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The Ministry of National Defense discovered suspicious activity last year and...
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TAIPEI—Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it arrested a military general on suspicion of spying for China in the most high-profile cross-Strait espionage case in...
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BEIJING —
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and his Chinese counterpart said Monday that they would look for ways to deepen military cooperation, but tensions over...
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TAIPEI, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks fell 0.56 percent on
Monday after reaching a more than two-and-a-half-year closing
high as investors took profits from tech...
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(CNN) — Taiwan has rallied behind a taekwondo athlete who was controversially disqualified at the Asian Games in China, setting up Internet support groups and...
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Taipei, Nov. 11 (CNA) Former Vice President Lien Chan departed for Japan Thursday to attend this year’s leadership summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
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China told the United States not to interfere in a regional dispute over claims to the South China Sea, saying it would only complicate the matter.
Japan’s NHK...
made popular Sep 23 2010
Thousands of residents were evacuated as a powerful typhoon struck Taiwan, flooding the southern part of the island, crippling transport and shutting off...
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The government in the capital Taipei said it would give 20,000 Taiwan dollars (£429) for every newborn from 2011, plus monthly subsidies to lower-income families with...
made popular May 8 2010
I’m not sure why so many politicians across the globe fail to think before they speak. They say things that are often ridiculous and then wind up having to...
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The Chinese bribery trial of four employees of Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian miner, concluded yesterday in Shanghai with court argument over the size of the alleged...
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A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan Thursday morning, causing widespread damage and disrupting communications around the island. Local news...
made popular Mar 4 2010
There may not be another nation more prone to blatant and self-righteous hypocrisy than the United States. U.S. politicians and public officials think that the United...
made popular Feb 9 2010
According to the media reports, China strongly reacted against Washington administration decision of arm sale for worth $ 6.4 billion dollars to Taiwan. The arms...
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China has reacted angrily to an Obama administration announcement that Washington intends to sell more than $6 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan.
The...
made popular Jan 30 2010
Heated debate turns into mass brawl at Taiwan parliament
In the House of Commons a political fight is little more than a mildly-worded disagreement - but in Taiwain...
made popular Jan 19 2010
A contest to find the world’s most handsome man has been won by ‘Mr Bolivia’.
The two-week-long ‘Mr International competition’ took place...
made popular Dec 22 2009
A Taiwanese man has been cuffed for allegedly posing online as a “youthful male model” and persuading up to 20 females to have sex with his father, the...
made popular Nov 17 2009
Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and his wife, former first lady Wu Shu-chen, were convicted Friday on corruption and money laundering charges and sentenced to...
made popular Sep 11 2009
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More than 600 people were listed dead or missing in Taiwan on Friday after one of the island’s worst typhoons as the military began digging up bodies buried deep...
made popular Aug 21 2009
Typhoon Morakot has battered the Philippines, Taiwan and southeastern China over the last 48 hours killing at least 34 people and causing more than a million people to...
made popular Aug 10 2009
The international community has condemned the military coup against Honduras’ president. The United States and the Organization for American States has called for...
made popular Jul 2 2009
I don’t generally write about other regions, but I couldn’t pass these up.
First, a Taiwanese carpenter presented only by his surname Lee was indicted...
made popular May 15 2009
A group of students from Kaohsiung National First University of Science and Technology in southern Taiwan won an award Tuesday for creative application at the 2008...
made popular Oct 16 2008
Taiwan’s health minister said Thursday that six Nestle milk products were banned from sale after they were found to be tainted with melamine. The tainted items,...
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Taiwan issued a land warning for Typhoon Fung-Wong (Phoenix) early Sunday, as the storm was approaching the island from the Pacific Ocean.
made popular Jul 27 2008
The United States has frozen on arms sales to Taiwan following concerns expressed by China, top US military commander in Asia Admiral Timothy Keating said Wednesday.
made popular Jul 18 2008
Taiwanese inventor Peng Yu-Lun has an innovative idea to make train transportation even more efficient: get rid of the stops. No, he\’s not proposing that...
made popular Jul 2 2008
U.S. secretary of state concludes China tour:
US secretary of state recently concluded her two day visit to China. Various issues on the agenda according to media. But...
made popular Jun 30 2008
President of Taiwan Mr. Ma Ying-jeou in a recent interview to media cleared his stand on making relations with mainland China more cordial.He intends to strengthen...
made popular Jun 21 2008
There is a new battle brewing in Taiwan and this time it is Asus that is bringing out the big guns against its rival Gigabyte: Gigabyte claimed in a recent presentation...
made popular May 17 2008
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it is cutting prices on the Xbox 360 in four Asian regions by as much as 20 percent in an effort to expand the audience for the video...
made popular Apr 29 2008
Taiwan and China took a first step on Saturday towards less hostile relations with an historic meeting between Hu Jintao, China’s president, and Vincent Siew,...
made popular Apr 16 2008
This is unbelievable, Taiwan orders helicopters batteries and we send them nuclear missile detonators instead. But the best part is it took a year to uncover the error....
made popular Mar 26 2008
The US says it has launched an investigation after four fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles were mistakenly sent to Taiwan.
The shipment, which should have...
made popular Mar 26 2008
U.S. officials said today that non-nuclear parts for an intercontinental ballistic missile were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan in 2006 and that an investigation had been...
made popular Mar 26 2008
The Spratlys islands have a long story to tell. The islands’ untapped potentials for possible oil, gas and other mineral resources, aside from its proximity to...
made popular Mar 14 2008
A Taiwanese man hired an erotic dancer to perform at his 103-year-old father’s funeral.
made popular Mar 13 2008
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A woman holds a sign reading “sex workers want legal right to work” as she walks with thousands of workers marching for labor rights on the international Labor Day in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, May 1, 2009.
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