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Monopoly is the world’s most-played board game that both young and old can enjoy. Although it simulates how people seek to amass a fortune by dominating assets or properties to maximize gains, the game was originally designed to teach us how monopolies would end up bankrupting the many while giving extreme wealth to one or two individuals.
2010年6月30日 星期三
2010年6月26日 星期六
Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times - archives
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in downtown Taipei City yesterday, braving heavy rain as they voiced displeasure with the government’s plan to sign a controversial trade deal with China on Tuesday.
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in downtown Taipei City yesterday, braving heavy rain as they voiced displeasure with the government’s plan to sign a controversial trade deal with China on Tuesday.
2010年6月23日 星期三
Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times - archives
Concerns that a protest planned for Saturday could turn violent were expressed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday, citing a tip received from Taipei City police that a number of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politicians could potentially disrupt the march.
“We have heard from police authorities that our rally could be interrupted by the KMT,” DPP spokesperson Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) said. “We are asking they stay away from our event to prevent scuffles or clashes.”
Concerns that a protest planned for Saturday could turn violent were expressed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday, citing a tip received from Taipei City police that a number of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politicians could potentially disrupt the march.
“We have heard from police authorities that our rally could be interrupted by the KMT,” DPP spokesperson Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) said. “We are asking they stay away from our event to prevent scuffles or clashes.”
2010年6月17日 星期四
Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times - archives
There is a stark contrast between this High Court ruling and the one handed down by the Taipei District Court to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), on trial for the improper use of special expenses when he was Taipei City mayor. At the time, the District Court ruled that Ma had not abused the special expenses fund, despite procedural irregularities for which his then-secretary Yu Wen (余文) was charged with falsifying documents. This High Court ruling has now set a precedent, both for the name of the crime and the maximum punishment applicable that will govern sentencing on thousands of officials, big and small, accused in the future of corruption for abusing special funds. Civil servants get no more than seven years for falsifying documents, so it is quite a leap from this to hand down a life sentence for corruption in the service of the state. This is the reason the High Court reacted to the different treatment given to Ma and Chen.
There is a stark contrast between this High Court ruling and the one handed down by the Taipei District Court to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), on trial for the improper use of special expenses when he was Taipei City mayor. At the time, the District Court ruled that Ma had not abused the special expenses fund, despite procedural irregularities for which his then-secretary Yu Wen (余文) was charged with falsifying documents. This High Court ruling has now set a precedent, both for the name of the crime and the maximum punishment applicable that will govern sentencing on thousands of officials, big and small, accused in the future of corruption for abusing special funds. Civil servants get no more than seven years for falsifying documents, so it is quite a leap from this to hand down a life sentence for corruption in the service of the state. This is the reason the High Court reacted to the different treatment given to Ma and Chen.
2010年6月10日 星期四
Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times - archives
Hon Hai Group (鴻海集團) has announced two salary raises in a week for its Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, resulting in a total raise of 122 percent. The event has shaken the Taiwanese stock market, shocked Taiwanese businesspeople along the southern China coast and changed the environment for China’s export-oriented processing industry. Many Taiwanese investors and other foreign businesspeople now worry that the era when China was a low-cost paradise has come to an end with Hon Hai’s massive salary increases.
Hon Hai Group (鴻海集團) has announced two salary raises in a week for its Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, resulting in a total raise of 122 percent. The event has shaken the Taiwanese stock market, shocked Taiwanese businesspeople along the southern China coast and changed the environment for China’s export-oriented processing industry. Many Taiwanese investors and other foreign businesspeople now worry that the era when China was a low-cost paradise has come to an end with Hon Hai’s massive salary increases.
2010年6月5日 星期六
Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times - archives
The suicides by employees at Taiwanese company Foxconn’s plant in China are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the negative social effects generated by the Chinese development model. Three characteristics of this model are a lack of human rights, high levels of exploitation and few social welfare benefits.
The suicides by employees at Taiwanese company Foxconn’s plant in China are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the negative social effects generated by the Chinese development model. Three characteristics of this model are a lack of human rights, high levels of exploitation and few social welfare benefits.
2010年6月2日 星期三
Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times - archives
As one of the great popular actors of our time, Harrison Ford, is much admired by filmgoers in Taiwan and overseas. However, in a Ford-produced movie that sees him playing the role of a Midwestern medical researcher looking for a cure for a rare muscle disease, released earlier this year in theaters in the US and now worldwide on DVD, titled Extraordinary Measures, Ford neglected to give credit to the actual scientist who found the cure for Pompe Disease — Chen Yuan-tsong (陳垣崇) of Taiwan.
As one of the great popular actors of our time, Harrison Ford, is much admired by filmgoers in Taiwan and overseas. However, in a Ford-produced movie that sees him playing the role of a Midwestern medical researcher looking for a cure for a rare muscle disease, released earlier this year in theaters in the US and now worldwide on DVD, titled Extraordinary Measures, Ford neglected to give credit to the actual scientist who found the cure for Pompe Disease — Chen Yuan-tsong (陳垣崇) of Taiwan.
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