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...This standoff is rooted in the past. For much of Taiwan's modern history, the island was essentially a one-party state ruled by the KMT, which brooked little dissent. Only in 1986 did then President Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek's son, allow the presence of an opposition party, only a year later did he lift martial law and government control of the press, and only last year did the KMT properly elect its own party leader for the first time. The KMT is not accustomed to being out of power. Instead of working together with the administration...
...other members of that committee are Emilie M. Dressaire and Sarah A. Carter of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Liza K. C. Ching of the Kennedy School, Kerith J. Conron of the School of Public Health, Gillian L. Fell of the Medical School, Christopher C. Fonzone of the Law School, Mark J. McInroy of the Divinity School, Owen Patrick of the Business School, Hanna B. Rodriguez-Farrar of the Graduate School of Education, and Christopher White of the Design School...
...star of Memoirs of a Geisha has broken down barriers for Chinese actors. I hope Ang Lee is on the list. Because of him, Chinese filmmaking will be better recognized by the U.S. film industry. He has made his fellow Chinese extremely proud. I would also include Wang Yung-ching, a Taiwanese businessman who is donating hearing implants to the children of China this year, and Professor Han Demin, the head of Beijing's Tongren Hospital, because of his charity fund-raising efforts...
...DIED. SUN YUN-SUAN, 92, former Taiwan Premier and heir apparent to President Chiang Ching-kuo until a stroke forced him to withdraw from public life in 1984; in Taipei. An electrical engineer who rose to become president of the Taiwan Power Company before entering politics, Sun played a key role in the island's rapid economic development, guiding the creation of its prominent semiconductor industry. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian hailed him as "the creator of Taiwan's 'economic miracle...
...spirit soar? Does Narnia cause the imagination to fly? Does Narnia make you think, make you wonder, make you aspire? If it does even half these things, not only will encouragement rule the land but also, on the commercial side, the season will ring with the sound of ka-ching! STEVE HORTEGAS Lynden, Wash...