Knowing that even America, which underwrites Taiwan's security, deems the Lee formula provocative, China will rant.

ECONOMIST: Uncertainty in Taiwan

Speaking at the Herzliya Conference, Rubinstein, who now serves as the dean of the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center, rebuked Mazuz for threatening to limit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's executive powers if he deems them to be in conflict with the criminal probe of Olmert's role in the privatization of Bank Leumi.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The rule of lawyers

China has bullied and bribed these neighbours not to offer sanctuary to any of Xinjiang's Uighurs whom China deems to threaten stability.

ECONOMIST: Go west, young Han