Word: tais
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MOVEMENT Heightens awareness of the sensations of movement, such as in walking or Tai...
...thing that's changed is the large number of Hong Kongers periodically flooding the streets on their own time. The vigil last week drew far more people than expected: some 30,000-50,000 souls willing to sacrifice their dinners or mah-jongg dates. "Beijing scares me," admitted Lance Tai, 26, who works in a financial firm, "but we have to demonstrate our determination and let them know that 'one country, two systems' is not working. And neither is Tung Chee-hwa." In other words, Hong Kong has a standoff. Something's got to give...
...tapped emerging markets from China to Pakistan and turned the region into the company's top revenue producer. As Chen settles into his new post as head of sales worldwide, he will continue to work to develop nascent markets, adding Latin America and Russia to his plate. The Tai Chi devotee will also play a big role in Intel's push to place its chips in communications devices, from cell phones that send pictures to computers that access the Internet wirelessly...
...CHARGED. LIU TAI-YING, 67, former Kuomintang treasurer; with perjury, graft, insider trading, and other offenses relating to several financial scandals; in Taipei. Liu, chairman of China Development Financial Holding Corp., was one of the most powerful figures in Taiwan's former ruling party during the 1990s. If convicted, he faces up to 16 years in jail. Liu's indictment is being taken as evidence that President Chen Shui-bian's administration is serious about its pledge to crack down on corruption...
...disease that responds to complacence or concealment. The trouble is, there can be a heavy financial price to pay for honesty. "Administrators don't want to admit they have SARS patients because it will mean a dramatic drop in patients coming to their hospital," says Michael Tai, head of the department of social medicine at the Chungshan Medical University in Tai-chung, "and that means they will lose money." Still, "other hospitals won't dare to buck the system now," says epidemiologist Ho Mei-shang, who has been tasked by the President to bring hospitals into line. "They are getting...