Kin Moy, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, is set to become the new director of the Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) this summer. Moy will be taking over from AIT Director Christopher Marut. He is a senior U.S. Department of State official with extensive working experience of […]
Scholar detained on charge of troublemaking
AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese scholar and rights advocate who founded an influential non-governmental think tank has been detained on the criminal charge of provoking troubles, his lawyer said Sunday.
Caroline Kennedy nominated as ambassador to Japan
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Obama first to become first president to visit Myanmar
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Rumsfeld nemesis Shinseki to be named VA secretary
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