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...underground mall at Taipei's famous Hsing-tian Temple hosts an odd collection of closet-sized rooms. Inside, under sterile fluorescent lights, perch several young Japanese women on low wooden stools, patiently waiting to have their fortunes told. Each is spending $60-150 for a session lasting less than a half hour but they insist that the predictions and advice - details on marriage, future children and career advancement - are worth every penny. "The Chinese fortune tellers are more accurate," says one of the Japanese tourists. That's a reputation worth cultivating. According to one fortune teller, a third...
...economic and political developments currently under way will break down the barriers between them, making peaceful reunification a real possibility. Indeed, with their own economy slowing, Taiwan's entrepreneurs are increasingly channeling their investments onto the mainland, giving the Taiwanese business community a major stake in reconciling Beijing and Taipei...
...worked with the Taiwanese military to prepare for such a scenario. So for the President to take a position that appears to suggest we would use our own forces to defend Taiwan against Chinese attack is a dramatic shift, and could be read that way both in Beijing and Taipei...
Meanwhile in Moldova, two women were arrested for selling human remains from a cancer ward. But Taiwanese carnivores breathed easy when Taipei restaurants were absolved of accusations they were serving FRIED BABIES. Internet photos of the alleged baby eating turned out to be subversive artwork by Chinese artist Zhu Yu. The Taiwanese government reassured its meat-loving masses that while the island has a law against serving babies, they can eat all the dog meat?local or Romanian?they want...
...Taiwan: Win-win winners It was Taiwan's interests that the U.S. spy plane was defending on the mission that led to the Hainan standoff, and tensions between Washington and Beijing inevitably play to Taipei's advantage. While the standoff won't necessarily increase the likelihood of Taiwan's being sold the weapons it desires, it's unlikely to have decreased that likelihood. The Bush administration won't use Taiwan arms sales to punish Beijing, but it may find it difficult to soften its position on the Aegis sale in the wake of the standoff. And on Capitol Hill...