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  Three Times (TAIWAN 2005)
Times being what they are, the relationship progresses with slow, awkward steps, interrupted by such things as May moving from pool hall to pool hall, and the soldier tracking her down with the honest enthusiasm of a young man smitten.
The second segment, titled "A Time for Freedom", is set in 1911, and details the relationship between a courtesan named Ah Mei (Shu), and her frequent visitor Mr.
At the same time, the film is told in a slow, obtuse manner that's bound to frustrate even converts to the cult of Wong Kar-Wai.
www.lovehkfilm.com /panasia/three_times.htm   (746 words)

  
 Taiwan travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Taiwan [1], whose official name is the Republic of China (ROC), is an island of about 36,000 square kilometers located off the coast of southeastern China, southwest of Okinawa and north of the Philippines.
Taiwan's new high speed rail system similar to the Shinkansen in Japan is currently under construction with completion scheduled for early 2007.
Taiwan's banking system is light-years ahead of most other countries, with the ability to use any of the abundant 24-hour ATM Machines to withdraw cash from anywhere in the world using the Plus or Cirrus sytems.
wikitravel.org /en/Taiwan   (9339 words)

  
 Seattle Times: Editorial: Taiwan's democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Taiwan and its people struggle with a presidential election in which the winner won by 0.228 percent of the vote and the loser wants the election annulled.
That Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu were shot at and wounded last week may have won them the election.
A well-administered recount would be useful in the Taiwan election, in which Chen's margin was some 30,000 votes, and in which 337,000 votes were ruled spoiled.
www.taiwandc.org /seatimes-2004-01.htm   (406 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Taiwan's Culture of Food
In the late 1940s, when the Kuomintang government and its troops retreated to Taiwan after defeat on the mainland by the communists, a large number of chefs from all parts of China were part of the exodus.
The Hakka of China's Fujian Province were among the first people to settle in Taiwan, arriving as early as 1000 A.D. The Hakka generally settled in the northern part of Taiwan, while other immigrants from China's Fujian Province settled in the southern part of the island.
This group represents a legion of wives and mothers around Taiwan who have joined together under the auspices of various local agricultural associations to both refine their own culinary skills and develop an entirely new line of food that centers on the three core principles of value, health and good taste.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-9-24/46304.html   (1218 words)

  
 Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
Mainland Chinese prostitutes, already in abundance in Taiwan, could be recruited by Chinese intelligence to serve as femme fatales, supplying critical intelligence on the locations of key government and military leaders at odd hours of the night; death is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
As the saying goes, "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog that matters." Taiwan's military is rife with lethargic and ineffectual troops just begging for their 20-month tour of duty to end so they can go back to their girlfriends and jobs.
Taiwan's air force would be kept busy trying to repair runway damage caused by the estimated 500 short-range ballistic missiles deployed along China's coast and targeting Taiwan.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FD10Ad02.html   (2969 words)

  
 Taiwan News.Net
Taiwan's first lady, Wu Shu-chen, has pleaded innocent to corruption charges at the start of her trial in Taipei.The wife of President Chen Shui-bian is accused of illegally claiming about $US450,000...
Taiwan was held on Friday to discuss exchanges and cooperation.
Taiwan News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
taiwansnews.net   (1091 words)

  
 Tidbits from Taiwan
Got their just in time as my family was leaving (already left), to go with them for dinner.
This time however, the group got out of bed at around 5:30 and met at Muzha Station at 7:00 where we ate breakfast (these fanstastic tortillas with egg and a special sweet sauce, oh so good, that are very popular here - "Dan Bing").
This time I had in mind eating lunch at a restaurant that I had spotted on the previously trip, that overlooks a rather large valley of lush forest and clouds.
taiwantimes.blogspot.com   (18738 words)

  
 Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister and former ambassador Yang Jiechi said Taiwan is the most important issue between China and US and called on the United States to "work together with China to oppose and counter secessionist activities on the part of Taiwan".
According to the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, which has been promoting Taiwanese fruit around the world, the main problem for Taiwanese fruit sales on the mainland is that cheaper alternatives already dominate the market.
Warren Kuo, a professor at National Taiwan University's department of bio-resources and agriculture, noted that he is quite concerned about Beijing's new policies, which could eventually lead to mainland agricultural products being dumped in Taiwan and displacing Taiwanese agricultural products on the international market.
www.atimes.com /atimes/China_Business/HD18Cb05.html   (1295 words)

  
 U.S. to build 8 subs in deal with Taiwan - The Washington Times: World - September 29, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Taiwan's new representative to the United States, David Tawei Lee, said yesterday that the submarines would be built "probably in Mississippi, in [former Senate Majority Leader] Trent Lott's state."
Taiwan's legislature had been expected to vote in October to approve the $18 billion arms purchase from the United States, but Mr.
Taiwan says the arms deal is crucial to counter a growing military threat from China.
www.washtimes.com /world/20040929-123355-3804r.htm   (841 words)

  
 Taiwan :: China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代
Taiwan's ruling party defied expectations that it would be trounced in local elections Saturday, handing President Chen Shui-bian some breathing room after months of fighting off scandals.
Taiwan's opposition parties officially launched a campaign on Saturday to demand that the island's embattled President Chen Shui-bian resign, two days after Chen announced he would relinquish some of his power to his cabinet.
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian returns home from a Latin American visit on Friday after surprise stops in Libya and Indonesia that gave him a modest diplomatic victory over China but drew words of caution from the United States.
chinadigitaltimes.net /taiwan   (8132 words)

  
 Taiwan's turn - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
For example, in April 2001 President Bush promised to do "whatever it takes to help Taiwan defend itself." What the Taiwanese seem to have heard was "whatever it takes to defend Taiwan." The president should clarify what his remarks meant in the context of the stalled special budget.
At the same time, these analysts advocate very provocative measures, such as sending senior U.S. officers to Taiwan to coordinate with Taiwan's military -- a move that would be sure to infuriate Beijing.
Implying Taiwan's inaction is acceptable, or comparing Taiwan's situation to that of Germany -- a country facing no significant security threat -- only encourages Taiwan's lack of seriousness about its own defense.
www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050925-102114-3553r.htm   (851 words)

  
 Taiwan News
Taiwan's wheelchair-bound first lady fainted shortly after she went on trial accused of embezzlement and forgery Friday in a case that could force President Chen Shui-bian from office.
Wu Shu-chen was carried from the courthouse to an ambulance The wife of Taiwan's embattled president has fainted during her court appearance in Taipei, where she is on trial for embezzlement and forgery.
Taiwan's first lady Wu Shu-chen went on trial Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzlement and forgery in connection with the misuse of state funds.
www.topix.net /world/taiwan   (927 words)

  
 EETimes.com - Taiwan to buy nearly one-fourth of world's chip gear in 2000
TAIPEI -- Taiwan is the place to be for suppliers of semiconductor equipment, as the island's chip makers are projected to procure nearly one-quarter of the world's production gear in 2000.
In total, Taiwan's chip makers are expected to spend a staggering $8.9 billion on wafer-fab equipment in 2000, up 98% from $4.5 billion in 1999, according to new figures released here today by the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) trade group.
In fact, the total ATE market in Taiwan is projected to jump from $600 million to $700 million in 1999, to over $1 billion in 2000, said S.I. Wei, field operations manager for Teradyne Taiwan Ltd., which is based in Hsinchu.
www.eetimes.com /news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10813872   (1091 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Opinion: Taiwan: a promise wrapped in a dilemma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
In Taiwan's rough-and-tumble democracy, some members of the ruling Democratic Pro-gressive Party have turned on their elected leader to demand his resignation over corruption charges within his immediate family.
The economic rise of Taiwan preceded the rise of mercantile China in the past century, but now the two are cellphone buddies, distanced by politics and grumpy about the other's existence but so heavily cross-invested they eat from the same rice bowl.
She is part of the Westernization of Taiwan — the most Western of the Eastern countries.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/opinion/2003437754_sundaytaip19.html   (1724 words)

  
 My-ESM - Plan to scrap nuclear plant could spell trouble for Taiwan's power hungry electronics industry
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Already grappling with an insufficient and unstable power supply, Taiwan may consider scrapping plans to build the island's fourth nuclear power plant in a move that chip makers warn would cast a cloud over one of the world's biggest semiconductor industries.
Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the world's largest pure-play chip foundry, and Stan Shih, chairman of the Acer Group, one of the world's 10 biggest PC makers, have each urged the government to reconsider the move.
Taiwan is a leading manufacturing center for the world's PC and telecommunications equipment OEMs, a reputation that has been gaining strength as companies around the globe continue to outsource more of their production to third-party chip makers and systems assemblers.
www.my-esm.com /story/OEG20001003S0023   (936 words)

  
 EETimes.com - Taiwan joins Chinese effort on proprietary DVD format
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Separate consortia in Taiwan and China are pecking away at a new DVD format that would enable disk and player manufacturers to evade royalty payments to Japanese, American and European companies, which now have a lock on the technology.
The consensus here is that with the help of Taiwan, China will attempt to repeat an earlier effort in which it developed Super Video CD (SVCD) as a foil to the Video CD format, allowing manufacturers to duck royalty payments to Philips, JVC, Sony and Matsushita.
Interestingly, Taiwan's largest research group is leading the EVD effort, at the request of Chinese counterparts to help advance the spec.
www.eetimes.com /story/OEG20020524S0091   (1840 words)

  
 Overseas Americans in Taiwan
Shieh was arrested on May 24 under suspicion of corruption regarding a project at the Southern Taiwan Science Park to reduce vibrations from the high-speed railway that is being built adjacent to the Science park.
The Taiwan Foreign Ministry has threatened the hunger strikers with arrest and deportation for displaying any indication of their hunger strike in public.
There is no judaical oversight of deportations on Taiwan and foreign nationals are denied many of the most basic human and civil rights given to Chinese nationals.
overseasamericans.tripod.com /overseasamericansintaiwan/index.html   (1073 words)

  
 The Washington Times - Taiwan
Chen Shui-bian, former mayor of Taipei, is the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate for president of Taiwan, in the elections to be held in March 2000.
Chen: Taiwan and China are two separate, independent, ethnically Chinese states, and whether or not these two ethnic Chinese states will eventually become one state, is up to the 22.05 million residents of Taiwan.
Since Taiwan is a sovereign independent state, separate from and independent of the People's Republic of China's rule, Taiwan is not a part of China.
www.internationalspecialreports.com /asiapacific/99/taiwan/9.html   (1067 words)

  
 My-ESM - Taiwan DRAM makers may cut output
HSINCHU, Taiwan -- In response to the growing DRAM glut, Taiwan manufacturers are getting together to discuss the possibility of cutting their losses by cutting production.
Taiwan's DRAM players have been struggling from the global slump, which is due to poor demand and declines in prices.
Facing the glut, Taiwan's companies are also upgrading their process technologies to help save costs and increase output.
www.my-esm.com /digest/story/OEG20010814S0033   (700 words)

  
 Taiwan to ship 26 percent of handsets by '08   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The increase is reflective of the rising influence of the island's ODMs, especially in the low-end and mid-tier segments.
Motorola and Sony have made Taiwan a key component of their design and supply chain, said analyst Junmei He.
"Taiwan's ODMs gain cost advantages through setting up plants in mainland China, and their leading role in supplying handset components is helping them further improve their cost structure and complete their supply chain," He said.
eetimes.eu /uk/193500030   (552 words)

  
 EastSouthWestNorth: Tabloid Journalism Trumps Politics in Taiwan
The newspaper industry in Taiwan had been almost always closely linked to politics, whether it was of the 'green' or 'blue' variety Running a newspaper meant that it was impossible not to get deeply involved in politics.
Overall, the vacuity and nihilism of Taiwan society towards political and economic discourse and the general lack of serious and logical discourse is not the responsibility of Apple Daily, but the consequence of the longstanding tradition of Taiwan media.
By that time, it will be tough for Apple Daily to fight back with tabloid journalism against the mainstream media, and that is why people think that Liberty Times will win the leadership position back again before too long.
www.zonaeuropa.com /20050816_1.htm   (2683 words)

  
 DigiTimes daily IT news
Taiwan's wafer probing service suppliers expect revenues to slide in the first quarter of 2007, as foundries will be unable to increase their utilization...
Taiwan, which has long been rumored to have an interest in the Taiwan blogger community site Wretch, finally announced the acquisition today.
Taiwan, the deal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2007 but details regarding the amount nor terms involved have not been revealed yet.
www.digitimes.com   (2319 words)

  
 Taiwan Taipei Calling Cards and Taiwan Taipei Phone Cards
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www.alosmart.com /Taiwan-Taipei-calling-card-306.asp   (320 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Home Page
Print editions of The Epoch Times in the U.S. can be found in New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Chicago and California.
The Epoch Times in Ireland can be found in Dublin and other cities.
The Epoch Times in New Zealand is a bi-weekly paper.
english.epochtimes.com   (190 words)

  
 The Taiwan Page - chronology
3, 1997: According to the statistics from the Central Bank of China, Taiwan’s OBU increased in September which is not affect by the Southeast financial crisis.
Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said that there is no other motives for the devaluation of the New Taiwan Dollar.
Jan., 1998: Global and Taiwan's economic growth slows down due to Asian financial crisis.
faculty.washington.edu /karyiu/Asia/Taiwan/chrono.htm   (470 words)

  
 Taiwan Newspapers : Newspapers from Taiwan : Taiwan News
Taiwan Newspapers : Newspapers from Taiwan : Taiwan News
Taiwan newspapers for information on local issues, politics, events, celebrations, people and business.
Please EMAIL US if you know of any new online newspapers or those on our lists where the address has changed.
www.onlinenewspapers.com /taiwan.htm   (89 words)

  
 New Taiwan, Ilha Formosa: The Website for Taiwan's History, Present, and Future
Taiwan Communiqué no. 111 is off the press!!
TIME Asia Magazine: Turning the tables in Taiwan: new scandal envelopes mayor Ma
Seattle Times: Taiwan, a promise wrapped in a dilemma
www.taiwandc.org   (569 words)

  
 Testing times for Taiwan - BBC News | The News is NowPublic.com
Testing times for Taiwan - BBC News
For some, news that Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's wife had been indicted on corruption charges, and that the president himself could face similar charges in the future - although he is currently protected by presidential immunity - was one of the darkest days in Taiwan's recent political history.
Anti-President Chen demonstrations have sometimes turned violent Many saw it as a day of shame.
www.nowpublic.com /testing_times_for_taiwan_bbc_news   (122 words)

  
 Taiwan Headlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The Taipei and Kaohsiung city mayoral and council elections came to a successful conclusion (Taiwan Headlines Management)
TAIWAN TO HOLD FIRST INTERNATIONAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SHOW IN 2007 (CNA)
Festival to start on Saturday focusing in on veterans' communities of the past (Liberty Times)
www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw   (209 words)

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