Just like Sicily: Pingtung politics is rife with gang violence

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The recent detention of council speaker Cheng Tai-chi of Pingtung, Taiwan, illustrates how gang violence permeates the city's politics. Long considered a backwater, southern Taiwan and especially Pingtung have seen the brazen emergence of gang leaders into the political spotlight as members of the Kuomintang party. Cheng has been convicted of vote-buying and is now being held on suspicion of murdering a former friend who was said to be working for a political opponent.

Political activity, Criminals, Cheng Tai-chi

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Bridge in space: China and Taiwan to build satellite

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Taiwan and China are mounting plans for a joint satellite project in Hongkong with funds coming from both countries as well as from Japan and Singapore. The company which shall be called AsiaSat-2 is not sure to have a secure market since most of the countries in the area have already launched their own satellite projects. Furthermore, Taiwanese critics believe that China is merely using them to fund its unfinished satellite projects.

Taiwan, Joint ventures, Design and construction, Satellite communications, Satellite industry, Artificial satellites, Chinese, Chinese satellites

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