TR EMERITUS

By Jessie Ho from Wall Street Journal The former president of Taiwan was sentenced to life in prison on charges of corruption, with supporters seeing a conspiracy to silence a critic of close ties with China and others calling it a sad ending for one of Asia's pioneering democrats. Chen Shui-bian, who led Taiwan from 2000 to... 

By Mark O'Neil from South China Morning Post For the Uygurs there are three 'butchers of Xinjiang' - the Kuomintang general who controlled it before world war two, Wang Zhen after 1949 and Wang Lequan . In the name of 'stability' they have lost the hearts of the people." So reads one of the opening chapters of the most unusual... 

By Jason Dean from Wall Street Journal DALIAN, China -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to continue his government's aggressive stimulus efforts, saying the world's third largest economy faces persistent problems and uncertainties from the global recession despite an upturn in growth. Speaking Thursday to business leaders and...