In power generation, Kao will have to deal not only with China's approval process.

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Kao, who is not a member of President's founding family, worked his way to the top.

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Kao has been profitable for 18 straight years by sticking to its detergents, household products and cosmetics.

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"The foreign partners supply the specialized knowledge, so they should be offered more preferential incentives, " Kao argues.

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Once inside, keep your windows closed, change your air filters, and run your air conditioner, Dr. Kao adds.

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Under the one-China concept, Kao says, Taiwan investors are not foreigners and should not be treated as such.

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"It's really a win-win project, " says Roger Kao (no relation), a broker at Grand Cathay Securities Corp. in Taipei.

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For all the big-picture concerns, Kao considers the management of President's ventures in China to be his biggest challenge.

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Dr. Kao isn't expecting fall allergies in his home state, South Carolina, to be very bad -- a welcome change.

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Police quickly identified Chen, Lin and Kao as the kidnappers and launched a massive manhunt that was to last seven months.

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President has a wholesale venture in Tianjin, but Kao wants to sell the group's food products in its own retail outlets.

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"Events in the last couple of years has shown that it is a foreign coach that is capable of steering the game forward, " Kao'je said.

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"This encourages each individual unit to take the initiative, to take responsibility and display an independent spirit, to strive to be the best, " says Kao.

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Kao and Chen went on to plunge the capital into fear.

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Kao'je gave the order to the NFA board in a meeting on Wednesday, as national coach Austin Eguavoen is preparing the Super Eagles for Saturday's Nations Cup group qualifier against Niger.

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Kao is confident about President-ial expansion, especially in China.

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Mr Kao also thinks the OECD could go further.

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Still, Taiwan businesses enjoy "unofficial" advantages, says Kao.

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The topic was innovation, and featured speakers such as John Kao, the consultant and author, and Judy Estrin, scientist, entrepreneur, former CTO of Cisco and current board member at Disney and FedEx.

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Dr. John Kao is founder and chairman of the Institute for Large-Scale Innovation, a former Harvard Business School professor and author of the bestselling books Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity and Innovation Nation.

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"They are there early, " says broker Kao.

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By 1513 they had reached the shores of China, and when after nearly 50 years of sporadic tolerance Beijing finally approved their presence on the remote peninsula of Ah-Ma-Kao, the foreigners found the richest trade to be that within the region itself.

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But Kao is determined.

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He was head of the CNAIC for 33 years, before ceding the post to Jeffrey two years ago. (Jeffrey beat out food tycoon Kao Chin-yen of the President Group for the job.) Chen-fu is also chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, the semi-official organization that handles cross-strait negotiations.

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