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Lina Verchery is getting her Master’s of Divinity in Buddhism, a topic she has been thinking about since her undergraduate days at McGill University in Montreal. Later encounters with Buddhism, including a month-long residency at a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan, fueled the passion she exhibits in her short film, “the Bird...
...that this does not lend itself to the kinds of controversial discussions that newspapers would fawn over, but the purpose of these discussion forums is not to make headlines but to increase participation. Sustainable growth and development touch the Chinese people more directly than the U.S. selling arms to Taiwan. For example, Shanghai is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with over 13,000 people per square kilometer, and affordable living is getting harder and harder. Because of the World Expo, there already have been efforts made by the Shanghai municipal government to incorporate citizen participation...
What: Experience the hustle and bustle of a traditional night market in Taiwan without leaving the comfort of Harvard Yard. Come for the fun games and spectacular shows, but stay for the delicious food: scallion pancakes, potstickers, and bubble tea (!!!!) among other options...
...recent decision to manufacture phones branded with Google's name another questionable one. Already Motorola has had to pull Google from its phones being shipped to China after the search-engine company butted heads with the government in March. "That's O.K. for a less familiar brand like [Taiwan's] HTC," Gartner analyst Milanesi says. "But there is no value to Motorola in making phones for others. It needs to concentrate on re-establishing its own brand...
...After weeks of intemperate rhetoric on both sides of the Pacific - on issues ranging from trade to the Dalai Lama to Taiwan - cooler heads in both Beijing and Washington now seem to be back in control. Barack Obama and Hu Jintao had an hour-long phone conversation last week, after which the Chinese President agreed to attend a nuclear summit in Washington. And on the volatile issue of trade, a grand bargain of sorts now appears to be taking shape: In return for delaying a decision on whether to list China as a "currency manipulator" - long a dream of protectionists...