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...have 56 sub-distributors throughout the cities and towns of the island. Besides this, we have established three streamlined newsstands in the capital, Taipei . . . Our American magazine business has at present reached a total of 15,000 copies on sale per month. TIME & LIFE are far in the lead. We have in six years increased our sales until now they stand at 3,500 copies of TIME and 5,000 copies of LIFE per month. That, we feel, is a real achievement for all of us here in Formosa...
This Way Out. In Taipei, Formosa, the Hotel Owners' Association issued a public statement: "If there is any reason why you must end your life, it's always better to do 'so outside hotels. Suicides in hotels not only incur the managements considerable expense but also cause them great mental distress...
Visitors arriving at Taipei, capital of Formosa, are presented with an illustrated booklet, compliments of the Nationalist government. The booklet explains Nationalist policy: "It is vital for us to do well in Taiwan [Chinese name for Formosa]. It is not only a desirable end in itself; it is also the basis of hope for an eventual return to the mainland." It is now 30 months since the Nationalists were hurled out of China. Last week TIME'S Hong Kong Bureau Chief Robert Neville, after a tour of Formosa, reported on how the Nationalists are doing there...
...Formosans, once resenting the intrusion of the Nationalists, have become loyal to Chiang. Last winter, 12,000 young islanders were drafted into the Nationalist army without complaints or repercussions. Formosa's local government, under able Nationalist Administrator K. C. Wu, has become, in the opinion of Americans in Taipei, the soul of rectitude...
...Leader. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang resent the notion that they are living in exile. Taipei, they insist, is simply the provisional capital of China, just as Chungking was during World War II. Although Chiang's vast domain has shrunk to a mere 14,000 square miles, his icy dignity has, if anything, increased. Nobody is now, or ever was, on back-slapping terms with Chiang. At 65, he lives a Spartan life, eats sparingly, and neither drinks nor smokes...