Currently, China allows temporary stays of one to one and half months each by Taiwan reporters for news coverage. The new GIO policy would be roughly on par with mainland practice. Beyond this, there is talk of China's Xinhua News Agency opening a bureau in Taipei in the near future. It would be nice if this facilitated the free flow of information from Taiwan to China and the closure of the gap between the two in democratic development. Certainly the new GIO policy is in the hope that the people of China may learn more about the positive aspects of Taiwan society, its prosperity, its democratic accomplishments and individual freedoms.
Torture is abhorrent.
Torture is illegal. Yet torture is inflicted on men, women and children in well over half the countries of the world. The goal of Sun's revolution was to save the nation, while our purpose is to solve Taiwan's difficulties. If a two-third majority of legislators votes to proceed with the recall, Chen will ultimately face the verdict of the Taiwanese people. This manner of deciding Chen's fate is perhaps the most direct possible way to stop the controversy.