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  • Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title

    Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...

  • Taiwanese fishing boat detained by Japan

    Japan ese coast guard near Ishigaki Island early Tuesday for intruding into the country's territorial waters, a local fishermen's organization said. The 37.07-ton "Jui Ming Fa" from Liouciou Township in Pingtung County was caught operating in waters 41 nautical miles east of Ishigaki, according to the Liouciou Fishermen's Association. The location was 17 nautical miles ...

  • Taiwan expects to host World Medical Association meet in 2016

    Geneva, May 20 (CNA) Taiwan is expected to host a World Medical Association (WMA) conference in 2016 for the first time, Taiwan's top health official said Monday. Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta said that the WMA has tentatively decided to stage the 2016 conference in Taiwan, although the matter still needs to be confirmed in a meeting in October. Chiu, who is in Geneva to attend the 66th World ...

  • Anger in Taiwan spurs tough stance

    For the first time in his life, says New Taipei City deputy mayor Lee Shu-chuan, he can finally "feel the existence of the government", thanks to its tough stance against the Philippines in the spat over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. "Honestly, this is the first time I can feel the government's existence," said Lee, who is from the same Xiaoliuqiu island ...

  • US concerned over Philippines killing of Taiwanese fisherman

    WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the increasing tensions between the Philippines and China's Taiwan following last week's fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard. At a news briefing, the State Department's acting deputy spokesman Patric Ventrell also urged the two sides to take "all ...

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Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher

I have the feeling that if Stephen King wrote a book about toilet paper, someone would try to make a movie about it. At this point, Kings novels, short stories, or original screenplays have been the basis for more than 75 movies, ranging from near-masterpieces (Brian De Palmas Carrie and Stanley Kubricks The Shining), to the virtually unwatchable (Kings only directorial effort, M ... ...

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  • Taiwan engineer could pay US$13m for Samsung phone leak

    An engineer may have to pay his former employer up to NT$400 million (US$13.32 million) in compensation after leaking photos of the Samsung Galaxy S III before its release last year. According to ...

  • Taiwan moving to end southern fishing line

    The Taiwan government is moving toward abolishing Taiwan's southern boundary for fishery protection, an act which would extend the formal operational area of the Navy, the Coast Guard and local fishermen further south within Taiwan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) toward the Philippines. The boundary is currently set at the latitude of 20 degrees north. In light of the recent fatal ...

  • Manila Taipei agree on cooperative probe

    The Philippines and Taiwan on Monday agreed on a cooperative investigation into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino Coast Guards, which had led to fresh cross-channel tensions and harassment of Filipino workers in Taiwan. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told reporters that the cooperation, agreed on during a meeting between National Bureau of Investigation officials and ...

  • Taiwan hoping for cooperation

    Taiwan hopes that a "cooperative investigation" into the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will push through, considering that a similar undertaking was conducted between the two countries seven years ago and that a mutual legal assistance agreement was signed by Manila and Taipei last ...

  • Taiwan Fishing Crew Hid to Escape Hail of Philippine Bullets

    Taiwan fishing boat captain Hung Yu-chi says he was at the helm in quiet seas on the last morning of a six-day trip when he noticed a black dot on the horizon. Through binoculars, Yu-chi, 39, could see figures in orange on another boat, the color worn by both Taiwanese and Philippine officers as they patrol fishing waters claimed by each government. As the craft drew near, Yu-chi heard ...

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