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...four: Dell, HP, IBM and Fujitsu Siemens. "Most people couldn't see a turnaround happening, but Acer has a decent brand that's quite successful in Asia and Europe," says Steven Tseng, an analyst with Yuanta Core Pacific Securities in Taipei. "It's been a remarkable comeback...
...comeback with a caveat, however. Acer is prospering because it no longer makes computers?or anything else. Since Wang took over as Acer's president in 2000, the company has undergone a no-prisoners downsizing that jettisoned all of Acer's electronics manufacturing operations. The computer-making arm and contract manufacturing businesses were spun off and renamed Wistron. The consumer-electronics division became BenQ, and an LCD maker became AU Optronics. The new Acer exists primarily as a computer design, distribution and marketing company that hires contract manufacturers such as Taiwan's Quanta Computer to ship Acer-branded machines from...
...highlight of the social calendar, and many meager incomes are blown on stunning silks, furs and jewels, just for the event. The Litang festival and others like it were banned during the Cultural Revolution and for many years afterward because of their tribal origins, but they've made a comeback in recent years with official blessing. As well as colorful nomads, you can expect to find busloads of Chinese tourists and military, plus a program studded with official speeches. For some Khampas, the Chinese presence isn't welcome, but most are happy just to come in from the cold...
...comeback comrade In a 60-year march through war and revolution, achievements and humiliations, triumphs and tragedies, the self-effacing leader has always shown a preference for pragmatism over ideology. Today, at 81 , he stands at the zenith of his power...
...remarkable series of interviews ("It was my idea to make my voice work in the same way as a trombone or violin . . . The first thing I needed was extraordinary breath control"), documents and anecdotes. Accompanying photographs range from the Big Band and bobby-sox eras to the film comeback in the mid-'50s, the "Only the Lonely" albums and a restive retirement. On the trajectory, four marriages and innumerable crises leave indelible marks on the face and style. At one taping he finally berates himself--"Drink, drink, drink. Smoke, smoke, smoke. Schmuck, schmuck, schmuck!"--and tries to change his ways...