Liang Wu-ti (464-549) was probably the most famous and most cultured Chinese emperor of the Southern dynasties, and his reign is generally considered their economic and cultural culmination. Liang Wu-ti was born Hsiao Yen. He had made a name for...

THE ROLE OF JAPAN IN LIANG QICHAO'S INTRODUCTION OF MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO CHINA. Edited by Joshua A. Fogel. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California. 2004. ix. 324 pp. US$20.00, paper. ISBN 1-55729-080-6. As the editor of this volume...

In 2004, the Taishin Financial Holding Company ranked second among Taiwan's 14 financial holding companies in terms of after-tax net earnings and earnings per share. This can be put down to aggressive promotion, innovation and low non-performing loan ratios in credit cards and...