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Vol.39- No.9


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Editorial: Challenges for the New Cabinet

Mindful of the problems wrought by the revolving-door nature of the premiership and key ministerial posts during the eight years of Democratic Progressive Party rule, the government of President Ma Ying-jeou came into office hoping to demonstrate the stability and durability of its government. But in the wake of the devastation that Typhoon Morakot brought to southern Taiwan mountain villages, farms, and infrastructure – and in the process to the Ma administration’s popularity ratings – the president determined that a Cabinet reshuffle was politically unavoidable.

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Issues
  • A Triad of Advocacy Advances  -  By Don Shapiro 
  • Knocking Down Technical Barriers - By Don Shapiro
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Cover Story: A Long Haul for Biotech
To have the success it is seeking in this high-potential industry, Taiwan will need to improve its regulatory regime, find ways to spur more investment, and recruit the personnel – and develop the institutions – to handle a wider spectrum of the drug-development process. Accomplishing that will require remedying the lack of internationalization that is currently holding back the industry’s progress.
— By Andrea Yung

 

 

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Industry Focus: Cross-Strait Ambitions, Domestic Frustrations

A Report on the Financial Services Sector


  • Taiwanese Banks Gearing Up to Tap Chinese Market  - By Philip Liu
  • Shifting the Rules on Offshore Sales - By Don Shapiro
  • Investment-link Policies: Are they Insurance? - BY Don Shapiro

  • “Offshore” versus “Overseas” Funds - By Don Shapiro

  • Getting to Developed Market Status - By Don Shapiro

     
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The Lost Paradigm: Taiwan’s SME Sector
Small and medium-sized manufacturers, though still a vital contributor to the economy, now serve largely as satellite vendors in the domestic supply chain. 
BY PETER TZENG
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Discover USA: The Northern Marianas:Paradise in the Pacific
Text and Photos Courtesy of the Marianas Visitors Authority
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