Beginning in late October following the excitement in Taipei over the "zoo animals' house move," Kaohsiung was busily oc cupied hosting the 13th Taiwan Area Games. Said Miss Chi Cheng, the former track star once styled "the flying antelope," after the games: "The spectators should have got a gold medal!"
One newspaper graded the games this way: "Spirit and originality, 90 points; athletic level, 60." Where's the problem? If the same results were projected ahead to the 1988 Olympics, the outlook would not be promising. Just what events are best suited to the Asian physique?
The Taiwan Games, a hot topic for the past month, are this issue's cover story.
The "Feeling 101," Yue Loong Motor Co.'s new model car, has been another hot topic lately. Can the first automobile successfully designed and developed by Chinese be sold equally successfully on the world market? Let's talk realistically.
Last month's cover story, "China: The Good Earth," drew a large response from readers around the world expressing their shared concern. We continue the series this issue with a look at the threat to forests on the Chinese mainland, on Taiwan, and on Hainan Island.
