[LatelineNews: 2003-2-22] TAIPEI - Taiwan's outspoken justice minister, under pressure at home for his crackdown on CD piracy, has aimed a rare diplomatic kick at the politically isolated island's most powerful ally, the United States. Chen Ding-nan, a former shoe salesman, has accused the United States of bullying the island over its efforts to combat CD piracy, a global issue that American firms claim costs the U.S. economy around $20 billion a year. "The U.S. side knows we're working very hard. But as long as piracy exists, no matter how well we do, they always have something negative to say,"...
