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Here is an end-of-the-month look at news from some of the areas that RG21 regularly follows and considers of interest.
Iran: President Rouhani and moderates gain in first post-nuclear-deal election. Not sweeping change—but a move in the right directon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/world/middleeast/iran-elections.html?_r=0
Korea: The UN security council is set to vote on tough new sanctions on the DPRK that would seen the banning of many exports from North Korea including minerals and weapons, and the prohibition on the importing of fuel. Sanctions are backed by the US, Japan and China.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/un-security-council/2563702.html
Taiwan: Stirring The Pot—South China Morning Post published a story on March 1, 2016: “Tsai’s dilemma: should Taiwan’s newly elected leader allow the Dalai Lama to visit and risk angering Beijing?” Very interesting. Here is the source:
“With invitations pending from Buddhist groups that are likely to be renewed [emphasis added] after Tsai and her pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party easily won January elections, the incoming leader faces a dilemma [???], said a Taiwanese source close to the DPP and another with direct knowledge of the matter.”
The article then goes on to say:
“The DPP said in a statement it was not aware of an invitation for the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan.”
“The Dalai Lama’s office in India, where he lives in exile, said: “His Holiness the Dalai Lama has no plans to visit Taiwan at the present time”.
So, there is:
a) No invitation
b) The DPP knows nothing about an invitation
C) The Dali Lama’s office says the DL has no plans to visit Taiwan.
So there is no visit and no dilemma. Only a fabricated “what-if?” story by SCMP writer.
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