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...that's changing. Locals worry that the KMT's desire for closer ties with the mainland will mean a flood of cheap imported produce and lower incomes and, more fundamentally, that the KMT will eventually reunify with a country they consider alien. The KMT's Yunlin chief, Huang Shang-wen, knows how his party can regain votes: "For us to win elections, we need to lean toward independence." But that would sacrifice the KMT's core supporters. Hung on the paradox, Huang is drafting his resignation letter...
Last April, China's Southern Metropolis Daily printed a story about Sun Zhigang, a migrant worker in Guangzhou beaten to death in official custody after being detained by police for not carrying ID. The story touched off a wave of public outrage that reached Beijing: in June, Premier Wen Jiabao led a Cabinet vote that proscribed the detention of migrants simply for straying far from their hometowns. The next morning, the paper editorialized: "This is a milestone in the history of citizens' rights that we should cherish forever...
...feelings: happy, hurt, stubborn, forlorn, any or all of these in a flash, with just a flick of her head, a sigh, a glance. Movie charisma may not be easy to analyze, but it's a cinch to spot. And when Zhao shares a scene with anyone?with Jiang Wen, China's De Niro, or Hong Kong heartthrob Ekin Cheng, or bad boy Nicholas Tse?she's the one you watch...
...film's last scene, the cover of TIME. In My Dream Girl, a ripoff of Pygmalion, she's a ragamuffin (but still quite a muffin) who elevates silliness into a showcase for urchin charm. She ranged further in two films she made with Jiang Wen: He Ping's Warriors of Heaven and Earth, a Crouching Tiger wannabe with Zhao as a general's rebellious daughter; and Zhang Yuan's Green Tea, in which she plays two roles, a mousy student and a sexy pianist. Now she's gone to broody melodrama, as a cop conflicted by love and honor...
...Clinton's U.N. ambassador. He's a moderate who cut taxes, he's Hispanic, and he's fluent en espanol--not Bush's Tex-Mex version either. But he's known for being too fond of the spotlight and had a troubled term as Energy Secretary under Clinton. Remember Wen...