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...world's longest road, its longest continuous highway, or the longest without crossing a national border. Whatever the qualification, there's no doubt it's long. Some 15,000 km of multi-lane freeway, dual carriageway, two-lane bitumen and corrugated dirt, it circles the Australian mainland, never far from the coast, and bisects Tasmania...
...world's longest road, its longest continuous highway, or the longest without crossing a national border. Whatever the qualification, there's no doubt it's long. Some 15,000 km of multi-lane freeway, dual carriageway, two-lane bitumen and corrugated dirt, it circles the Australian mainland, never far from the coast, and bisects Tasmania...
...center makes up Dewar's World of Whisky, tel: (44-1887) 822 010, one of the Central Highlands' main tourist draws. The onsite store sells everything from CDs and books to ties and baseball caps - as well as bottles of Dewar's famous White Label blend. OLD PULTENEY: Mainland Scotland's northernmost distillery, tel: (44-1955) 602 371, is located on a nondescript road in the fishing town of Wick, but behind Old Pulteney's doors lies an opportunity to encounter an intense and complex malt, with unique characteristics ascribed to the distillery's coastal location. Purchase a bottle from...
...think you will see a democratic China in your lifetime? With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society. With the mainland, it should take longer. But the Internet makes things very different. After our [local] elections last December, I went on China's People's Net, which is owned by the People's Daily. People were [posting messages like]: "Why can't we vote just like people in Taiwan? Are we second-class citizens?" The existence of Taiwan poses a powerful comparison to the mainland...
...yourself? When I went to the U.S. in March, the Americans thought I may be too close to the mainland. But I am one of the few politicians in Taiwan who attends the Tiananmen memorial service every year. I am the only politician to go to a Falun Gong gathering. I was the first politician in Taiwan to criticize China's antisecession law, not because I support Taiwan independence, but because [the law] is unnecessary and unwise. I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese...