Taiwan opposition leader James Soong urged the island’s independence-leaning leaders to take advantage of his "bridge-building" trip to mainland China to seek cross-strait peace. "People from both sides of the strait are longing for peace ... Mainland leaders have also showed sincerity in improving cross-strait relations‚" Soong told reporters at the airport upon return from his nine-day visit to China. He added Friday that China had announced a number of concrete steps to boost bilateral ties
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Professor Ken Sproul Kwan Wai Wong Reflection paper Taiwan issue Taiwan issue is a very controversial and sensitive topic in China and Taiwan. It refers to an argument of the issue of Taiwan independence between China and Taiwan’s governments. In China’s point of view‚ Taiwan is definitely a part of China because historically China had been possessed Taiwan for a very long time. However‚ most Taiwanese do not agree with that Taiwan is a part of China‚ and it even has the right to join the
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Taiwan is a small island bordering the East China Sea‚ Philippine Sea‚ Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. With a population of 22‚858‚872 (from July‚ 2007) Taiwan is about the size of Maryland and Delaware combined. Eighty four percent of Taiwan’s people are of Taiwanese and Hakka decent. Fourteen percent of the people are made up of main land Chinese and two percent of the people are aborigine. Taiwan’s government is a multi party democratic regime headed by a popular elected president. Those
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order to experience something‚ you must understand it properly first. For meditation‚ having a peaceful and silent environment is necessary so one would have the tools to clear their mind of all irrelevant noise. The Water Moon Monastery in Taipei‚ Taiwan has the ideal location for Buddhist monks to reside in it‚ because of its environment surrounding it. At the entrance‚ there are two walls made up of concrete that are of different lengths and they help to divide the city from the sacred monastery
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Distinction between Growth and Development Growth is not the same as development. Growth‚ measured in terms of an increase in GDP is a quantitative measure. Real GDP per capita figures are an inadequate means of making comparisons both within countries and between countries. Limitations of GDP as a measure to compare welfare between countries: * The ‘shadow’ economy often means that GDP calculations are an underestimation of actual GDP. In Nigeria it is estimated that the ‘shadow’ economy
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ASUSTeK Computer Inc First company I have visited was the Taipei based computer manufacturer ASUS. As of 2009 ASUS has manufacturing facilities in: • Taiwan (Taipei‚ Lujhu‚ Nangan‚ Guishan) • Mainland China (Suzhou) • Mexico (Ciudad Juárez) • Czech Republic (Ostrava) Asus claims a monthly production capacity of two million motherboards and 150‚000 notebook computers. The ASUS Hi-Tech Park‚ located in Suzhou‚ China‚ covers 540‚000 square meters‚ roughly the size of 82 soccer fields. ASUS
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There is an issue comes up when Taiwan talks about culture conservation‚ which is the conflict between social development and preservation of military dependents’ villages. Taiwan is a place that lived by Holo‚ Hakka and indigenous peoples. Besides indigenous people‚ there are many mainlanders who came from mainland China. Those mainlanders came with Kuomintang government for political affairs that happened in China since 1940s. Hence‚ compare to indigenous people‚ military dependents’ villages
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destination competitiveness should a hot springs hotel in Taiwan have for sustainable development? | | | | Submitted by: Chun-Hung‚ Yu (John) Student No.: 10137238 Submitted Date: Week12 (18/10/2010) Lecturer: Dr Julie Nyanjom Unit Code: Hospitality Enterprise MBA 5701 Monday: 13:30~16:30 | | | Abstract: Recently‚ more and more hot springs hotels in Taiwan have been built around attractions in order to take advantage
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theory and practice‚ work out possible definition for Nation branding‚ work out the Strategic Marketing branding strategy and analyze Taiwan as an example trying to apply strategic marketing branding strategy. Finally give some recommendations and policy implications‚ as well as give some directions for future research. The author will present the case analysis of Taiwan in terms
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(What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas) Las Vegas SWOT Analysis By Jennifer Bourdeau Marketing 370‚ section 04 September 18‚ 2007 STRENGTHS The largest strength Las Vegas tourism has is its brand recognition of its famous phrase‚ "What happens in Vegas‚ stays in Vegas". Other phrases such as "Your Vegas is showing" are in the works. Vegas also has an enormous bank of existing visitors- over 38.9 million a year. These visitors produce a city wide average occupancy of about 90%‚ the largest in
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