Let there be peace...

China had recently passed the anti-secession law aimed at Taiwan's separatist groupe. This act leagalizes any military means to prevent Taiwan declearing independance if it chooses to do so.

Taiwan's situation is the legacy of internal civil warfare in the 1940s, it needs to be resolved eventually and the communist party simply will not tolerate the possibility that it will declare independence.

This law is not a threat of war, but a very direct warning to the Taiwan government. I am no politician but I do hope the Taiwan government will shift their efforts from trying to declear independence to negociate the possiblity of a peaceful outcome.

After all, no one wants to see missiles flying across the Taiwan strait.

The mustard museum in Dijon

Richard's Visit to Paris.

Richard's Visit

Richard took a few days to swing by Paris from his spring break tour. It was quite nice to see him again after our last trip to Budapest.

In terms of scheduling, I worked during the day while he toured around the city, and we chilled during the night time.

On satuday, we hit the town of Dijon. That's right, the origin of the French mustard. The town itself was small but quite pretty. The best part of the trip was probably the mustard museum where they show you the history of the making of the mustard, the choices of ingrediants etc. Strange but after that trip, I've been eating mustard with almost every meal! :)