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...members of Taiwan's ruling party were to visit the mainland. Last week a senior official spoke of opening direct shipping and trade links between the two nations as soon as possible. At least one pioneering tourist is ready. After sampling a Taiwanese seafood banquet, he wants to import Taiwan fish to China...
...Furushima, who visited China a few years afterward. "But their quantity wasn't very good." China, of course, caught up fast: today, its exports account for more than two-thirds of the tatami market in Japan. In a last ditch measure to protect its farmers, Japan last year slapped import duties on Chinese tatami, along with leeks and shiitake mushrooms, other endangered cash crops. Bad move. China retaliated by putting tariffs on Japanese cars, air conditioners and mobile phones, businesses worth $700 million annually - seven times more than the farm products Japan was protecting. (The two countries began meeting last...
...problem is that when China's chickens sneeze, Hong Kong poultry gets the flu. All live poultry intended for human consumption in Hong Kong?some 33.4 million birds in 2001?is imported from the mainland, either ready for sale or as chicks to be raised locally. Of the territory's daily chicken consumption, only 20% is reared on 146 local farms; the rest are transported directly from China. Currently the Chinese government keeps no accurate or accessible official records of animal disease outbreaks. October reports of bird flu in Fujian province and the slaughter of 10,000 ducks and chickens...
...cork, with the feathers made from the left wing of a goose (to ensure consistency). And while O’Connor insists the sport is far from delicate, the equipment is. A shuttlecock is only good for one game. If Yue Wu ’02, strapping Swiss import and Harvard’s men’s singles virtuoso, is playing, a shuttlecock will last about five minutes. At $15 a dozen, Wu’s brawn can get expensive. It pays off, though—Wu leads the Harvard Badminton Club in tournament play...
Thesis writers in history will be most affected by the loss, as next year’s juniors and seniors must scramble to compete for an advisor from a much-reduced pool. Although the department has promised that it will import visiting professors, concentrators cannot count on professors who may only be at Harvard for one or two semesters to advise their work. Moreover, the dearth of advisors for history concentrators will have a trickle-down effect on students in related concentrations. Thesis writers in history and literature and history and science will feel pressured to choose their topics knowing...