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1. Electric Motocycles Required in Taiwan (Taiwan.com.au - Chang)
   Reports on Taiwan's new law requiring motorcycle manufacturers to meet a quota of at least two percent electric powered motorcycles. 5-01

2. China's Relationship With the United States (PBS - Frontline)
   Discusses the delicate political and economic relationship between China and the USA, with a special emphasis on the role of Taiwan. The discussion is called "Dangerous Straits." 10-02

3. Recumbent Tricycle - 2000 Series (3Wheel.Makers.com)
   Describes a semi-recumbent trike, made in Taiwan. Awesome Library does not endorse these products, but only provides them as examples. Sometimes called three-wheel bicycles. 6-01

4. -10-11-05 Global Aid for Guatemala (MSNBC News)
   "Authorities abandoned efforts Tuesday to recover bodies from a deadly landslide and turned to international agencies to help feed, clothe and treat the tens of thousands of residents who lost everything in a week of deadly rains and floods."
   
   "The government Monday night issued an urgent call to the United Nations, seeking $21.5 million in aid because its own emergency response funds would not be enough to cope with the crisis."
   
   "Several countries already have offered to provide assistance to Guatemala, including flood-stricken Mexico. Sweden has donated $5 million, and Spain, France and Taiwan have sent aid shipments."
   
   "The United States has delivered 5,000 hygiene kits, 5,000 blankets, 15,000 gallons of drinking water and 11,000 gallons of fuel to victims in Guatemala, officials said. U.S. helicopters shuttled food and water to isolated villages and a medical unit from the Arkansas National Guard also was preparing to go to the region." 10-05

5. Tea - Brewing Oolong (or Wu-Long) Tea (TeaFromTaiwan.com)
   "Making tea gong fu style is ideal for Taiwan oolong tea. The short brewing time allows the sweet flavor of the oolong tea to come out without excess caffeine or tannin. Even those who are sensitive to caffeine can drink this type of oolong tea all evening and still get a good night's sleep." 06-06

6. Simplified or Traditional Chinese? (IWT Services)
   f you are simply targeting a geographic region the decision to use Simplified or Traditional Chinese becomes very clear. Simplified Chinese is used in mainland China (PRC) and in Singapore. If you are targeting Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Malaysia you would use the Traditional Chinese method of writing." 04-07

7. -11-04-07 Budget, Ultralight Laptop Announced (MSNBC News)
   "Their [Asus] Eee PC also is a small, simple laptop which runs on the Linux operating system and is made to sell for just $300 to $400. Since it went on sale, last month in Taiwan, the Eee has been selling like hotcakes." 11-07

8. Asia - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
   Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Philippines, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. 3-02

9. Awesome Library in Chinese (ArcNet)
   Provides online translations of the Web. (Requires Simplified Chinese font.) 7-02
   

10. Awesome Library in Japanese (Alta Vista Babelfisth)
    Provides online translations of the Web. 7-02
    

11. 10-24-03 Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (CBS News)
    "Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the widow of the Nationalist Chinese president who used her charm and fluent English to lobby Washington and become a driving force in Taiwan's Nationalist government, died Thursday in New York. She was 106." 10-03

12. History of Sino-Japanese Conflict (Guardian Observer)
    "August 1894: Start of the first Sino-Japanese War. This one-sided conflict was effectively ended when the Chinese northern fleet was destroyed off the mouth of the Yalu river. China was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895, when it ceded Taiwan and other territory to Japan and allowed Korea to become a Japanese protectorate." 4-05

13. Dengue Fever (Wikipedia.org)
    "Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics and Africa, and caused by four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae.[1] The geographical spread is similar to malaria, but unlike malaria, dengue is often found in urban areas of developed tropical nations, including Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, India and Brazil. Each serotype is sufficiently different that there is no cross-protection and epidemics caused by multiple serotypes (hyperendemicity) can occur." 03-08