The good news and the bad news ...

The bad news first: Taiwan has lost yet another diplomatic ally as Grenada switches its allegiance to China. Officials in Grenada said that Taiwan didn't take the realtionship very seriously. More here.

And the good news? The good news is that Taiwan has been taken off the "Special 301" list, meaning that the US is, for the nonce, convinced that Taiwan takes Intellectual Property Rights seriously. Here is the Taipei Times story.