Taiwan's first residents, who make up the island's aboriginal tribes, migrated to the island about six thousand years ago and are related to ethnic groups from southern China, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines. They now constitute just...

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China is on its way to being recognized as one of the major global business partners in Asia. Financially, the nation has logged a promising first quarter with the promise of even greater prosperity by the end of '98. China's approach to its...

Making the Foreign Serve China: Managing Foreigners in the People's Republic of China. By Anne-Marie Brady. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Pp. xvi, 312. Paperback $24.95. Anyone who has lived and worked in China is familiar with the foreign affairs...