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Taiwan to Tighten Ties with China
Taiwan's president has OK'd
plans to loosen economic
restrictions, despite past
fears of communist China.
The Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan’s leader
sided with an elite team of economic
advisers who urged him Sunday to
make a historic policy change and boost
economic ties with China - the island’s
biggest security threat.
President Chen Shui-bian embraced
the panel’s advice as the island slips into
its first recession in three decades and
feels the strong pull of China’s booming
market, which offers cheap labor and
land to Taiwanese firms struggling to
stay competitive.
Leaders Urge Condit's Removal From Committee
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Rep. Gary
Condit has no reason to quit the House
Intelligence Committee, his lawyer said
Sunday, despite concerns by colleagues
about his relationship with Chandra
Levy and his actions since the former
federal intern disappeared.
Condit may be the only committee
member without any secrets left, and
“he’s probably the person on the
Intelligence Committee who can’t be
blackmailed anymore,” lawyer Abbe
Lowell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“If it’s not punitive for some reason,
fere’s no good reason” for the
California Democrat to leave the com
mittee, Lowell said. “He’s served very
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Shannon said PETA members are
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ial aspirations.
“I raised more money during the last
campaign then any Republican that has
ever run for governor,” Vinroot said.
Vinroot’s toughest challenge could
come from fellow Republican and former
presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole.
Dole has yet to officially announce her
fntention to run, but she has publicly stat
ed that she is exploring the possibility.
During Vinroot’s two campaigns for gov
ernor, Dole made several appearances in
North Carolina to support his bid.
• Ferrel Guillory, the director of UNC’s
Program on Southern Politics, Media and
Public Life, said both Vinroot’s strengths
and weaknesses come from his experience
funning for governor.
; “I guess one of his strengths is that
jie’s run for statewide office,” Guillory
said. “Then again, people might remem
ber that he’s mn for statewide office and
lost.
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Guillory also said that while some
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Taiwan’s top China policy-maker,
Tsai Ing-wen, said Sunday’s develop
ments were “a significant step forward”
toward trying to improve relations with
Beijing.
“This is a clear demonstration from
our side that we are prepared to take the
risk and take a positive attitude toward
China,” said Tsai, a member of the advi
sory committee.
China did not immediately comment
on the development
For five decades, the Taiwanese have
kept a tight grip on trade and investment
with China, fearing that their economy
could become too dependent on a com
munist nation that has threatened to
invade.
The two sides split amid civil war in
1949, and China is growing impatient
for reunification.
On Sunday, a 120-member presiden
well, as colleagues will tell you.”
House Minority Leader Dick
Gephardt, D-Mo., has criticized Condit
for failing to be “candid and forward” in
an ABC interview last week about his
relationship with Levy, a former Bureau
of Prisons intern who disappeared four
months ago.
When asked repeatedly if he had a
sexual affair with Levy, Condit said only
that they had a “very close” relationship
but sidestepped questions about its
nature. He offered no apologies for his
involvement with Levy or his level of
cooperation with police.
Gephardt characterized Condit’s
answers as “disturbing and wrong,” and
said he would talk to House Democrats
about possible action against Condit,
out and go fishing,” L\e said. “We’re ask
ing them not to do that because A, it’s
cruel to the fish, and B, it’s not safe for
the environment.”
If OWASA refuses to acknowledges
PETA’s request, Shannon said the
group will seek other ways to restrict
fishing.
“We’d continue to work with
(OWASA),” Shannon said. “We’d try to
convince them. They’re entided to their
topics could change.
“Senate issues - national issues -
tend to be more idealistic than state
issues,” Guillory said.
One advantage that Vinroot has is
that he already has a foundation in place
run for office, Guillory said.
“Vinroot did run a pretty potent
statewide race for governor,” he said.
“And he already has a network in place
of people that support him.”
But Barbara Allen, chairwoman of
the N.C. Democratic Party, said she
doesn’t expect Vinroot to be a serious
threat to potential Democratic candi
dates.
“Vinroot didn’t give us too much
trouble in the gubernatorial election,”
Allen said. “I don’t see why things will
be any different this time around.”
Democratic Secretary of State Elaine
Marshall, who announced her intention to
seek the Senate seat last spring, is the only
other candidate to officially announce her
candidacy.
But two other Democrats - N.C. Rep.
Dan Blue, D-Wake, and Charlotte busi
nessman Mark Erwin - have been named
as potential candidates.
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dal advisory group - including Cabinet
officials, business leaders and opposition
lawmakers - urged the president to
relax limits on how much Taiwanese can
invest in China. The group also told
Chen to let banks set up branches in
China and ease restrictions on Chinese
investments in Taiwan.
Just: hours after the group made the
suggestions during a high-profile summit
on Sunday, Chen said that he accepted
the suggestions and his government
would spend the next two weeks figur
ing out how to implement them.
“The group’s consensus belongs to all
the advisers and to the nation’s people
and to Abian,” Chen said, referring to
himself by his nickname.
One specific change the president
agreed to was abandoning a SSO million
cap on single investments in China.
Such big deals will be considered on a
including his removal from the commit
tee.
Rep. Scott Mclnnis, R-Colo., said
Gephardt “has an obligation that’s
inherent to his responsibilities to imme
diately remove” Condit.
Service on the committee “requires
very high integrity,” Mclnnis said on
CNN’s “Late Edition.”
“Certainly any kind of indication that
someone has not been forthcoming or
truthful when put under pressure should
not be in charge or sitting on the commit
tee that oversees central intelligence and
our spy networks throughout the world.”
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said
Condit’s behavior was “embarrassing.”
But, Rangel said on “Fox News Sunday,”
“there’s nothing that we can do in the
opinion but we’re going to try and con
vince them of ours.”
Pennsylvania native Hal Hopper,
who has fished at University Lake, said
he would rather PETA focus on other
issues and leave fishing alone.
“I don’t have a lot of sympathy for
PETA,” he said, adding that he is both
a fisher and a hunter.
Meanwhile, Tim Willink helps Pablo
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Opponents of expanding trade ties
with China have argued that it would
speed up the exodus of Taiwanese capi
tal and jobs to China, driving up unem
ployment rates that have already hit his
toric highs this year.
“This decision today will only be
good for big business. It’ll just mean
more jobs lost for the workers,” said
Weng Tai-shan, a Taipei delivery driver
in his 40s.
But business leaders have argued that
Taiwan - famous for its manufacturing
prowess - can no longer compete with
China’s factories, fueled by low-wage
labor.
Most of Taiwan’s factories that pro
duced consumer goods have already
moved to China, where the Taiwanese
have invested an estimated S6O billion
in China during the past decade.
Congress.
Unless there is something to take
before the Ethics Committee, I don’t see
how we can do anything.”
Later, on CNN, Rangel added:
“What is it that we could possibly charge
him with in the Ethics Committee? Not
one thing.”
Condit’s lawyer Lowell asked that
Gephardt consider comments Condit
made in other media interviews last week
before determining any possible action.
When asked by Newsweek what mes
sage he would have liked to have
relayed during the ABC interview,
Condit said he would have made it clear
“how disheartened and heartbroken I
am that it’s been four months and we
haven’t been able to find Chandra.”
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“We talk about respecting every
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The City Editor can be reached
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tenured faculty members to retire.
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aging faculty members to step down.
Nora Robbins, senior director of
human resource services at UNC-
Chapel Hill said she was surprised by
how many people took advantage of the
early retirement incentives.
“We thought people wouldn’t retire,”
Robbins said. “That hasn’t been the
case. In fact, we’ve had more people
retire than we expected.”
And the systemwide phased retire
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NATO to Confiscate
Militants' Weapons
NATO's Macedonian mission,
called Operation Essential,
will try to gather munitions
from ethnic Albanians.
The Associated Press
SKOPJE, Macedonia - NATO
revealed Sunday that it plans to collect
3,300 weapons from ethnic Albanian
militants in a delicate operation it
described as being Macedonia’s only
alternative to war.
By revealing the figures, NATO sets
boundaries for its mission in
Macedonia. Called Operation Essential
Harvest, it envisions NATO troops set
ting up collection sites to take weapons
as rebels turn them in. NATO has said it
plans to complete the process in 30 days
and leave.
But the number of weapons NATO
decided on could become an obstacle to
carrying out the plan.
Macedonian government officials,
who say the rebels have thousands more
weapons than they have admitted to,
said later Sunday
that they had not
agreed to accept
NATO’s figures.
Prime Minister
Lju b c o
Georgievski, a con
sistent opponent of
the weapons col
lection plan,
described NATO’s
estimates of rebel
arms as “humiliating.”
“Our regrouping will
be simultaneous with
the arrival and deployment
of NATO troops
Marjan Gjurovski
Macedonian Defense Spokesman
The dispute opened the possibility
that the weapons collection process
won’t start as planned Monday. By early
Sunday evening, political leaders had
failed to order their forces to pull back
from areas surrounding drop-off sites -
a key requirement for NATO to start
weapons collections.
“Our regrouping will be simultane
ous with the arrival and deployment
of NATO troops,” said Maijan
Gjurovski, the Macedonian defense
spokesman.
NATO’s announcement came hours
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Monday, August 27,2001
after a deadly explosion ripped through
a motel, killing two people and further
complicating the affiance’s efforts to
build confidence between the rebels and
the government ahead of its mission.
The Macedonian-owned motel was
in Celopek, a village six miles south of
the predominandy Albanian city of
Tetovo.
Georgievski called the attack “bar
baric.”
“I have suggested that Macedonia
must legitimately respond or retaliate
either with a military or police action,”
he said It was unclear if the government
would actually act
The explosion took place in an ethnic
Albanian neighborhood, about 50 yards
from an Orthodox church. Most ethnic
Albanians are Muslims; most
Macedonians are Orthodox Christians.
Police also reported an exchange of
infantry and artillery fire in the
Kumanovo area northeast of Skopje.
Security forces “responded adequate
ly,” police said.
The planned NATO mission is the
alliance’s attempt to avert more blood
shed in this ethnically tom nation.
Fighting broke
out along
Macedonia’s bor
der with Kosovo in
February after eth
nic Albanians
launched an insur
gency claiming
they were fighting
for greater rights.
The government
says ethnic
Albanians, who make about a third of
the country’s population of 2 million,
are fighting for a state of their own.
After an Aug. 13 peace deal, NATO’s
ruling council authorized a total about
4,700 troops to help with disarmament
of the rebels.
The peace deal envisions a step-by
step process in which rebels will hand
over weapons to NATO in exchange for
political reforms in Macedonia. Since a
third of the weapons are to be handed
over in exchange for moves in parlia
ment, the figure had to be revealed in
advance.
figures were reduced to sl3 million each.
Superintendent Neil Pedersen said he
fears the funding will be reduced further
before the referendum goes before voters.
Pedersen said, “It’s just a question of
the commissioners finding the right mix
and finding the right priority.”
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