After a period where tensions across the Straits of Taiwan ran high, relations between the island and the Mainland have warmed up in recent years, owing primarily to a change in leadership in Taipei. The recent signing of a trade agreement significantly lowering barriers to trade has brought the two closer than they've been in generations. But where do relations stand on a person to person level? BON'S MATT SCHRADER recently took a look at an event that's supposed to help do for cultural relations what trade agreements are doing for economic relations.
Economists say that international trade is leading the world out of recession and on the road to recovery. But that doesn't mean the world's biggest trading blocs are in agreement. Andrew Livingstone reports on a trade dispute threatening to open a rift between the European Union and China.
SPENDING, INVESTING ON THE RISE HOT MONEY HITS HONG KONG IS CHINA AS STRONG AS U.S.? WHO BENEFITS FROM TAIWAN DEALS? KARAOKE SONGS CENSORED CHINA'S PIRACY PROBLEM CHINA'S HOPES AT WINTER GAMES?