The shan-shui city idea is trying to bring traditional values and ways of living to modern high-rise architecture.

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• Ma Yansong:

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• Ma Yansong:

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  I am Taiwanese as well as Chinese.

• Ma Ying-jeou:

  With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.

• Ma Ying-jeou:

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