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...parents' edible-oils firm in Taiwan's rural Changhua county. Thinking that mainland China's rapid development would boost demand for the kind of quick, cheap meals that workers would fill up on during factory breaks or after a punishing shift, he decided to cross the Taiwan Strait and set up a factory in Tianjin in 1992. The timing was perfect. Master Kong is now the world's largest brand of instant noodles, with an enormous recognition rate that has enabled Tingyi to expand the line into bottled water, teas and snacks. "To consumers, Kang Shifu is a professional chef...
...reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary. A more China-friendly leadership in Taipei has helped eased some of the fear of armed conflict. But the region still has the potential to be a flash point. Taiwan says China has some 1,500 missiles stationed along the Taiwan Strait. And a decision by U.S. President Obama in January to approve the sale of more than $6 billion in military equipment to Taiwan has angered the Chinese government, which has postponed some military exchanges with the U.S. in protest...
...perhaps two of the most coveted pieces of real estate in the country, enhancing their appeal to both locals and foreigners. Marina Bay Sands is minutes away from the city's downtown offices on a fringe of sea-facing land overlooking the ship-sprinkled waters of the Singapore Strait...
...down one missile with another, China demonstrated its growing military prowess. But it also telegraphed its anger over last week's sale of U.S. Patriot interceptor missiles to Taiwan. Taipei would use the Patriots to blunt any attack by Beijing's 1,100 missiles poised just across the Taiwan Strait. China has threatened to use force should Taiwan, which has had its own political system for the past six decades, opt for independence...
...This is the second prominent apology Rudd has made since he took office in a landslide election in 2007. The first was to the "stolen generation" - tens of thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children who were removed from their families between 1869 to 1969 by the government. (See pictures of the day Rudd apologized to the stolen generation...