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...hours short of a master's degree in economics and spent nine years as a human-resources consultant. "I think of myself as a pretty unique dude," says Coleman. "But if you've been to a country bar recently and seen people dance to a George Strait song followed by a Ludacris song, you know I'm hardly the only person that likes rap and country mixed together...
...than half the value of its net tangible assets. He also likes BIL International, a Singapore-listed company that owns thousands of acres in Hawaii that it may or may not succeed in developing; a hotel chain in London; and royalties from oil and gas production in the Bass Strait. Based on his "ultraconservative" appraisal of these hard-to-value assets, Wadhwaney thinks the stock trades for at least 30% less than it's currently worth. Then there's Liu Chong Hing Investments, which owns an exceptionally well-financed Hong Kong bank, as well as property in mainland China...
...give way on any touchy diplomatic issues: when it was in government in 1992, the KMT and Beijing came to a "consensus" that there was only one China?but agreed that each side could have a different interpretation of what that entails. That was a high point in cross-strait relations. When Chen's Democratic Progressive Party took over power in 2000, that consensus had already crumbled, and Chen refuses to adopt the formula. As a consequence, Beijing won't deal with...
...poll results suggest some nuance of attitude. In a survey by Taiwan's Focus Survey Research, 64% of respondents said Lien had no right to represent Taiwan on such a visit. But in newspaper polls, a majority said they supported his attempt to seek a solution to the cross-strait deadlock...
...against their elders." He says he no longer harbors resentment against the Communists and says the ghosts of the civil war should be laid to rest. "We are all Chinese," says Wu. "It is time for peace." That's the kind of dispassion needed for progress in the Taiwan Strait?rather than a nunchaku...