Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian made a surprise visit this weekend to one of the disputed Spratly Islands in key shipping lanes in the South China Sea. This was a stick-in-your-eye move by Chen, whose party is heading into elections next... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Sun, Feb 03 2008
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