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- Smoke Signals
- By Phelim Kyne, The China News, 3 May
1998. Politicians and anti-smoking organizations alike are
challenging the legality of the promotional methods
favored by international tobacco companies in
Taiwan. Story combines the classic Taiwan elements of sex,
money, marketing and the grail-like quest for WTO
membership.
- Taiwan Diary #1: A Paiwan Woman
- By Scott Simon, 27 May 1999. An aboriginal village in
the mountains west of Kaohsiung. How unfair it seems that
the aboriginals in the mountains are so poor, while the
Chinese people in the cities seem so rich. That's why
we only see old people in the village. The young ones
have all migrated to the cities in search of work.
- Obese children a weighty problem for
Taiwan
- The Straits Times, 13 September 2000. With
15% of teens overweight, and the number of clinically
obese children rising, increasingly concerned schools
launch weight-control programmes. The children overeat
every day and don't have enough physical
exercise. With the introduction of Western food, more and
more people consume more animal foods and also soft
drinks.
- Study finds one in five Taiwanese wants to
emigrate
- AP, The Straits Times, 17 October 2000. The
most popular reason for wanting to leave was perceived
political and social instability. A decade ago they were
more worried about the island's chaotic traffic,
pollution and expensive housing.
- More Taiwanese Students Flock to Mainland
to Further Studies
- Xinhua, 25 January 2002. The number of students from
Taiwan applying for postgraduate courses offered by
mainland Universities has jumped by 250 percent this
year. The stagnant economic situation in Taiwan in recent
years and China's access into the World Trade
Organization leads to more employment opportunities in the
mainland.