Taipei City Hall prepares a delegation for a big Beijing pow-wow kowtow for a couple of pandas. No word yet as to whether Taipei will offer sanctuary to members of that other rare Chinese species, the endangered saffron-robed Tibetan monk.
The Foreigner wants to know: couldn’t these "One China"-obsessed pols at least have had the decency to wait until AFTER the blood had dried in the streets of Shangri-La?
UPDATE: Taipei’s High Court dismisses the City Zoo’s bid to import panda bears from China. For now.