Clinton goes to Taiwan
Topic: Politics
A surprise. I see that former President Clinton is in Taiwan at the invitation of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. You can imagine the teeth gnashing in Beijing over this one. China Trip
The link goes to the google list of news items about this. The Taiwan Headlines says that "Clinton Affirms Taiwan's Democracy and Prosperity" while the China Post (Taiwan News) speaks about how angered the trip made the Mainland Chinese. Clinton spoke about the need for Taiwan and Mainland China to work together economically and peacefully. In another victory for censorship, avoidance of issues and not actually standing beside avowed principles of freedom and self determination the other news bits from around the world will be as carefully neutral as possible so as not to anger the Mainland folk. It's always sad to see the double standards and double speak with respect to Taiwan and China. But it was good to see that Clinton went to Taiwan in the first place. Every bit helps.