Terry Gou's Apple Challenge
Keeping the Hon Hai Empire Together
Employee suicides. An explosion at an iPad 2 production facility. Hon Hai's empire is being stretched to the limit. Can the company and its iron-fisted chairman Terry Gou meet the challenge?
Occupational Safety Sea Change
Local Leader Takes on Petrochem Giant
After four major fires, Yunlin County magistrate Su Chih-Fen has axed operations at the Formosa Plastics Group's sixth naphtha cracker. As Taiwan begins to take occupational safety seriously, can the petrochemical industry survive?
Personal Stress Relief
Take a Deep Breath – And Be Healthy
Psychosomatic disorders wrought by the pressure of modern life have become our biggest enemy. What can you do to resuscitate your stressed-out mind and body?
Employee Well-being
De-stressing the Workplace
Responding to the headlines about employee protests, suicides and deaths from overwork, some proactive Taiwanese enterprises have gotten the message that the well-being of workers is crucial for company health.
Video Mentoring
Leading Underprivileged Kids to Academic Heights
Fu Jen Catholic University's Remote Village Distance Tutoring Team provides free home tutoring to underprivileged students via live Internet video feed. In the process, they have found that they are actually the ones learning the most.
Do You Have Emotional Issues?
Tests your level of emotional distress
The following questions assess the degree to which you feel bothered or distressed. Please carefully think back over the past week (including today) and then circle the answer that best represents how you feel.
Psychosomatic Disorders
Taiwan’s New Health Killer
The incidence of psychosomatic disorders in Taiwan has grown fourfold over the past 12 years, and 150 million sleeping pills are prescribed a year. What can be done to stop this scourge?