Needed: A Real Commitment to Taiwan
(Washington, D.C.): There's good news and bad news about the Bush Administration's decision on arms sales to Taiwan. The good...
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Accept No Substitutes on the Aegis Sale to Taiwan
(Washington, D.C.): Tomorrow is D-Day for Taiwan -- the day the Bush Administration advises our democratic friends on Formosa whether...
The High-Tech for China’ Bill
shington, D.C.): As the Bush Administration and Congress consider ways in which to respond to the increasing belligerence of Communist...
A post-release message for Communist China’s leaders
(Washington, D.C.): Now that America's twenty-four hostages in China are poised to be released, the Bush Administration can focus on...
Message to Beijing’s Communists: It’s Time for them To Go
(Washington, D.C.): The Communist Chinese are exacerbating the crisis precipitated by the latest in a series of escalating acts of...
Message to China: The Appeasement is Over
(Washington, D.C.): In his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen at the White House yesterday, President Bush faced a...
Bloomberg Reports Beijing’s Obfuscation Strategy Concerning Intensifying Sinopec-Iran/ILSA Controversy
(Washington, D.C.): On 19 January, the Bloomberg wire ran a news item that should be of more than passing interest...
Sinopec-Iran Deal Facing Increased Scrutiny: Capital Markets Dimension Could Spell Trouble For Wall Street
(Washington, D.C.): Over the past several days, mounting anger is being expressed in the United States -- notably by the...
WSJ Asia calls attention to Clinton’s rebuff of the US Religious Freedom Commission
In an important article in today's Asian edition, the Wall Street Journal reported on President Clinton's dismissive response to a...
Clinton’s Parting Shot at International Religious Freedom
(Washington, D.C.): On 19 December, President Clinton fired off a letter to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chairman...
PetroChina Coalition Urges American Shareholders to Divest — and to Expand Political Risk’ Assessments
(Washington, D.C.): A large coalition of non-governmental groups (NGOs) from across the political spectrum chose Pearl Harbor Day to call...
Sobering up on China
(Washington, D.C.): An amazing thing happened in Wednesday's Washington Post: Readers were informed in a front-page article that Communist China...
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Challenges President Clinton On Upcoming China Sovereign Bond Offering
(Washington, D.C.): The next major development in the escalating controversy over Chinese efforts to finance odious activities on the U.S....
Time to Raise the General Knowledge Level’ on China
(Washington, D.C.): Hong Kong's still-independent press is having a field day with an unusual PDA (public display of aggressiveness) by...
Sinopec Case Again Points to Beijing’s Deception in U.S. Equity Market; Far Eastern Economic Review Scorches S.E.C and Wall Street
(Washington, D.C.): An extraordinary article by Murray Heibert appeared yesterday in the prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) under the...
Sinopec Comes to Market as China Taps Unsuspecting U.S. Investors for Funds to Support Nefarious Activities
(Washington, D.C.): The listing and trading of a $3.4 billion Initial Public Offering by China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)...