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...while they're not immune to the hot and cold winds of politics, artists and curators have become adept at taking shelter from them most of the time. "After all, we share the same traditions," says Yeh Wen-wen, Cloud Gate's executive director. "From both sides, we can appreciate how hard it is to become a creative artist." Doing away with decades of mistrust isn't easy either, but artistic communities on both sides of the strait can take a well-deserved...
...Thai and Western restaurant. Peruse the menu of chef Thanunya Kaikaew, who has a cookbook of healthy recipes to her name, and take in the fabulous sunset. THE EUGENIA: This 12-room, colonial-style Sukhumvit gem, www.theeugenia.com, doubles as an antiques repository for Taiwanese owner and Bangkok resident Eugene Yeh. Those are Yeh's hand-beaten copper bathtubs and four-poster beds in the rooms, and his vintage cars in the garage. These and other thoughtful touches - including complimentary minibars and free wi-fi access - will have you feeling quite at home. A cozy cigar lounge-cum-library, beds adorned...
...needed institutional reforms, according to U.S. strategic experts. A multibillion-dollar arms purchase from the U.S., pushed by President Chen Shui-bian, has been held up for almost four years because of resistance by the opposition KMT and PFP parties, which claim that the weapons are overpriced. Wu Tung-yeh, a professor at National Chengchi University's Institute of International Relations, believes the island has let its guard down. "Taiwan," he says, "will have neither will nor the ability to defend itself against China...
...evident from the score for his first film: Mani Ratnam's Roja, the tale of a woman whose lover is kidnapped by terrorists. Through this grim political parable, Rahman laced some spectacular melodies that not only serve the drama, they create their own?as in the duet ballads Yeh Haseen Vadiyan and Roja Janeman, which first are grounded in recitative, then soar into celestial melody. The soundtrack parades the composer's gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman. He plays with reggae and jungle rhythms, runs cool variations on Ennio Morricone's scores for Italian...
...that Peking University takes his chess very seriously. Upon arrival, the Harvard contingent— Daniel J. Benjamin, a third year economics grad student, Marc R. Esserman ’05, Dan E. Goodman ’07, Daniel H. Thomas ’05-06, and Albert C. Yeh ’07—was greeted with a 30-foot banner advertising their match. Because the Harvard team was formally invited by the Chinese government, they were treated as quasi-celebrities. Peking University’s president gave an opening speech that reflected the magnitude of the event...