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With the world’s lowest fertility rate – one child per woman – Taiwan faces the prospect of an ageing population and a shortage of workers to support them.
Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation means that even its offers of emergency aid are rejected by countries anxious not to offend its rival, China. But recently Taiwan found a needy friend willing to accept its help.
These are desperate days for Taiwan's domestic airlines.
The forthcoming 2008 Taiwan elections.
Taiwan is developing its surface-to-surface missile programme.
Taiwan has been out on a limb, diplomatically, for the past 35 years but that hasn't stopped its capital Taipei from thriving.
