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...life hold few clues to his continued esteem. Unlike some of his fellow missionaries in Africa or the Americas, he discovered no new wonders of the world. None of the countries he visited was converted root and branch to Christianity. He died without ever realizing his dream of reaching mainland China. And in India, Xavier is infamous as the man who introduced the Inquisition. The visible manifestation of his legacy today is mixed; St. Francis Xavier schools and churches dot his route from southern India to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan, but so do Xavier furniture warehouses...
...keep the majority, there's nothing left," says Liao Feng-te, head of organization and development for the KMT. "We can go out on the street and throw rocks-that's about it." Given the growing sense of Taiwan identity, the KMT is downplaying eventual reunification with the mainland, once an uncompromising part of its ideology. But without a clear message to send voters, the party is in a state of confusion. "I think we don't really know what to do," says Jason Hu, mayor of the city of Taichung in central Taiwan...
...victory in the legislative election would give Chen a new mandate to push through two pet initiatives: buying an $18 billion arms package from the U.S., and holding an island-wide referendum on changing the constitution, which was promulgated on the mainland in 1947, to make it more relevant to today's Taiwan. (China considers both moves hostile.) At the same time, Chen has in recent weeks repeatedly pledged that he won't declare independence or have it written into a new constitution. That's not just campaign rhetoric. Though it is Taipei's main backer, Washington is currently enjoying...
...Proportion of senior Chinese officials who believe the gap between rich and poor in the mainland is the biggest problem in 2004, beating out public security at 24.3% and corruption...
...Most important, perhaps, are efforts to attract new blood. Wong in September opened a special box at Sha Tin featuring Mandarin-speaking announcers and staff to woo the millions of mainland-Chinese tourists flooding the territory. The club employs "ambassadors" at the tracks to instruct newcomers on the betting process. Next up: Wong is considering a year-round racing schedule. "If we want to stay alive, we have to invent," he says...