Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into how the East India Company claimed sovereignty for itself through war.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in China today. He is trying to mend badly strained military relations. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with The World’s Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing.
Taiwan and China have launched their first regular direct weekend charter flights, and Caroline Gluck reports that today’s visitors to Taipei got a big welcome.
The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on how people in Taiwan view the U.S. presidential election, as many Taiwanese base their judgment on the current candidates on how past Republican or Democratic presidents have dealt with Taiwan.
The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports that the Chinese crackdown on Tibet — and calls for an Olympic boycott over China’s human rights record — pose a dilemma for Taiwan’s president-elect: that is, get closer to China
