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		<title>Site of the Month for August 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Site of the Month for August 2011 talks about Taiwan Business. Taiwan directory provides Taiwan related links and websites about Taiwanese business and economy, society, culture, travel guides, hotels, arts, sports, real estate, maps, recreation, environment, law, government and more.]]></description>
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Site of the Month for August 2011 talks about <a href="http://www.madetaiwan.com/">Taiwan Business</a>. Taiwan directory provides Taiwan related links and websites about Taiwanese business and economy, society, culture, travel guides, hotels, arts, sports, real estate, maps, recreation, environment, law, government and more.</p>
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		<title>The Education System In Taiwan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education is very important today. Consequently, Taiwan’s educational system is well-developed and included several stages of study. Nowadays Taiwan has a nine-year compulsory education system, which includes six years of elementary school and three years of junior high school. After the compulsory education a person may graduate from senior high school after three years of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Education is very important today. Consequently, Taiwan’s educational system is well-developed and included several stages of study. Nowadays Taiwan has a nine-year compulsory education system, which includes six years of elementary school and three years of junior high school. After the compulsory education a person may graduate from senior high school after three years of studying and then go on with studying in a university or college for four years. Having achieved the secondary level a person may continue studying. He can go on with specialized training at five-year junior colleges, which accept students right after graduating from junior high school. These junior colleges focus on applied sciences and technology. In addition, there are two-year junior colleges, liberal arts colleges, technical colleges and universities. University undergraduate programs accept students after four years of study. Nevertheless, students who are not able to perform all the requirements within the designated time – four years of study – are given additional time of about two years. Specialized undergraduate programs such as jurisprudence or medicine take from six to seven years with an included internship period of one year.</p>
<p>If you want to receive master or doctoral degree you need to fulfill a graduate program that require one to four years and two to seven years of study. However, those people who combine job with studies can be given additional time if for some reason they cannot finish the required course or to complete their thesis/dissertation in time. There exist supplementary schools from the elementary through senior high and senior vocational school levels in Taiwan. Consequently, everyone can choose his educational direction and choose some profession. Summarizing, Taiwanese educational program is a well-developed one with several levels of studying. Thus, everyone can choose a specialized educational program in order to become a good specialist</p>
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		<title>Taiwan Sports Recreation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Taiwan sports recreation has become increasingly popular, hardly surprising when you consider that it was in 2001 that the two-day weekend was first introduced. Legislation decreased a five and a half day working week, down to five days. This saw more Taiwanese have spare time in which to pursue recreational activities. There was a [...]]]></description>
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<p>In Taiwan sports recreation has become increasingly popular, hardly surprising when you consider that it was in 2001 that the two-day weekend was first introduced. Legislation decreased a five and a half day working week, down to five days. This saw more Taiwanese have spare time in which to pursue recreational activities.</p>
<p>There was a sudden growth in Taiwan sports recreation and group activities were and are especially popular. A large number of teams were created to compete against each other, often organised by schools, local companies and government offices. Basketball and softball in particular have become extremely popular, though soccer and baseball have only had limited take up so far. These last two team games are become a well followed sport at international level, although there is a relative lack of take up in playing at a national level. Taiwan sports recreation has also seen a good take up or racquet and bat sports, with tennis, badminton, and table tennis being especially popular. Water has also played an important role in Taiwan sports recreation growth, and are the most popular sports activities. Swimming and diving in particular have proved to be popular in the sea and in swimming pools. Weekends see the seas and lakes of Taiwan packed as people relax by windsurfing, yachting, canoeing, fishing and paragliding.</p>
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		<title>Plastic Injection Molding In Taiwan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Nash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Injection Molding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic injection molding in Taiwan is at a high level of expertise in comparison with other Asian countries. Taiwan also has much better working conditions, environmental regulations and worker relations than most it&#8217;s neighbors. Government policies that have enabled the plastics industry to develop in a free-market manner. This has enabled the plastic injection molding [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Plastic injection molding in Taiwan is at a high level of expertise in comparison with other Asian countries. <strong><a href="http://www.linktaiwan.com/" target="blank">Taiwan</a></strong> also has much better working conditions, environmental regulations and worker relations than most it&#8217;s neighbors.</p>
<p>Government policies that have enabled the plastics industry to develop in a free-market manner. This has enabled the plastic injection molding industry to develop to a high technical level. The open market nature has given fair competition the ability to bring in high end jobs and industries.</p>
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		<title>Best China Investment &#8211; Taiwan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kheri Chawla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The relationship between China and Taiwan is best seen as a broken marriage. China wants to reconcile the rift on its own terms, and threatens consequences if that should not happen. Taiwan, on the other hand, suffers from multiple personality disorder. One part of it wants an outright divorce. The other wants to stay separated [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The relationship between China and Taiwan is best seen as a broken marriage. <strong><a href="http://newchinadirectory.com/" target="blank">China</a></strong> wants to reconcile the rift on its own terms, and threatens consequences if that should not happen. Taiwan, on the other hand, suffers from multiple personality disorder. One part of it wants an outright divorce. The other wants to stay separated with the option of eventual reconciliation.</p>
<p>For the last eight years, <strong><a href="http://www.taiwancentral.info/" target="blank">Taiwan</a></strong> has been ruled by a president who favored outright divorce. His government has been responsible for hampering economic interactions between China and Taiwan. As the result, Taiwan&#8217;s economy languished exactly when China was making a great leap forward. Taiwanese stock market is basically where it was eight years ago. But many emerging economies have seen their stock markets double or even triple during that time. It&#8217;s likely we&#8217;ll see a catch-up rally once the dust settles after the election.</p>
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		<title>Best Deals for Hot Spring Resorts In Taiwan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Krawder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taipei is one of the city of Taiwan. It is a very good place to holiday in for those who love the action of the big city. Taiwan is a place with a lot of sulfur springs, spas and hotels. One of the popular sulfur pits is Bei Tou. Bei Tou is on top of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taipei is one of the city of Taiwan. It is a very good place to holiday in for those who love the action of the big city. <a href="http://www.madetaiwan.com/" target="blank">Taiwan</a> is a place with a lot of sulfur springs, spas and hotels. One of the popular sulfur pits is Bei Tou. Bei Tou is on top of a mountain near to Yang Ming Mountain National Park. There are a lot of cheap hotels at Bei Tou. Travel agents also like to sell the hot spring resorts at Bei Tou in their vacation packages.</p>
<p>Their hot spring resort is like a chalet, each chalet is three storey high with four bedrooms and a kitchen. There is a basement an each chalet that houses a natural stone tub hot spring. Besides our own personal hot spring, we can enjoy a variety of hot springs at the resort. There are natural hot spring made into a swimming pool like complex with waterfall. There are also hot springs with Jacuzzi built into the hot spring.</p>
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		<title>Differences Between Mainland and Taiwan Chinese</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Fischer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese language is probably the most famous language which uses characters instead of letters. However contrary to popular belief Chinese is not just one language but there are many different dialects. In Hong Kong for instance people speak Cantonese which is so different that someone from Beijing would not understand it. Also there are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Chinese language is probably the most famous language which uses characters instead of letters. However contrary to popular belief Chinese is not just one language but there are many different dialects. In Hong Kong for instance people speak Cantonese which is so different that someone from Beijing would not understand it. Also there are two different sets of Chinese characters. The original traditional characters and the simplified characters. The simplified characters were introduced to promote literacy by decreasing the number of strokes required for some characters. Not all characters were simplified however, like some characters which are already very simple (2 or 3 strokes). Traditional characters are still used in <a HREF="http://www.taiwancentral.info/">Taiwan</a>, Macau and Hong Kong. In Mainland China and Singapore simplified characters are used.</p>
<p>Someone who wants to learn Chinese is normally best advised to learn Standard Mandarin and simplified characters which are used in Beijing (Peking) for instance. However if you also want to do business or stay in Taiwan for instance you should also learn traditional characters. Traditional characters are considered to be the &#8220;more beautiful&#8221; characters, even by some mainlanders. Since simplified characters are relatively new, it means that many historic texts can not be read by the new generation.</p>
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