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. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:35:00 +0800 zh-TW China Post > Supplement http://www.chinapost.com.tw/rss/images/china_post.gif http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary American beef or Taiwanese pork: Which is real hazard? http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/letters/2009/11/07/231787/American-beef.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - American beef or Taiwanese pork — which is safer to stay on the menu? Last month, at least 160 piglets in Taiwan displayed flu symptoms, and some of them have now been confirmed as testing positive for the H1N1 flu. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/letters/2009/11/07/231787/American-beef.htm Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:05:00 +0800 Valuing bonds, dollar is crazy in mad world http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/bloomberg/2009/11/07/231786/Valuing-bonds.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - “In price is knowledge,” one editor used to scream at me. Whether or not you believed in efficient markets, you could be sure the price of a bond, a currency or a commodity was trying to tell you something about the outlook for growth, inflation or monetary policy; all you had to do was listen and translate. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/bloomberg/2009/11/07/231786/Valuing-bonds.htm Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:04:00 +0800 G-20 ministers to talk about climate change, recovery http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/afp/2009/11/07/231785/G-20-ministers.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Bolstering the world economic recovery and crafting a deal to fight climate change will be top of the agenda for G-20 finance ministers meeting in Scotland from Friday. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/afp/2009/11/07/231785/G-20-ministers.htm Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:03:00 +0800 Merkel offers thanks to the U.S. for freedom http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/the-china-post/john-metzler/2009/11/07/231784/Merkel-offers.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - In a stirring and heartfelt tribute to the United States and its people, German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington DC and outlined the post-war relationship between the United States and a politically free, and now united, Germany. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/the-china-post/john-metzler/2009/11/07/231784/Merkel-offers.htm Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:02:00 +0800 China a tougher sell on trouble spots http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/reuters/2009/11/07/231783/China-a.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - U.S. President Barack Obama will be seeking China's backing over North Korea and Iran when he visits this month, but Beijing appears increasingly assertive about what Western pressure it accepts or rejects. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/reuters/2009/11/07/231783/China-a.htm Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:01:00 +0800