China: June 13, 2001

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Taiwan has been experiencing higher unemployment for the last year, resulting in a 22% increase in applications to take the entrance exam for the military academy and a 50% increase in the number of applications to take the entrance exam for the non-commissioned officer school. The number of deserters on the wanted list has fallen from 1200 a year ago (which was about average for the previous decade) to under 400.--Stephen V Cole

 

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