Taiwan

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(1) Josh Noble and Sarah Mishkin, Taiwan’s Hunger for Renminbi Grows. Financial Times, Mar 1, 2013
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/033923 ... c-00144feabdc0.html

(2) Katia Moskvitch, Taiwan Tests Recycling's Limits With Bus Stops out of Bottles. BBC, Feb 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21606349

Note:
(a) For Moskvitch, see Moskowitz, "Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): Germanized form of a Slavic patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Moshke, a pet form of Moshe (see Moses)."  (Moshe is the Hebrew form of Moses.)
(b) The report says Arthur "HUANG runs Miniwiz, a start-up that develops green approaches to buildings."

創辦人 黃 謙智
Miniwitz Sustainable Energy Development Ltd  小智研發
http://www.miniwiz.com/
(c) "GT DING, chief technology officer of SDTI."

Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd (SDTI)  佳龍科技工程股份有限公司
http://www.sdti.com.tw/


(3) Andrew Ryan, Why Ang Lee's Oscar Puts Identity Center Stage. CNN, Feb 28, 2013.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/28/opinion/taiwan-china-ang-lee-oscar/

(4) Allie Jaynes, Taiwan's most famous professional mourner. BBC, Feb 26, 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21479399

Note:
(a) LIU Jun-Lin 劉 君玲 (whose professional name is filial daughter 孝女 白琴)

The report also alludes to "[h]er brother, A Ji 阿吉 哥哥."
(b) The report says, "Traditional Taiwanese funerals are elaborate, combining sombre mourning with louder, up-tempo entertainment to fire up grieving spirits."

up-tempo (adj; First Known Use 1948):
"having a fast-moving tempo <up–tempo music> <an aggressive up–tempo style of basketball>"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-tempo
(c) The report continues, "For the entertainment portion, 30-year-old Liu and her Filial Daughters Band wear bright costumes, and perform almost-acrobatic dance numbers."

number (n): "a musical, theatrical, or literary selection or production"