As private investment and consumption recover, exports are increasing steadily and employment is stabilizing. The nation's economy should have ample reason to grow.

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By Edgar Lin 林俊義
After having served as Taiwan's ambassador to Gambia and representative to the UK for a total of six years, I had been back in Taiwan for less than a month when I saw the campaigns for applying for UN membership under the name "Taiwan" by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the one for returning to the UN and other international organizations under any practical name by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).

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By Dan Ritco
I have lived and worked almost continuously in Taiwan since 1994, and during that time, I have seen many articles written by concerned Taiwanese and foreign educators critiquing the educational system in this country. They have covered a lot of ground. I earnestly believe that each contributor was sincere in their desire to identify and rectify areas of weakness. At the start of a new academic year, I too would like to offer my small contribution on the topic with the hope of improving ESL/EFL teaching in Taiwan.

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By Ho Ming-sho 何明修
The Mid-Autumn Festival holiday was a period of sorrow and mourning for Taiwan's labor movement as Tseng Mao-hsing (曾茂興) -- the last survivor of the nation's independent labor movement from the 1980s -- passed away.

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By controlling deforestation, we can significantly affect the carbon emissions that cause climate change
By Bjorn Lomborg and Roger Sedjo
Latin America is blessed with more than its fair share of wildlife and lush forests. A third of the world's mammal species and more than a quarter of all known reptiles and bird species can be found there. However, this abundance is under threat. Felling 7 million hectares of trees each year, South America clears more forests than any other continent. As a result, more than 10,000 species are threatened with extinction -- two-thirds of all endangered species on the planet.

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By William Pesek
To understand what has Filipinos such as Jose de Venecia so incensed these days you can try dissecting a complicated deal between his government and China's ZTE Corp.

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Optimistic investors are rushing into the oil-rich region despite security concerns and inadequate infrastructure
By Christopher Torchia
Billboards in Kurdistan's capital boast that luxury malls and hotels are on the way, but banking and insurance systems barely function. Cranes loom over building sites, but few government inspectors check the quality of construction.

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