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...Rebiya Kadeer, an exiled activist whom the Chinese government blames for provoking deadly rioting in the northwestern city of Urumqi in July. (Kadeer denies any role in the unrest.) Beijing also criticized the inclusion of the Kadeer documentary The 10 Conditions of Love at a September film festival in Kaohsiung, Taiwan...
...ground, there is still much to be done. Some 1500 people are still trapped in Yin's village alone, the Kaohsiung County Commissioner said on Thursday. Over 35,000 are believed to be stranded in other mountainous parts of the island. Once they're rescued, they, too, need to be housed, fed and given a life again. Even though Yin owns land where he has grown mangoes, peaches and bamboos shoots for a decade, he doesn't want to return to Namasia . "I'd be terrified every time it rains," he says, "Our future is also a very difficult problem...
...says the government's vision is to turn Taiwan into an operations center for Chinese industry by supplying technical and manufacturing expertise. There are some early indications Ma's strategy might work. Sun Ta-wen, chairman of circuit-board-parts maker Taiflex Scientific in the southern city of Kaohsiung, had planned to shift more production to China to improve efficiency, despite his fear that his company's intellectual property would be stolen. But better transport links have cut shipping costs and reduced travel time, so Sun has decided to keep his advanced R&D and manufacturing operations in Taiwan...
...Similar efforts are being made across the island. In Kaohsiung, the government in 2008 opened a software park to spur tech start-ups alongside the city's traditional export factories. Nationally, Ma's administration has targeted six "flagship" industries for investment and development: biotech, health care, high-end agriculture, tourism, green energy, and creative and cultural businesses such as traditional arts and pop music. The government intends to support these sectors by providing financing, improving the capabilities of state research institutes and other measures. "We are keenly aware these industries in five to 10 years will be the major industries...
...green bikes project is one of several green initiatives that Taipei has started in recent years in an effort to reign in the island's enduring emissions problem. Kaohsiung, an industrial port city with some of the worst air in Asia, unveiled its program on March 1 with an initial trial of 4500 bikes at 20 different stations. The government ultimately hopes to install 120 stations around the city. In crowded Taipei, notorious for its streets clogged with aggressive drivers, bike rentals have been limited to its newest - and safest - business district, Hsinyi, where 500 bikes were stationed during...