Word: taiwan
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...less desirable men find themselves snubbed by Taiwan's sophisticated women, one in four grooms in Taiwan now marries a bride from Southeast Asia or mainland China. "There's a strong urban bias in Taiwan," says Professor Hsia Hsiao-chuan of Shih Hsin University's Graduate Institute of Social Transformation Studies. "That means farmers and blue-collar workers have a hard time finding wives." But the rejected and dejected are treated like kings by professional matchmakers, who take them on trips to browse for brides in poorer parts of Asia...
...case, as well as public outrage over reported instances of virtual slavery, have drawn attention to the vulnerability of foreign wives here. To prevent the women from being purchased like commodities, Taiwan enacted a law last month cracking down on the foreign-bride industry and its advertisements. The law requires Taiwan's roughly 500 matchmaking agencies to become non-profit organizations and adhere to stricter regulation, or face recurring fines...
...good image of China's peaceful rise and expanded China's reach around the world during the past five years. His confidence and wisdom in handling internal and external affairs is a marvelous asset that will eventually encourage the Chinese people to accelerate political reform. Song Xiaowen, Zhongli City, Taiwan...
...then there's China, where Yum is so big that it has reported earnings separately since 2005. Profits from Yum's stores in China, Thailand and Taiwan popped 37% in 2006, while all other international profits grew 11%, domestic a mere 3%. A KFC opened nearly every day in China last year, and KFCs and Pizza Huts now number more than 2,300. (McDonald's has about 1,000 restaurants, not that Yum keeps track.) Sam Su, who runs Yum in China, projects 20,000 stores someday. "We're nowhere close to saturation at all," he says...
...good image of China's peaceful rise and expanded China's reach around the world during the past five years. His confidence and wisdom in handling internal and external affairs is a marvelous asset that will eventually encourage the Chinese people to accelerate political reform. Song Xiaowen, ZHONGLI CITY, TAIWAN...