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...DIED. SUN YUN-SUAN, 92, former Taiwan Premier and heir apparent to President Chiang Ching-kuo until a stroke forced him to withdraw from public life in 1984; in Taipei. An electrical engineer who rose to become president of the Taiwan Power Company before entering politics, Sun played a key role in the island's rapid economic development, guiding the creation of its prominent semiconductor industry. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian hailed him as "the creator of Taiwan's 'economic miracle...
...recess programs, adding a cultural exchange with Hong Kong University with funding from the Crimson China Cultural Exchange Foundation (CCCEF). HCAP, which is entering its third year, hosted 22 students from Beijing University and National Taiwan University at Harvard last February, and sent 21 Harvard students to Beijing and Taipei during spring recess last year. This year, HCAP will host 40 students from top universities in Beijing, Taipei, Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong at Harvard, and send 95 Harvard students to those cities in late March, according to Jonathan D. Einkauf ’06, the president of HCAP. CCCEF...
...Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), the world's second largest maker of custom computer chips; for allegedly transferring technology, funds and personnel to Chinese start-up He Jian Technology, in violation of laws prohibiting the establishment of high-tech semiconductor plants on the mainland without special approval; in Taipei. The two are also charged with "breach of trust" for allegedly acting against the interests of UMC shareholders. The company has denied the allegations, calling the indictments "purely political...
...seems like a very interesting culture and I would like to learn about it.” Besides Harvard, four schools will participate in HCAP conferences this year—National University of Singapore, Peking University in Beijing, Thammasatt University in Bangkok, and National Taiwan University in Taipei. Each school applied to HCAP in the fall by presenting its ideas for a March conference. HCAP officers selected the winning universities based on the quality of the proposed conferences. —Staff writer Adrian J. Smith can be reached at smith9@fas.harvard.edu...
...without mishap, internally you need stability, externally you need peace. However, you are inculcating enormous pride and patriotism in your young in a restored China. So much so that when they started demonstrating against the Japanese, they became violent. Furthermore, when my son, the [Singapore] Prime Minister, went to Taipei last year, he and Singapore were attacked on China's Internet chat rooms as ingrates, traitors. The day before yesterday, I was an old friend of China; today I'm a new enemy. It's volatile. The Chinese leader said they would ensure that the young understood. Well, I hope...