Earl M. Bousquet is President of St. Lucia-China Friendship Association (SLCFA), columnist of The Voice of St. Lucia, St. Lucia's largest and oldest newspaper and commentator of DBS TV Evening News. He can be reached at embousquet@hotmail.com
The recent Fatah celebrations in Gaza are the first step towards a reconciliation that remains crucial to efforts to establish a sovereign Palestinian state.
Untapped resources in the Caribbean await a rethink of China-Caribbean relations, especially as cross-Straits ties between China's mainland and Taiwan evolve.
Riding the recent UN vote to establish Palestine as a UN observer, Palestinians must now rally internally as well as externally to maintain the current momentum for their cause.