cross-strait relations

www.lostlaowai.com — Lost Laowai's newest blogger shares a vision of what may be ahead for the troublesome island off China's south-eastern coast. "This is a battle for the hearts and minds of the children of men. China’s 23rd province currently has the world’s richest deposits of video games and cadmium-free toys. Lost access to resource rich Taiwan would be a clear and present threat to China’s stability.

www.pekingduck.org — From Richard at the Peking Duck: 'What is significant to me is the tone of the dialogue on both sides (“The consensus reflects the expectation from people from the two sides and will have an active influence over the policy- making of the governments of both sides,” said Jia Qinglin, a Chinese Communist Party Politburo member.”) You would never have read an article like this just a year or t

edition.cnn.com — Taiwan and China set aside decades of hostilities Tuesday and agreed to expand flights and allow shipping links across the Taiwan Strait -- a potential hotspot that has long threatened to become a war zone.