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By Richard Halloran
China has aimed far more missiles at Taiwan than previously reported, according to US officials with access to military intelligence. This disclosure comes as China enters a troubling and potentially dangerous time intensified by recent anti-Chinese protests in Tibetan areas.

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By Tsai Zheng-Jia
President-elect Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) won a decisive victory over the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) on promises to save Taiwan's economy, successfully following the example of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Ma's victory shows that after two power transitions Taiwan is a mature democracy, but it is also another example of conservatives returning to power in East Asia's new democracies.

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The prolific architect's new urban sensibility reflects the country's economic ambitions with mighty projects that dwarf the individual
By Martin Fackler
Minoru Mori, Japan's most prolific developer, will finish the world's tallest building in May. Many of his colleagues might consider the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center the crowning achievement of a long career, but Mori has lots of plans for a 73-year-old.

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In Yokohama, authorities have had enough. From next week, 'etiquette police' will patrol the subway to enforce common courtesy
By Justin McCurry
A young woman applies her makeup, pouting into a handheld mirror as she adds the finishing touches to her lips. In the next seat, a young businessman bellows into his mobile phone and across the aisle, a middle-aged "salaryman" executes chin-ups on an overhead handrail, blissfully unaware that his overcoat is brushing the legs of the woman seated in front of him.

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By Kevin Watkins
What is the common thread linking 32 year-old Margaret Oduku and nine members of a Kenyan church choir to 57 people traveling on a bus in Guatemala and a 14-year-old schoolboy waiting for a bus in New Delhi? They were all killed in recent traffic accidents.

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President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) wish to visit Washington and his alma mater, Harvard University, before his inauguration in May is not wishful thinking. It is pragmatic and will likely serve the mutual interests of the US and Taiwan in a diverse manner.

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The White House Web site published an official statement of US President George W. Bush's congratulation to Ma and the people of Taiwan last Saturday (www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080322-4. html).

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Do you remember? Do your memories need to be refreshed?

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