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...knows this. In [inviting Lien to China], it creates internal problems." Professor Lee Si-kuen, a professor of political science at National Taiwan University (and a KMT member), calls Lien's trip "the wrong thing at the wrong time," adding "it will aggravate the divisions in Taiwan society." Chang Hui-ching, 34, a historian at Taiwan's National Palace Museum, says the political schism is already too wide. A former pro-independence activist, Chang no longer votes or discusses politics because, she says, "in Taiwan there is no middle ground. Everyone is talking but no one is listening. People...
...bond remains tight. Lee Teng-hui, the first native Taiwanese to become president, speaks far better Japanese than he does Mandarin, and has frequently been criticized by political adversaries for "thinking like a Japanese." A few weeks ago, over Beijing's vociferous objections, Japan allowed Lee a private visit to Kyoto, Nagoya and Kanazawa; likewise, President Chen's wife, Wu Shu-jen, may be granted a tourist visa to visit Japan. It's inconceivable that Koizumi and Chen could meet or even officially communicate: Tokyo doesn't recognize Taiwan's existence as a nation. But at least it no longer...
...played in the city it supposedly was set in, a local newspaper called Wong "the female traitor to China," and a journal in Tianjin carried the headline: "Paramount Uses Anna May Wong to Embarrass China Again." Apparently not realizing that the villain Chang was a Communist, and Wong's Hui Fei, though a prostitute, was a brave Nationalist who kills Chang to save China, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government banned the film. Said Wong: "It's a pretty sad situation to be rejected by the Chinese because I am too American...
...Setting the Record Straight Running Mates The story on Taiwan's ex-President Lee Teng-hui [Nov. 29] misstated the number of candidates Lee's party was fielding in the legislative election. The correct number...
...this might have confused Chinese consumers a few years ago, but Yiwu is feeding a ravenous demand by mainland consumers who think that the height of contemporary urbanity is to festoon the living room in December. "I'd always heard of Christmas but never celebrated it," says Wang Hui, who came to Yiwu looking for factory work. "On Christmas Eve, when the stringed lights go on, I'll walk downtown with my girlfriends and shop for gifts...