My comment: It appears that Ms 杜麗華 is an ordinary person, not from a
family with political or moneyed background.
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(a) Ralph Jennings, Taiwan asked by China to cancel Dalai Lama events: MP.
Reuters, Sept. 2, 2009.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5810RU20090902
("The visiting Tibetan spiritual leader, reviled by China as a separatist,
was asked to cancel a news conference, a public speech for 10,000 people,
interview requests and abandon any hopes of meeting Taiwan's top leaders,
said Khedroob Thondup, a Taipei-based parliamentarian in-exile close to the
Dalai Lama.")
My comment: The commentator is a "parliamentarian in-exile." That is what MP
in the title is about.
(b) 达赖喇嘛访台考验两岸政治智慧. BBC Chinese, Sept. 1, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8230000/newsid_8232000/8232078.stm
("台湾执政的国民党副秘书长张荣恭证实，国民党派出特使前往北京向中国大陆解释批
准达赖喇嘛访问的原因")
My comment: there is no need to read the rest of the BBC report.
(b) Shawn Pogatchnik, Boxing legend Ali traces roots to Irish town.
Associated Press, Sept. 1, 2009.
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=txirelandmuhammadali&prov=st&type=lgns
(Muhammad Ali's white Irish great-grandfather Abe "Grady settled in Kentucky
in the 1860s and married a freed slave" who was black)
My comment: This event has nothing to do with either Taiwan or China.
(3) Barbara Demick, Adopted teen finds answers, mystery in China. Christian
Norris of Easton, Md., remembers little of his pre-U.S. life. A reunion at a
Beijing hotel helps fill in some of the gaps. Los Angeles Times, Aug. 30,
2009.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-adopt30-2009aug30,0,5935166.story
(Christian Norris met his biological parents)