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...truth is, there's not much downtime for Lau these days. Since the filming of Daggers ended in January, he's already co-starred in a Hong Kong triad movie, Jiang Hu, which is set for release in the territory at the end of this month. He's also busy running his relaunched production and management company, Focus, after previous production efforts with several partners in the '90s bombed. "For 10 years we lost a lot of money," says Lau, who admits he has lost millions of dollars on poorly vetted projects. In 1996, he staked a small fortune...
...corruption or who amassed "black-gold" fortunes through Mafia connections. Most important, it promoted a younger generation of stalwarts, especially three comers known by their collective nickname Ma-Li-Chiang, or "strong horsepower": Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou, Taoyuan county magistrate Chu Li-lun and Taichung mayor Jason Hu Chih-chiang. All are under 55, fluent in English and untouched by corruption scandals (unlike Lien, a multimillionaire whose family wealth critics have linked to his father's use of KMT connections...
...next generation to resolve?invites voters to flow to other parties at either end of the political spectrum. And efforts to make the KMT more bentuhua, although necessary to win elections, pits the KMT in an unfamiliar game. "Bentuhua lends itself to independence and extremism," says Jason Hu, one of the horsepower trio, "so we can't compete with the DPP on that subject." So what's left? Hu says the KMT must "hope voters are one day mature enough to support a more mature party." It could be a long wait...
...China's President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have styled themselves as political moderates. Although greater intervention in Hong Kong politics would damage that reputation, they have room to play good cop, holding out the promise of gradual reforms if the territory drops demands for direct elections. If Chen is re-elected in Taiwan, however, Beijing might come down even harder on Hong Kong. "Because the Taiwan situation makes China's leaders nervous," says Joseph Cheng, a professor of political science at Hong Kong's City University, "there will be very little room for tolerance or magnanimity toward Hong...
...number of petitioners heading to the capital has increased dramatically over the past few years. Though President Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao have made mingling with common folk a signature of their new administration?from shaking hands with aids patients to chatting with coal miners?the common touch hasn't trickled down to China's provincial leaders, who are widely viewed as aloof and corrupt. Without any recourse on the local level, the mainland's disenfranchised see little choice but to head to the capital. Their increasingly vocal calls for justice show that despite China's economic expansion, many citizens...