China Post Online - Commentary Copyright (c) 2007 The China Post All rights reserved. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary Taiwan's leading English-language newspaper since 1952. The China Post Online is the leading online provider of news and business and entertainment information on Taiwan. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:50:00 +0800 zh-TW China Post > Supplement http://www.chinapost.com.tw/rss/images/china_post.gif http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary Change to come slowly after election of Iranian moderate http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/reuters/2013/06/19/381583/Change-to.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The victory of a moderate in Iran's presidential election has kindled the hopes of liberals for a return to the “golden years” of reformist president Mohammad Khatami, when Iranians enjoyed more freedoms and Tehran had better relations with the West. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/reuters/2013/06/19/381583/Change-to.htm Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:55:00 +0800 For Syrian Kurds, camp offers wildly different fates http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/afp/2013/06/19/381582/For-Syrian.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Abdulhamid sells ice cream to passersby at Domiz, Iraq's biggest camp for refugees fleeing violence in Syria, while Sidra reads an Arabic copy of “The Fox and The Crow” in class. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/afp/2013/06/19/381582/For-Syrian.htm Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:54:00 +0800 China says it just wants to be friends http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/the-china-post/frank-ching/2013/06/19/381580/China-says.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Earlier this year, the state-run China Daily newspaper published an article in which it asked, “How can China make more friends?” This question is apt, especially since the latest 25-country poll for the BBC World Service shows that opinion of China has dropped to its lowest level since such polling began in 2005. In countries tracked by the BBC, 41 percent of respondents held positive views on China with 39 percent negative. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/the-china-post/frank-ching/2013/06/19/381580/China-says.htm Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:53:00 +0800 Defiant Putin sets himself up as G-8 outsider http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/afp/2013/06/19/381581/Defiant-Putin.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Vladimir Putin's participation in the first G-8 summit of his new term was supposed to seal his comeback to the global stage as Russia's paramount leader after winning a third presidential term last year. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/afp/2013/06/19/381581/Defiant-Putin.htm Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:53:00 +0800