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...Ma Ying-jeou is weary. The presidential candidate for the Kuomintang, or KMT, slumps into an economy-class seat on a high-speed train bound for central Taiwan. It's 8 p.m. on a Tuesday night and he has already endured a grueling 12-hour schedule of campaign events - seminars, speeches, and a ceremony launching his latest book, Silent Courage. Yet with a crucial presidential election only days away, Ma, 57, can't afford to waste a single second. Minutes after his train arrives in the city of Taichung, Ma is whisked from the tracks into a waiting...
...Most of all, Ma regales the packed room with his vision of Taiwan's future - one based on a radically altered relationship with Taiwan's rival, China. Taiwan, he tells one inquisitive villager, needs to strengthen its ties to China for the benefit of its economy and society. Chinese tourists, he says, would visit Taiwan in the millions and lavishly spend their newly earned wealth. "But we don't want to just make money off the Chinese," Ma says. "We want to make friends with them. Then there will be less likelihood...
...King is currently the Director of the South End Technology Center @ Tent City in Boston, MA. He has taught as an Adjunct Professor at MIT and served as a State Representative in the Massachusetts Legislature...
...Olympic Village with all of the athletes. I was so naïve. I just went in there, so wide-eyed, so excited to be there.” After placing 20th in the 200-meter breaststroke in Athens, Pangilinan turned to a very different venue: Cambridge, MA. “It was strange going from that into a college career,” Pangilinan said. “Being here at a school and competing for a team, you’re doing something other than for yourself.” It was a transition Pangilinan executed masterfully...
...signal that you have enough. 5) Check out Mao’s body—it’s preserved in Tiananmen Square! 6) You should learn a few phrases ahead of time. Here’s one to get you started: “zhe shi she ma zhong de ro?” (“What kind of meat is this?”). 7) Leave your perpetual caffeine drip (aka travel mug) at home. In China people carry tea around in glass jars. 8) When taking a cab, if you’re in the know...