Made in Taiwan - Revision history

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Pam: /* YUNG & lI'S DORM ROOM, SZE HAI COLLEGE */

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YUNG & lI'S DORM ROOM, SZE HAI COLLEGE

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YUNG & lI'S DORM ROOM, SZE HAI COLLEGE

Pam at 04:57, 7 October 2015

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Pam: /* CHIANG KAI-SHEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, NIGHT, JULY 1980 */

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CHIANG KAI-SHEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, NIGHT, JULY 1980

Pam at 04:52, 7 October 2015

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 [[Category:Episodes]]
-[[Category:The Venetian Cell|2.007]]
+[[Category:The Passengers|2.007]]
 [[Category:The Clan|2.007]]
 [[Category: The Age of Christiane (1979-1983)]]

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 ''[[John]] takes advantage of his country's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Miracle economic boom] to launch his first company at age 25. In the summer of 1980, he returns from a trip to the US with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman Sony Walkman] and comes up with the idea of creating a more affordable generic version. As it is impossible to sell in the US or most of the Western world, John found a weak spot: The Eastern Bloc; with whom Taiwan's diplomatic relations were officially null since 1949 but following the reestablishment of relations between the US and The People's Republic of China in 1979, Taiwan's newly nominated President (an old army friend of John's father, [[Ao-nan]]) informs John of a legal loophole which makes trading with the Soviet Union, possible. Eager to take advantage of this opportunity, John learns basic Russian through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Fang-liang Ipat'evna Vakhreva], the President's wife, and then ventured on a tour of the Eastern Bloc to find potential customers. He came back with orders for 10,000 units, enough to launch production.
-[[The Moscow Games|<< PREVIOUS EPISODE]] - [[Shatila by Night|NEXT EPISODE >>]]
+[[The Moscow Games|<< PREVIOUS EPISODE]] - [[Swedish Rhapsody|NEXT EPISODE >>]]
 ====CHIANG KAI-SHEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, NIGHT, SUMMER 1980====
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-[[The Moscow Games|<< PREVIOUS EPISODE]] - [[Shatila by Night|NEXT EPISODE >>]]
+[[The Moscow Games|<< PREVIOUS EPISODE]] - [[Swedish Rhapsody|NEXT EPISODE >>]]
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 '''OUTLINE'''
-''[[John]] takes advantage of his country's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Miracle economic boom] to launch his first company at age 25. In the summer of 1980, he returned from a trip to the US with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman Sony Walkman] and came up with the idea of creating a more affordable generic version. As it would have been impossible to sell in the US or most of the Western world, John found a weak spot: The Eastern Bloc; with whom Taiwan's diplomatic relations were officially null since 1949 but following the reestablishment of relations between the US and The People's Republic of China in 1979, Taiwan's newly nominated President (an old army friend of John's father, [[Ao-nan]]) informed John of the possibility of trading with the Soviet Union. Eager to take advantage of this opportunity, John learned basic Russian through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Fang-liang Ipat'evna Vakhreva], the President's wife, and then ventured on a tour of the Eastern Bloc to find potential customers. He came back with orders for 10,000 units, enough to launch production.
+''[[John]] takes advantage of his country's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Miracle economic boom] to launch his first company at age 25. In the summer of 1980, he returns from a trip to the US with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman Sony Walkman] and comes up with the idea of creating a more affordable generic version. As it is impossible to sell in the US or most of the Western world, John found a weak spot: The Eastern Bloc; with whom Taiwan's diplomatic relations were officially null since 1949 but following the reestablishment of relations between the US and The People's Republic of China in 1979, Taiwan's newly nominated President (an old army friend of John's father, [[Ao-nan]]) informs John of a legal loophole which makes trading with the Soviet Union, possible. Eager to take advantage of this opportunity, John learns basic Russian through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Fang-liang Ipat'evna Vakhreva], the President's wife, and then ventured on a tour of the Eastern Bloc to find potential customers. He came back with orders for 10,000 units, enough to launch production.
 [[The Moscow Games|<< PREVIOUS EPISODE]] - [[Shatila by Night|NEXT EPISODE >>]]
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 -Indeed they are, indeed they are...
 ====ATATURK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ISTANBUL, TURKEY====

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 [[File:TPS-L2explodedView.jpg|thumb|right|480px|TPS-L2 Exploded View]]
-Two mattresses are stacked one top of the another as hundreds of screws, parts and circuits are taped on the bed's plywood bases. Yung and Li are mesmerized by the puzzle they've created.
+Two mattresses are stacked one top of the another as hundreds of screws, parts and circuits are taped to the bed's plywood bases. Yung and Li are mesmerized by the puzzle they've created.
 -Shit, are you sure we'll be able to make ''Walkmen'' out of these? Says Yung as he looks at a couple National Panasonic portable cassette recorders laid on the main table.
--The problem is more whether or not we'll be able to reassemble it! answers Li comparing the drawn exploded view to its real life version.-Let's get to it if want to get ours before John want's his back.
+-The problem is more whether or not we'll be able to reassemble it! answers Li comparing the drawn exploded view to its real life version.-Let's get to it if want to build ours before John want's his back.
 ====KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, TAIPEI====

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 ====YUNG & lI'S DORM ROOM, SZE HAI COLLEGE====
-[[File:TPS-L2explodedView.jpg|thumb|right|480px|TPS-L2 Exploded Views]]
+[[File:TPS-L2explodedView.jpg|thumb|right|480px|TPS-L2 Exploded View]]
 Two mattresses are stacked one top of the another as hundreds of screws, parts and circuits are taped on the bed's plywood bases. Yung and Li are mesmerized by the puzzle they've created.

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-John sits in the living room and turns on the standalone white Grundig television set. A newscast shows excerpts from the Moscow Olympics opening ceremony. Ju-ling comes and sit next to him. She lights another cigarette.
+John sits in the living room and turns on the standalone white Grundig television set. A newscast shows excerpts from the Moscow Olympics closing ceremony. Ju-ling comes and sit next to him. She lights another cigarette.
 -I didn't know you smoked?
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 -Dried... She says as she exhales thick some towards the TV.
-The broadcast shows Russian athletes marching military style while carrying the Olympic flag into the stadium.
+The broadcast shows Russian athletes lowering the Olympic flag.
--Well, poor Russians. What a disaster, they organized all this and no one showed up. Even the Mainland is boycotting.
+-Well, poor Russians. What a disaster, they organized all this and no one showed up. Even the Mainland boycotted it.
 -We should have gone then.
--Yes but the Mainland was invited. So we pulled. Don't you follow the news, big boy? I wonder if they're watching at the palace. They sure do speak Russian!
+-Yes but the Mainland was invited. So we pulled. Don't you follow the news, big boy? I wonder if they watched at the palace. They sure do speak Russian!
 -That's true, Aunt Fang-liang is Russian, no?
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 -You guys keep it for a few day. Here, says John as he pulls a couple of cassettes from his bag.
 ====YUNG & lI'S DORM ROOM, SZE HAI COLLEGE====

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-====CHIANG KAI-SHEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, NIGHT, JULY 1980====
+====CHIANG KAI-SHEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, NIGHT, SUMMER 1980====
 [[File:1980WalkmanAd.jpg|thumb|right|480px|1980 Sony Walkman Ad'']]

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	On a sunny fall afternoon, John steps down on the tarmac, Blondie pouring out of his headphones but is stopped short when a Russian custom's officer signals him to clear his ears to questions him.		On a sunny fall afternoon, John steps down on the tarmac, Blondie pouring out of his headphones but is stopped short when a Russian custom's officer signals him to clear his ears to questions him.

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