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...What caused the crackdown was Next's report of the existence of two hidden slush funds, totalling $100 million, set up by former President Lee Teng-hui and continued by his successor Chen Shui-ban. Next alleged politicians used the money to buy better international relations, employing long-denied "dollar diplomacy" to ensure other nations resisted mainland efforts to isolate Taiwan. Damning documents leaked to the magazine also disclosed that the country's National Security Bureau (NSB) extensively shared intelligence with the U.S. and Japan-a fact that neither wanted broadcast to prickly Beijing...
...genre's popularity is due in part to that fact that, with classical music, "there are no language barriers," says Harry Hui, Asia-Pacific president of Universal Music. Vanessa-Mae and her acolytes reduce the fuddy-duddy factor. Kids can relate. "Classical music is an underexploited commodity in Asia given that there is a strong tradition of Asian parents who want their children to play the violin or piano," says Steve McClure, Asia bureau chief for Billboard magazine. In the hands of a group like bond, a classical piece sounds like a palatable pop song that won't frighten away...
...evening gown. Yu says the magazine pursued her for two years, but it was her daughter who persuaded her to appear. She adds that she will go naked only when she turns 60. To which we can only ask: has Playgirl heard of this hunk named Lee Teng-hui...
...indefatigable Lee Teng-hui, who was President for 12 years and chairman of the KMT until he was ousted by pro-China politicians earlier this year, was partly responsible for crippling his former party. Lee was not a candidate in Saturday's election and holds no governmental position. But you wouldn't have guessed it judging by his airtime during the campaign and the fact that Taiwan has been papered over with posters bearing his grandfatherly face. The 78-year-old Lee has fashioned himself as the chief backer of the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), a three-month-old party...
...clear that this means taking a much harder line on China and its sympathizers in the KMT. In one speech, Lee described himself as a prophet who would help release the Taiwanese people from the bondage of an overly powerful KMT and an intrusive China, boasting that "Lee Teng-hui is the only one in the world who's not afraid of the Chinese communists...