A senior Chinese envoy arrived in Taiwan on Monday to sign an agreement on sharing medical information and cooperating in the development of new drugs, amid rapidly improving ties between the once bitter foes.
The 111th Congress has been discredited by its arrogant disregard for the public and has been repudiated at the polls. President Obama and his allies in the Senate are, nonetheless, trying to use the lame-duck session to get a "zombie Senate" to foist on the American people right before Christmas a dangerous New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia. There are compelling reasons why the handful of Republican senators who will decide whether this treaty is approved in its present form - under artificially constrained circumstances that allow minimal opportunity for informed debate - should just say no. Some of the most compelling include:
A few years ago, I was in China and, through the help of a friend, had the chance to spend a few hours with a senior editor of the People's Daily - the Communist Party's voice and the most influential journal in China.
Elise Lutz never let her friends see what was left of her ear.
World powers trying to defuse tensions between North and South Korea met in an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, but disagreed over whether the North should be singled out for criticism over two deadly attacks this year that have helped send relations to their lowest point in decades.
A senior Chinese envoy arrived in Taiwan on Monday to sign an agreement on sharing medical information and cooperating in the development of new drugs, amid rapidly improving ties between the once bitter foes.
This was the year the Earth struck back.
Iran's nuclear chief replaced the country's sacked foreign minister Saturday and said his top priorities include building a "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, an announcement that appeared meant to ease suspicion and fear across the Persian Gulf about Iran's nuclear program.
The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session Sunday amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula and a North Korean warning of a "catastrophe" if South Korea goes ahead with a live-fire drill.
