The Taiwanese coast guard takes part in a helicopter hoist operation exercise in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on March 30, 2013. (Ashley Pon/Getty Images)After a 52-year hiatus, the Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards recently held joint maritime exercises, their first collaboration since Japan and Taiwan severed formal diplomatic ties in 1972. An expert believes this development has significant symbolic value as

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Without a Change of Political System, China’s Economy Will Always Be 2nd ClassCommentary Recent news stories have highlighted communist China’s economic troubles with some predicting “economic oblivion.” Most attention has focused on the what and how of China’s economic problems. However, the more important question is why this

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