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Vol. 176, No. 5
Aug 2, 2010

Topic
p.25
Crisis? What Crisis?

Source
http://www.taipeitimes.com
http://www.chinapost.com.tw

Article

Nine Taiwanese schools score in ‘Times’ rankings

NOT SATISFIED: National Taiwan University was not satisfied with its ranking of 22nd out of 100, saying that a Shanghai index always ranks it first in Asia
By Flora Wang
STAFF REPORTER
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Page 2

Nine universities in Taiwan ranked among Asia’s top 100 universities in a listing by the UK newspaper the Times. However, they lagged far behind universities in Hong Kong, which took the majority of spots in the top five, the report showed yesterday.

National Taiwan University (NTU) had the best performance among the nine Taiwanese universities, coming in 22nd in the QS Asian University Rankings 2009, followed by National Tsing Hua University and National Cheng Kung University at 40th and 43rd, respectively.

The other six universities were National Yang Ming University at 47th, National Sun Yat-sen University at 71st, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology at 72nd, National Chiao Tung University at 74th, National Central University at 77th and Chang Gung University at 91st.

Universities in Hong Kong and Japan generally ranked better than universities in other countries, with University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology taking first, second and fourth place in the rankings.

Japan’s University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Osaka University ranked third, fifth and sixth, respectively.

NTU spokesman Sebastian Liao (廖咸浩) said the Times’ rankings focused on universities’ reputation, but sthe NTU cared more about the evaluation by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) because they were “more objective.”

“NTU always ranks first among universities in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China in the university rankings by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the rankings by the HEEACT,” Liao said.

Discussion Questions

1.What do you feel after read this news?

2.What did you do in your care free period, say, in your college life? Share with us.

3.If you live the college life again, what do you want to change?

4.If you are the education prime minister of Taiwan, what is the first thing you want to improve?

5.The Taiwanese high school students usually get good ranking globally (i.g. Olympia test of science and math). However, the ranking of university students drop a lot. Why? Try to analyze the difference of education between eastern and western culture.

Article

Taiwan economy has passed worst, vice president says
Taiwan's economy has passed the worst and is gradually recovering, Vice President Vincent Siew said at a forum in Taipei yesterday, featuring Nobel Economics Prize winner Paul Krugman. “The government acted quickly to respond to the global financial crisis,” Siew said. Export declines have slowed, indicating the economy is improving, he said.
Updated Friday, May 15, 2009 11:37 am TWN, By Chinmei Sung and Tim Culpan, Bloomberg

The TAIEX stock index has climbed 39 percent this year as investors bet a closer relationship with China, its largest trading partner, will boost the island's economy. Gains in the share market are an indication of economic recovery, Siew said.

Taiwan has been severely affected by the global financial crisis because it uses China as a manufacturing hub and the U.S. and Europe as an end market for its products, Siew said. The island should shift focus to China as an end market and have more own-brand products instead of just outsourcing, he added.

Taiwan's economy contracted an unprecedented 8.36 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier amid a slump in overseas shipments. Exports, which are equivalent to 70 percent of gross domestic product, fell at a slower pace in April, helped by Chinese demand for electronic products.

Discussion Questions

1.What do you feel after read this news?

2.What happened around you since the global financial initiated?

3.Do you agree we are flourishing now? Why?

Notice
We change the meeting place to 日安 CAFFA from Septmeber.

The Map: http://www.bcdstudio.com/map.htm

Source

From Culture to Culture by Lynn Worthington

Article

Gun Control in America
Lynn Worthington

  Do you believe people should have the right to own guns? In America, this is a very controversial issue, and it is likely that most Americans you ask will have an opinion to express, and it is more than likely that the opinion will be a very strong one.

  Why do Americans have strong opinions about the right to own guns? In order to know the answer to this question you must consider the role guns have played in the history of the United States. For the early settlers who came to America from Europe, guns were very important. They needed guns to hunt animals and to protect themselves from outlaws in areas where laws could not be enforced, and as the early pioneers moved further and further west, guns were used to help them control North American Indians and to confiscate their land.

  But America today is not a frontier society, and so, for the most part, the original reasons for possessing guns are no longer relevant. Although guns are used occasionally in sports and in hunting, it is no longer necessary to possess a gun in order to survive, to fight Indians, or to deliver frontier justice; as a result, many Americans believe there should be strict laws to control the use of guns, particularly handguns. However, many other Americans believe that due to violent crime modern American life is even more dangerous than the life that the early Americans had to face. The people who have this view believe that present-day Americans, therefore, need protection against crime, and the gun is the most effective tool to provide this protection.

  Nevertheless, recent polls suggest that between seventy percent and eighty percent of Americans would favor some kind of effective federal gun-control legislation. The key word here is “effective,” as America does have gun-control laws, in fact over 25,000 local, state, and federal regulations. The problem with these regulations is that they cannot, on the whole, be enforced because they are unclear and inconsistent. But if the majority of Americans support the implementation of effective gun-control laws, why don’t they exist? There are two main reasons for this situation: one reason is that this majority has remained distressingly silent; the second reason is the influence of the pro-gun lobby, led by the National rifle Association (NRA). This association is the most powerful lobby group in Washington and receives the backing of more than one million supporters. These one million supporters represent one million voters to American congressmen, who claim that they must vote against any gun-control bills in order to be re-elected to Congress.

  Many people are disturbed by the amount of influence the NRA has in Washington, but what is perhaps even more disturbing are the kinds of myths about guns and gun control that the gun lobby helps perpetuate.

  The first myth is an argument that is often put forward by anti-gun control supporters—freedom to bear arms. The NRA has sought to make gun-control legislation synonymous with a violation of the Second Amendment in the American Constitution, which upholds the right of Americans to bear arms. However, the American Supreme Court has consistently ruled that gun-control laws do not in any way violate the Constitution. Why they have ruled this way becomes clear if you look at the wording of the Second Amendment. It provides that “a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Logically the right of the country to maintain an armed militia should not be correlated with the right of an individual to bear arms; regardless, this myth persists.

  Another powerful myth perpetuated by the NRA is the idea that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” But in reality guns do kill—more than 30,000 times a year in America. Guns cannot be considered anything but deadly. They have a range and an accuracy that no other easily accessible weapon has. Yes, it is true people kill people, but it is also true that they will use the weapons that are: one, available; and two, effective. Guns are easy to use, quick, and all too often, extremely accessible.

  The tragedy of this accessibility is that two-thirds of all killings in America involve a dispute between members of a family or a quarrel between friends or acquaintances. Statistically, if a gun is kept in a home, it is six times more likely to be used against a member of the family who possesses the gun or an acquaintance of the family, than against a criminal intruder.

  A third myth, and often the most convincing argument used by the gun lobby is that those criminals who want to obtain guns will always find a way to do so; therefore, gun-control laws will only result in taking guns away from those people who obey the law. On the other hand, the view taken by many people in favor of effective gun-control laws is that enforcement of stronger registration and licensing laws will help isolate those in society who break its laws. Date also indicate that the majority of handgun offenses are committed by people who have no previous record of criminal activity.

  Is the availability of guns really responsible for the high rate of crime in America? There are those who would disagree, but if you look at statistics it appears that there is a link. For example, the number of murders committed in America in 1991 was twice that of those committed in Canada, France, Germany, Britain, and Japan—combined. All of these countries, in contrast to the USA, have strict laws regarding handgun ownership.

  It seems, however, for the time being at least, that the problem of gun control in America will continue to grow in a vicious cycle with more and more people buying guns to protect themselves from more and more people who have guns. Perhaps in the future the time will come when the quiet majority becomes disturbed enough by the violence in the country they live in and begin to look for effective ways to control the use of guns in their society.

Discussion Questions
Session I
1. What do you think of the argument that guns don’t kill, people kill?
2. Do you think guns protect people? If you lived in a high-crime area of America, would you buy a gun? Do you think the deterrent value of guns is greater than the danger of using them?
3. Gun-control laws will only result in taking guns away from those people who obey the law, while criminals can always find ways around these laws to keep guns. Do you agree with this argument?

Session II
1. Do you enjoy watching shootout movies or playing shootout video games? People protest against gun proliferation while embracing gun recreation. Do you find it ironic?
2. How strict do you think gun-control laws should be in the United States? What about in Taiwan?
3. Please make a list of pros and cons of gun control and then prepare your verdict.

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From Culture to Culture by Lynn Worthington

Article

Gun Control in America
Lynn Worthington

  Do you believe people should have the right to own guns? In America, this is a very controversial issue, and it is likely that most Americans you ask will have an opinion to express, and it is more than likely that the opinion will be a very strong one.

  Why do Americans have strong opinions about the right to own guns? In order to know the answer to this question you must consider the role guns have played in the history of the United States. For the early settlers who came to America from Europe, guns were very important. They needed guns to hunt animals and to protect themselves from outlaws in areas where laws could not be enforced, and as the early pioneers moved further and further west, guns were used to help them control North American Indians and to confiscate their land.

  But America today is not a frontier society, and so, for the most part, the original reasons for possessing guns are no longer relevant. Although guns are used occasionally in sports and in hunting, it is no longer necessary to possess a gun in order to survive, to fight Indians, or to deliver frontier justice; as a result, many Americans believe there should be strict laws to control the use of guns, particularly handguns. However, many other Americans believe that due to violent crime modern American life is even more dangerous than the life that the early Americans had to face. The people who have this view believe that present-day Americans, therefore, need protection against crime, and the gun is the most effective tool to provide this protection.

  Nevertheless, recent polls suggest that between seventy percent and eighty percent of Americans would favor some kind of effective federal gun-control legislation. The key word here is “effective,” as America does have gun-control laws, in fact over 25,000 local, state, and federal regulations. The problem with these regulations is that they cannot, on the whole, be enforced because they are unclear and inconsistent. But if the majority of Americans support the implementation of effective gun-control laws, why don’t they exist? There are two main reasons for this situation: one reason is that this majority has remained distressingly silent; the second reason is the influence of the pro-gun lobby, led by the National rifle Association (NRA). This association is the most powerful lobby group in Washington and receives the backing of more than one million supporters. These one million supporters represent one million voters to American congressmen, who claim that they must vote against any gun-control bills in order to be re-elected to Congress.

  Many people are disturbed by the amount of influence the NRA has in Washington, but what is perhaps even more disturbing are the kinds of myths about guns and gun control that the gun lobby helps perpetuate.

  The first myth is an argument that is often put forward by anti-gun control supporters—freedom to bear arms. The NRA has sought to make gun-control legislation synonymous with a violation of the Second Amendment in the American Constitution, which upholds the right of Americans to bear arms. However, the American Supreme Court has consistently ruled that gun-control laws do not in any way violate the Constitution. Why they have ruled this way becomes clear if you look at the wording of the Second Amendment. It provides that “a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Logically the right of the country to maintain an armed militia should not be correlated with the right of an individual to bear arms; regardless, this myth persists.

  Another powerful myth perpetuated by the NRA is the idea that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” But in reality guns do kill—more than 30,000 times a year in America. Guns cannot be considered anything but deadly. They have a range and an accuracy that no other easily accessible weapon has. Yes, it is true people kill people, but it is also true that they will use the weapons that are: one, available; and two, effective. Guns are easy to use, quick, and all too often, extremely accessible.

  The tragedy of this accessibility is that two-thirds of all killings in America involve a dispute between members of a family or a quarrel between friends or acquaintances. Statistically, if a gun is kept in a home, it is six times more likely to be used against a member of the family who possesses the gun or an acquaintance of the family, than against a criminal intruder.

  A third myth, and often the most convincing argument used by the gun lobby is that those criminals who want to obtain guns will always find a way to do so; therefore, gun-control laws will only result in taking guns away from those people who obey the law. On the other hand, the view taken by many people in favor of effective gun-control laws is that enforcement of stronger registration and licensing laws will help isolate those in society who break its laws. Date also indicate that the majority of handgun offenses are committed by people who have no previous record of criminal activity.

  Is the availability of guns really responsible for the high rate of crime in America? There are those who would disagree, but if you look at statistics it appears that there is a link. For example, the number of murders committed in America in 1991 was twice that of those committed in Canada, France, Germany, Britain, and Japan—combined. All of these countries, in contrast to the USA, have strict laws regarding handgun ownership.

  It seems, however, for the time being at least, that the problem of gun control in America will continue to grow in a vicious cycle with more and more people buying guns to protect themselves from more and more people who have guns. Perhaps in the future the time will come when the quiet majority becomes disturbed enough by the violence in the country they live in and begin to look for effective ways to control the use of guns in their society.

Discussion Questions
Session I
1. What do you think of the argument that guns don’t kill, people kill?
2. Do you think guns protect people? If you lived in a high-crime area of America, would you buy a gun? Do you think the deterrent value of guns is greater than the danger of using them?
3. Gun-control laws will only result in taking guns away from those people who obey the law, while criminals can always find ways around these laws to keep guns. Do you agree with this argument?

Session II
1. Do you enjoy watching shootout movies or playing shootout video games? People protest against gun proliferation while embracing gun recreation. Do you find it ironic?
2. How strict do you think gun-control laws should be in the United States? What about in Taiwan?
3. Please make a list of pros and cons of gun control and then prepare your verdict.

Source
http://www.taipeitimes.com
http://www.chinapost.com.tw

Article

Nine Taiwanese schools score in ‘Times’ rankings

NOT SATISFIED: National Taiwan University was not satisfied with its ranking of 22nd out of 100, saying that a Shanghai index always ranks it first in Asia
By Flora Wang
STAFF REPORTER
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Page 2

Nine universities in Taiwan ranked among Asia’s top 100 universities in a listing by the UK newspaper the Times. However, they lagged far behind universities in Hong Kong, which took the majority of spots in the top five, the report showed yesterday.

National Taiwan University (NTU) had the best performance among the nine Taiwanese universities, coming in 22nd in the QS Asian University Rankings 2009, followed by National Tsing Hua University and National Cheng Kung University at 40th and 43rd, respectively.

The other six universities were National Yang Ming University at 47th, National Sun Yat-sen University at 71st, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology at 72nd, National Chiao Tung University at 74th, National Central University at 77th and Chang Gung University at 91st.

Universities in Hong Kong and Japan generally ranked better than universities in other countries, with University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology taking first, second and fourth place in the rankings.

Japan’s University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Osaka University ranked third, fifth and sixth, respectively.

NTU spokesman Sebastian Liao (廖咸浩) said the Times’ rankings focused on universities’ reputation, but sthe NTU cared more about the evaluation by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) because they were “more objective.”

“NTU always ranks first among universities in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China in the university rankings by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the rankings by the HEEACT,” Liao said.

Discussion Questions

1.What do you feel after read this news?

2.What did you do in your care free period, say, in your college life? Share with us.

3.If you live the college life again, what do you want to change?

4.If you are the education prime minister of Taiwan, what is the first thing you want to improve?

5.The Taiwanese high school students usually get good ranking globally (i.g. Olympia test of science and math). However, the ranking of university students drop a lot. Why? Try to analyze the difference of education between eastern and western culture.

Article

Taiwan economy has passed worst, vice president says
Taiwan's economy has passed the worst and is gradually recovering, Vice President Vincent Siew said at a forum in Taipei yesterday, featuring Nobel Economics Prize winner Paul Krugman. “The government acted quickly to respond to the global financial crisis,” Siew said. Export declines have slowed, indicating the economy is improving, he said.
Updated Friday, May 15, 2009 11:37 am TWN, By Chinmei Sung and Tim Culpan, Bloomberg

The TAIEX stock index has climbed 39 percent this year as investors bet a closer relationship with China, its largest trading partner, will boost the island's economy. Gains in the share market are an indication of economic recovery, Siew said.

Taiwan has been severely affected by the global financial crisis because it uses China as a manufacturing hub and the U.S. and Europe as an end market for its products, Siew said. The island should shift focus to China as an end market and have more own-brand products instead of just outsourcing, he added.

Taiwan's economy contracted an unprecedented 8.36 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier amid a slump in overseas shipments. Exports, which are equivalent to 70 percent of gross domestic product, fell at a slower pace in April, helped by Chinese demand for electronic products.

Discussion Questions

1.What do you feel after read this news?

2.What happened around you since the global financial initiated?

3.Do you agree we are flourishing now? Why?

Material


Vol. 176, No. 5
Aug 2, 2010

Topic
p.25
Crisis? What Crisis?

Only become a fellow member in a couple of minutes. Want to give you fellas a snug hello there!
Lucky being here with you!!

Hope to find out a great deal and have a wonderful experience here!
my regards guys!

As friends live?
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We change the meeting place to 日安 CAFFA from Septmeber.

The Map: http://www.bcdstudio.com/map.htm

Source

From Culture to Culture by Lynn Worthington

Article

Gun Control in America
Lynn Worthington

  Do you believe people should have the right to own guns? In America, this is a very controversial issue, and it is likely that most Americans you ask will have an opinion to express, and it is more than likely that the opinion will be a very strong one.

  Why do Americans have strong opinions about the right to own guns? In order to know the answer to this question you must consider the role guns have played in the history of the United States. For the early settlers who came to America from Europe, guns were very important. They needed guns to hunt animals and to protect themselves from outlaws in areas where laws could not be enforced, and as the early pioneers moved further and further west, guns were used to help them control North American Indians and to confiscate their land.

  But America today is not a frontier society, and so, for the most part, the original reasons for possessing guns are no longer relevant. Although guns are used occasionally in sports and in hunting, it is no longer necessary to possess a gun in order to survive, to fight Indians, or to deliver frontier justice; as a result, many Americans believe there should be strict laws to control the use of guns, particularly handguns. However, many other Americans believe that due to violent crime modern American life is even more dangerous than the life that the early Americans had to face. The people who have this view believe that present-day Americans, therefore, need protection against crime, and the gun is the most effective tool to provide this protection.

  Nevertheless, recent polls suggest that between seventy percent and eighty percent of Americans would favor some kind of effective federal gun-control legislation. The key word here is “effective,” as America does have gun-control laws, in fact over 25,000 local, state, and federal regulations. The problem with these regulations is that they cannot, on the whole, be enforced because they are unclear and inconsistent. But if the majority of Americans support the implementation of effective gun-control laws, why don’t they exist? There are two main reasons for this situation: one reason is that this majority has remained distressingly silent; the second reason is the influence of the pro-gun lobby, led by the National rifle Association (NRA). This association is the most powerful lobby group in Washington and receives the backing of more than one million supporters. These one million supporters represent one million voters to American congressmen, who claim that they must vote against any gun-control bills in order to be re-elected to Congress.

  Many people are disturbed by the amount of influence the NRA has in Washington, but what is perhaps even more disturbing are the kinds of myths about guns and gun control that the gun lobby helps perpetuate.

  The first myth is an argument that is often put forward by anti-gun control supporters—freedom to bear arms. The NRA has sought to make gun-control legislation synonymous with a violation of the Second Amendment in the American Constitution, which upholds the right of Americans to bear arms. However, the American Supreme Court has consistently ruled that gun-control laws do not in any way violate the Constitution. Why they have ruled this way becomes clear if you look at the wording of the Second Amendment. It provides that “a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Logically the right of the country to maintain an armed militia should not be correlated with the right of an individual to bear arms; regardless, this myth persists.

  Another powerful myth perpetuated by the NRA is the idea that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” But in reality guns do kill—more than 30,000 times a year in America. Guns cannot be considered anything but deadly. They have a range and an accuracy that no other easily accessible weapon has. Yes, it is true people kill people, but it is also true that they will use the weapons that are: one, available; and two, effective. Guns are easy to use, quick, and all too often, extremely accessible.

  The tragedy of this accessibility is that two-thirds of all killings in America involve a dispute between members of a family or a quarrel between friends or acquaintances. Statistically, if a gun is kept in a home, it is six times more likely to be used against a member of the family who possesses the gun or an acquaintance of the family, than against a criminal intruder.

  A third myth, and often the most convincing argument used by the gun lobby is that those criminals who want to obtain guns will always find a way to do so; therefore, gun-control laws will only result in taking guns away from those people who obey the law. On the other hand, the view taken by many people in favor of effective gun-control laws is that enforcement of stronger registration and licensing laws will help isolate those in society who break its laws. Date also indicate that the majority of handgun offenses are committed by people who have no previous record of criminal activity.

  Is the availability of guns really responsible for the high rate of crime in America? There are those who would disagree, but if you look at statistics it appears that there is a link. For example, the number of murders committed in America in 1991 was twice that of those committed in Canada, France, Germany, Britain, and Japan—combined. All of these countries, in contrast to the USA, have strict laws regarding handgun ownership.

  It seems, however, for the time being at least, that the problem of gun control in America will continue to grow in a vicious cycle with more and more people buying guns to protect themselves from more and more people who have guns. Perhaps in the future the time will come when the quiet majority becomes disturbed enough by the violence in the country they live in and begin to look for effective ways to control the use of guns in their society.

Discussion Questions
Session I
1. What do you think of the argument that guns don’t kill, people kill?
2. Do you think guns protect people? If you lived in a high-crime area of America, would you buy a gun? Do you think the deterrent value of guns is greater than the danger of using them?
3. Gun-control laws will only result in taking guns away from those people who obey the law, while criminals can always find ways around these laws to keep guns. Do you agree with this argument?

Session II
1. Do you enjoy watching shootout movies or playing shootout video games? People protest against gun proliferation while embracing gun recreation. Do you find it ironic?
2. How strict do you think gun-control laws should be in the United States? What about in Taiwan?
3. Please make a list of pros and cons of gun control and then prepare your verdict.

Source
http://www.taipeitimes.com
http://www.chinapost.com.tw

Article

Nine Taiwanese schools score in ‘Times’ rankings

NOT SATISFIED: National Taiwan University was not satisfied with its ranking of 22nd out of 100, saying that a Shanghai index always ranks it first in Asia
By Flora Wang
STAFF REPORTER
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Page 2

Nine universities in Taiwan ranked among Asia’s top 100 universities in a listing by the UK newspaper the Times. However, they lagged far behind universities in Hong Kong, which took the majority of spots in the top five, the report showed yesterday.

National Taiwan University (NTU) had the best performance among the nine Taiwanese universities, coming in 22nd in the QS Asian University Rankings 2009, followed by National Tsing Hua University and National Cheng Kung University at 40th and 43rd, respectively.

The other six universities were National Yang Ming University at 47th, National Sun Yat-sen University at 71st, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology at 72nd, National Chiao Tung University at 74th, National Central University at 77th and Chang Gung University at 91st.

Universities in Hong Kong and Japan generally ranked better than universities in other countries, with University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology taking first, second and fourth place in the rankings.

Japan’s University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Osaka University ranked third, fifth and sixth, respectively.

NTU spokesman Sebastian Liao (廖咸浩) said the Times’ rankings focused on universities’ reputation, but sthe NTU cared more about the evaluation by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) because they were “more objective.”

“NTU always ranks first among universities in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China in the university rankings by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the rankings by the HEEACT,” Liao said.

Discussion Questions

1.What do you feel after read this news?

2.What did you do in your care free period, say, in your college life? Share with us.

3.If you live the college life again, what do you want to change?

4.If you are the education prime minister of Taiwan, what is the first thing you want to improve?

5.The Taiwanese high school students usually get good ranking globally (i.g. Olympia test of science and math). However, the ranking of university students drop a lot. Why? Try to analyze the difference of education between eastern and western culture.

Article

Taiwan economy has passed worst, vice president says
Taiwan's economy has passed the worst and is gradually recovering, Vice President Vincent Siew said at a forum in Taipei yesterday, featuring Nobel Economics Prize winner Paul Krugman. “The government acted quickly to respond to the global financial crisis,” Siew said. Export declines have slowed, indicating the economy is improving, he said.
Updated Friday, May 15, 2009 11:37 am TWN, By Chinmei Sung and Tim Culpan, Bloomberg

The TAIEX stock index has climbed 39 percent this year as investors bet a closer relationship with China, its largest trading partner, will boost the island's economy. Gains in the share market are an indication of economic recovery, Siew said.

Taiwan has been severely affected by the global financial crisis because it uses China as a manufacturing hub and the U.S. and Europe as an end market for its products, Siew said. The island should shift focus to China as an end market and have more own-brand products instead of just outsourcing, he added.

Taiwan's economy contracted an unprecedented 8.36 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier amid a slump in overseas shipments. Exports, which are equivalent to 70 percent of gross domestic product, fell at a slower pace in April, helped by Chinese demand for electronic products.

Discussion Questions

1.What do you feel after read this news?

2.What happened around you since the global financial initiated?

3.Do you agree we are flourishing now? Why?

Material


Vol. 176, No. 5
Aug 2, 2010

Topic
p.25
Crisis? What Crisis?

As friends live?
t7 tramadol m G
m t7 tramadol map w
egg donation can map z
pain reliever after 286
hcl rfm tramadol V
tramadol false positive 875
extra power pain map 538

We will be glad to see you

Only become a fellow member in a couple of minutes. Want to give you fellas a snug hello there!
Lucky being here with you!!

Hope to find out a great deal and have a wonderful experience here!
my regards guys!