As a result of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, China lost to Japan the important islands of Taiwan (Formosa) and the Pescadores, lying about a hundred miles off the Chinese coast.

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They say I better get a chaperone / Because I can't stop messing with the danger zone

Pink slips are being handed out faster in corporate America than you can say, “Recession? What recession?”