宇昌案+ Taiwan Tough on PM2.5

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(1) 林楠森, 台湾来鸿：选战倒计时的宇昌案. BBC Chinese, Dec 15, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... 1215_twletter.shtml
("虽然国民党瞄准的目标是蔡英文，但在2000年总统选举被国民党指控＂兴票案＂的宋楚瑜，与民进党同声质疑国民党再度运用抹黑方式负面选举")

Note:
(a) For 罗氏药厂, see Hoffmann-La Roche
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffmann-La_Roche
(F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd is a Swiss global health-care company; Its holding company, Roche Holding AG has shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange; Founded in 1896 by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, the company was early on known for producing various vitamin preparations; Headquarters  Basel, Switzerland)
(b) 何 大一  David HO
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%95%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%80

(2) 宇昌案再掀蓝绿攻防战. VOA Chinese, Dec 15, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... case-135652748.html

(3) 台亲民党竞选总部成立. VOA Chinese, Dec 15, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... AIGN-135649133.html

(4) Robin Kwong, Terry Gou Weighs in on Taiwan Polls. Financial Times, Dec 15, 2011 (blog; in the column of BeyondBRICS)
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics ... n-taiwans-elections
("Gou said on Wednesday that he would be giving Hon Hai’s Taiwanese employees in China ‘election holidays’ so they could return to Taiwan to cast their ballot. 'We will charter flights for Chinese New Year and fly Hon Hai workers back to Taiwan to vote'")

Note: the blog says, "Since only a small fraction of Hon Hai’s 1m workers are Taiwanese, compared to the island’s roughly 17m voting population, the actual impact on the final ballot count would probably be minimal."

As a rule of thumb, about 70% of eligible voters will cast a bollot. Certainly I am an eligible voter, though I have not set foot on Taiwan for decades. (I wonder how Taiwan knows if I am still alive.) Taiwan is not like US, where a citizen has to register to vote. That explains percentage of 70s is high water mark for extremely competitive elections in Taiwan, for voters like me can not cast vote abroad (while Americans can, through mail).

(5) Peter Enav, Beijing, Washington closely watch Taiwan polls. Associated Press, Dec 15, 2011.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/sto ... mp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Note: probity (n; Latin probus honest — more at PROVE):
"adherence to the highest principles and ideals : UPRIGHTNESS"
www.m-w.com  

(6) 未來事件交易所目前對2012年立委選舉預測-國民黨56席、民進黨51席、其它6席. Dec 15, 2011.
http://nccupm.wordpress.com/2011 ... 9%bb%a856%e5%b8%ad/


----------------------Separately
Lee Hsin-Yin, Taiwan Enacts New Regulations on Air Particulates. CNA, Dec 14, 2011.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/W ... amp;ID=201112140013

Quote:

The amount of PM2.5 in Taiwan "maintain a yearly average of 20.8 [micrograms per cubic meter], or 1.4 times the average in the US and Japan.

"as much as 37 percent of the PM 2.5 recorded in Taiwan is borne on the wind from China.