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June 8 - 14, 2001

Exporting High Tech Talent

Sino-American deal brings Chinese IT workers to U.S.

By Ron Chepesiuk

The U.S. economy is flirting with recession while technology stocks hover near bear market territory, but the worldwide demand for information technology (IT) specialists remains bullish. Currently, an estimated 1.5 to 3 million IT jobs in the United States, Asia, and Europe are unfilled. U.S. companies have traditionally looked to India as its major source for IT professionals, but recently, as IT shortages remain unabated, personnel agencies have begun turning to the People’s Republic of China for talent.

Last March 13, for example, New York City-based Headway Corporate Resources, a leading human resources company, signed an exclusive agreement with Shanghai Foreign Services Company Ltd. (SFSC) to bring Chinese IT workers to the United States over the next three to six years.

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By Annie Huang/AP

The first issue’s cover story took aim at a not-so public figure: the future son-in-law of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, surgeon Chao Chien-min. The article focused on Chao’s dating history before he met the president’s daughter.

After weeks of advertising that promised to dig up dirt, Next magazine hit Taiwan’s convenience stores and bookstores — selling out within hours and threatening to shake up the island’s media world with sensational, paparazzi-driven journalism.

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