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Beijing denounces US duties ahead of visit by Obama

China denounced as protectionist new US anti-dumping duties on steel pipes and launched its own investigation into imports of US-made automobiles yesterday, a week before a visit by US President Barack Obama.

It also called for Washington’s swift recognition that China is a market economy, which would make it harder for the US to declare Chinese products are dumped.

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Cops arrest artist over depiction of Ma having sex

A drawing by artist Lin Guo-wu in which President Ma Ying-jeou is depicted having sexual intercourse with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pictured on Thursday in Taipei County.
PHOTO: HUANG LI-HSIANG, TAIPEI TIMES

Artist Lin Guo-wu (林國武) has attracted media attention after he was arrested on Thursday for drawing a picture that depicted President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) having sexual intercourse with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The painter had remained relatively unknown for the last 13 years despite depicting many politicians in obscene drawings.

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Newsflash

Former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) office yesterday issued a statement denying allegations that Chen had taken advantage of his overseas trips to transport cash abroad.

The statement came in response to a story published by the Chinese-language China Times yesterday that quoted Palauan President Johnson Toribiong as saying that an unidentified wire of NT$1.4 billion (US$40 million) was routed through Palau’s Pacific Savings Bank in 2005 to the US and other countries.