Jiang wants to ratify test ban treaty
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Chinese President Jiang Zemin waltzes with French First Lady Bernadette Chirac as her husband, Jacques, looks to cut in, during a visit to south-western France's Patrimony House yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Experts blame design after more schools crumble
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The Minshyong Senior School of Agriculture and Industry was among those schools badly damaged during the Chiayi earthquake.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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'Home at last!'
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After decades of forced relocation in Tehua community, the Thao Aborigines make a formal return to Puzi, their ancestral home.
PHOTO GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Women from the Thao tribe prepare lunch after the group's arrival at Puzi.
PHOTO GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Members of the Thao tribe set off on a raft from the Tehua community on a 10-minute ride across the bay to Puzi, where they intend to resettle.
PHOTO GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Earthquake leaves homeowners with shattered dreams
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Nine-year-old Liu Yu-tong removes the portrait of her younger sister from her mother's bedroom in the Chenchiang Palace apartment complex in Wufeng which was destroyed in the Sept. 21 earthquake. Residents of the complex say the building collapsed because of sloppy construction work and unscrupulous builders who strayed from blueprints to save money.
PHOTO: AP
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Soldiers want credit for fight against Japan
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A juvenile division of the Taiwan volunteer corps. They were made up of Taiwanese living in China who helped the Chinese fight against the Japanese during World War II.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE LI HOUSE CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION
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Trends in American China watching
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Illustration: Mountain People
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The brave new world of trademarks
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The New York Stock exchange recently lost a suit filed against the New York-New York Hotel and Casino of Las Vegas, which has a one-third scale model of the famous Broad Street facade on its gambling floor as the "New York-New York $lot Exchange." The Stock Exchange argued that the trademark value of the facade was being diluted and tarnished.
PHOTO: AP
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Chinese just won't spend
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Chinese performers dressed as imported mobile phones dance for a crowd in a Beijing shopping mall in this September 12 file photo. Despite the government's best efforts to boost consumer spending, surveys show that houses, education and other practical purchases top the shopping list for most Chinese -- way ahead of luxury items
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Rewarding week for the good guys
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Loan fund may not help businesses rebuild
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This factory located in Feng Yuan City, Taichung County, made rivets and snap-fasteners before it was destroyed by the 921 earthquake. Although the owner wants to rebuild the factory on its original location, he is prohibited from doing so because fault lines are nearby. The owner hopes to swap his land for land owned by the government in the near future.
PHOTO: TU PO-HENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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