台湾农民的香蕉梦

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Catherine Shu, 台湾农民的香蕉梦. 纽约时报中文网, Sept 17, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20130917/c17bananas/

, which is translated from

Catherine Shu, Taiwan Tries to Revive Its Banana Export Industry. New York Times, Sept 14, 2013.

Note:
(a) Taiwan Banana Research Institute (TBRI) 台湾香蕉研究所
http://www.banana.org.tw/
is established in 1968 by central government.
(b) "Once a warehouse for bananas before they were loaded onto ships destined for Japan, the Banana Pier in Kaohsiung is now a seaside entertainment complex. Banana New Paradise in Taichung appeals to nostalgic diners by combining a restaurant with an indoor re-creation of a 1960s Taiwan village."
(i) 關於香蕉碼頭. Banana Pier 河邊 香蕉碼頭, undated
http://www.banana-pier.com.tw/blog.html
(“香蕉棚位於高雄市鼓山區七賢路底，保存範圍一樓及二樓總面積為3698.7㎡，目前所有權屬為高雄港務局所擁有。周邊重要景點包含高雄港史館、漁人碼頭、西子灣風景區及英國領事館等，遊憩資源豐富。香蕉棚原為出口香蕉之專用儲藏倉庫，後因產業沒落及其特殊臨港位置，因而將此處作為高雄港觀海台，為一親水景點。香蕉棚以其特殊之建築型式矗立於三號碼頭，成為一棟相當顯眼的建築量體。其建築內部仍保存原有建築樣貌及運輸鐵道等，原有產業文化之韻味仍存於現有場域”)
(ii) Go to images.google.com, search with 香蕉碼頭 and you will see how the place is being reused.
(iii) Banana New Paradise  香蕉新樂園 茶飯館
http://www.vernaldew.com.tw/

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(c)
(i) In Taiwan, banana is called 金蕉 (in 閩南語).
(ii) banana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
(Musa species are native to tropical South and Southeast Asia, and are likely to have been first domesticated in Papua New Guinea; there is no sharp distinction between "bananas" and "plantains;" section 2 Etymology; section 6.1 Cavendish)