisted on referring to the nation as ‘Taipei, China’

By Shih Hsiu-Chuan and Ko Shu-Ling
Saying that Beijing had already made a concession in referring to Taiwan’s Olympic team as Zhonghua Taibei (中華台北, “Chinese Taipei”) within the arena of Olympic activities, the Presidential Office yesterday argued that it was not worth protesting or condemning Chinese state media for using an alternative title, Zhongguo Taibei (中國台北, “Taipei, China”).

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CONSULTATION: The freeze on arms sales to Taiwan is in apparent contradiction of longstanding US law and policy, the US Congresswoman said in a letter to colleagues
A senior member of the US House of Representatives on Wednesday launched a drive in support of arms sales to Taiwan, amid concerns over a freeze by the administration of US President George W. Bush on the sales.

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday led calls for restraint over a Thai-Cambodia border dispute and North Korea signed a non-aggression treaty during annual Asian security talks.

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A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines yesterday, wounding 27 people, police said.

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US presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama started a European tour in Berlin yesterday, saying he aimed to give a fresh start to transatlantic ties, from the city where the Cold War was won.

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