China Reform Monitor: No. 735
Cross-Strait rapprochement extends to financial sector;
Beijing's appetite for U.S. T-bills may cool in 2009
Cross-Strait rapprochement extends to financial sector;
Beijing's appetite for U.S. T-bills may cool in 2009
Six Party Talks still stalled;
Realizing a Taliban/al-Qaeda rift
First direct cross-Strait flights between China and Taiwan;
Moscow and Beijing in bid to reaffirm military partnership
Condemnation of Israel, scant support for Hamas;
From Hezbollah, threats...;
...but no action;
Syria and Turkey attempt to play peacemaker;
A warning from Iran
Malaise and decline under Ahmadinejad;
The challenge facing Obama;
Dulcet tones from the new president...;
...amoid hopeful signs of economic leverage