Living in an ever more rapidly changing society, modern people can't help but wonder: "what will the future be like?" Not only the future of oneself, but of the country as well.
In September of this year, Premier Lee Huan sketched out a blueprint of Taiwan in the twenty-first century, and promised many times that it will be thoroughly implemented. Chinese home and abroad certainly want to know the ROC's direction over the next twelve years. This month, we offer the answer in "So Proudly We Hail!" and other articles.
The "Formosa" known to Europeans in the sixteenth century has been shrouded in mystery, but in recent years a group of Dutch, Chinese and Japanese scholars have cooperated to produce, Daily Registers of Taiwan, a series of documents from that era, being published in a series of volumes. "A Forgotten Era" tells you about this major event in Sino-European historical studies.
Further, the articles "Doing Business with Tantric Buddhism" and "Money on the Go" provide the latest on the business world. And in our continuing series on famous universities, we report on Japan's Keio University.
