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The Seattle Sounders finishing continues to look like an unfinished product, despite the MLS Playoffs fast approaching, as the club split points with visiting FC Dallas in another effort that will leave fans and the team itself banging their head against the wall.

During his visit to the US, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) met with Republican US Representative Steve Chabot of Ohio, who is cochair of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus. Early this year, a Chinese newspaper criticized KMT Legislator Charles Chen (陳以信), calling him a “secret Taiwan independence advocate” for meeting with Chabot when he visited the US. By choosing to meet with Chabot, Chu again stepped on Beijing’s toes. One cannot help but wonder: Is he...

(Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) The Hong Kong Democracy Council was, in addition to six people including former U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, added to China’s new “reciprocal counter sanctions” list today. The D.C.-based advocacy group responded to the news in a statement whose title aptly notes that it was “Recognized by PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Human Rights Advocacy.” Advertisement “Being targeted and sanctioned by an authoritarian regime like the CCP is a badge of hon...