Word: taiwan
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Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian made history again on Friday as prosecutors indicted him and his wife for corruption charges. After becoming the first former president to be detained for corruption at the Taipei Detention Center on Nov. 12, Taiwan's Supreme prosecutor's office indicted Chen, his wife, his son and his daughter-in-law on a list of charges that included money laundering, embezzlement, bribery and forgery. The office suggested "a severe punishment" for Chen - which could mean a life sentence - because "he showed no remorse and even attacked the judicial system," according to according...
...areas of the economy. Health care, which should generate an enormous number of jobs going forward as China's population ages rapidly, is one example. Taiwanese companies have already invested in 14 hospitals across the country - and see that as only the beginning. Says Michael Tseng, an executive at Taiwan's BenQ Corp., which runs a hospital in Nanjing: "China was the world's factory, but manufacturing is yesterday's story...
...born in Taiwan in 1968. His father died when he was a toddler and his mother, an English professor, moved with her two sons to the U.S. in 1978. According to published reports, the only English word that Yang and his younger brother knew when they arrived in America was "shoe." The family eventually settled in San Jose, Calif...
...there isn't much time to demur. If Japan doesn't feel comfortable inviting foreign workers into this sector, other nations like the U.S., Canada and Taiwan do - with open arms. "They are at much more advanced stage with accepting foreigners," admits Asato of Kyoto University. In 2006, the Philippines signed an agreement with Japan similar to Indonesia's, but the Filipino students later interviewed by Kyushu University's Hirano last year weren't interested. Without an attractive package from Japan, Hirano fears none of the high-caliber Filipino nurses will want to come...
...milk products, including an infant formula widely popular in China. Nearly 53,000 small children in China have developed kidney stones, four have died, and product recalls have spread to 11 countries, including the U.S. The recall list includes seven instant-coffee and milk-tea products made in Taiwan using Chinese milk. (Melamine also tainted the pet food that harmed so many animals in the U.S. last year...