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(1) Thomas L. Friedman, What’s Our Sputnik? New York Times, Jan. 17, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/opinion/17friedman.html
My comment: He really does not say much. Except paragraph 3, one can start
from paragraph 7, all of which mentions Taiwan, China and Hong Kong.
(2) Amber Wang, Affluent Chinese head to Taiwan for nip and tuck. AFP, Jan.
17, 2010.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20100117-192396.html
Note: "100,000 Taiwan dollars" is equivalent to $3,000.
(3) Boon Chan, Conquering Taiwan; Some fail, some succeed, but Taiwan is a
must for Singaporeans to make their mark in Mandopop. The Strait Times (
Singapore), Jan. 14, 2010.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_477672.html
Note:
(a) Mandopop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandopop
("華語流行音樂, is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music",
also referred to as Mandapop. Taiwan is the leading producer of Mandopop
with Taipei as the industry's hub.)
(b) Kelly Poon 潘嘉麗
(c) I read the report on Jan. 14, which was already an abbreviated version.