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According to Yi-Ping Ong, a graduate student in philosophy and the moderator of the dicussion, the panelists were selected because they were the “right combination of people” to take part in this “democratic dialogue...
...then introduced to his son, Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng), who sells watches in Taipei. Days after his father's death a young woman, Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi), buys a dual-time watch from him before she leaves for Paris. Hsiao-kang is disturbed that his mother (Lu Yi-ching) has responded to her husband's death by praying for his return, leaving food out for him just in case. She concludes that a large white fish in their aquarium is his reincarnation. Hsiao-kang retreats into fantasies about his fleeting meeting with Shiang-chyi and, hoping somehow...
...Yi Ping, a graduate student in philosophy, spoke about humanitarian concerns, such as hunger, drought and closed borders, that affect Afghanistan...
...that Yi Susen, an agent for Chinese shipping company COSCO, has doggedly set up shop. "The Americans and Europeans control the big markets," he says, "but we can build our fortunes in Africa." Recently, Yi traveled to the island of Madagascar for a delicate dEmarche: figuring out the right amount of cash needed to convince a recalcitrant port official to allow his ship to load goods. "Very tricky," he says, with a wink. "In Africa, there are no standard rules of business." A Chinese shipping empire is made on one remote isle at a time...
...province, scores of factories cluster together, their front yards choked with piles of twisted metal, junked plastic and old computer parts. But the killers who struck in the predawn hours of July 16 knew exactly which path would take them to their targets: Hou Kuo-li and Yeh Ming-yi, a pair of middle-aged businessmen from Taiwan who lived in the Lianjiao plant. Their bodies were discovered later that morning, along with those of two Chinese security guards and a 17-year-old female employee. According to news reports, all had their throats slit. A watchman at a nearby...