U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to attend the Olympic Games despite domestic political pressure reflects his realization that it is important to establish a balance, so while the United States may chide Beijing from time to time on human rights, the overall approach is one of engagement.
The China Post > Frank Ching

China never has been known for its stellar policies on little girls. But last week, its female trouble in Beijing was especially vexing.
Los Angeles Times

The vacation is definitely over for Barack Obama.
Reuters

Pervez Musharraf has left a poisoned chalice for Pakistan, with the constitution and economy in tatters and even his gains against extremism and towards peace with India under threat, analysts say.
AFP

In the Caucasus, even the mountains seem unable to escape the region's bloody feuds.
AFP

The Chinese love eight, no less than the Westerners like seven. Eight has been proved again and again to be a lucky number.
The China Post > David Ting

It is reported that Shih Ming-te, the supreme leader of the Red Shirt Army, will meet with President Ma Ying-jeou after he returns from Latin American to have a sincere discussion of ways to speed up the enactment of a criminal law for "dubious sources of assets."
The China Post > William Fang

If Americans took a brief summer respite from election politics, it is over now. Evangelist Rick Warren's TV interviews with Senators Barack Obama and John McCain last Saturday evening mark the start of the final race for the presidency, with a new and controversial venue for wooing voters nationwide -- religion and a church as host to a faith-based forum.
The China Post > Special to The China Post

The crisis in Georgia has been discussed largely in terms of whether it echoes what we knew in the Cold War.
Washington Post

The Ma Ying-jeou administration has been inaugurated less than three months, and yet his popularity has plummeted faster than a roller coaster.
The China Post > William Fang