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  • Taiwan lowers annual growth expectations

    Taiwan lowered its expectations for 2013 economic growth on Friday, citing a weaker global economic outlook and slower consumer spending. However, it revised its first quarter growth figure higher to 1.67 percent year-on-year. The figure improved slightly from the 1.54 percent it reported in April, said the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics. The trade-reliant economy ...

  • Officials touts close ties with China to create win-win situation

    China are the best in 60 years and hoped the two sides could set aside disputes and create a win-win situation through close exchanges and cooperation. In a keynote speech on cross-strait cooperation and exchanges at a forum in Taipei, Lin said that since ...

  • Ministry seeking to stimulate economy

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Faced with a dwindling economic growth rate in Taiwan that has worried many parties concerned, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Friday that it will put forth stimulus measures to prop up the domestic economy. The announcement came as the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) revealed earlier Friday that Taiwan's economy grew by a ...

  • No problems found following inspection of B747 cargo planes CAA

    China Airlines (CAL) cargo plane in the United States on Sunday, the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) ordered a full inspection of the same type of plane, but has found no similar problem, officials said Friday. The CAL Boeing 747 cargo plane was flying to Atlanta from Anchorage, Alaska Sunday when a piece of its right wing tore off as the plane approached Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta ...

  • Talk of the Day -- Volunteers for Spratlys hard to find

    China Sea and will uphold the policy of having the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) protect the country's claims to the islet. The CGA, however, has had a hard time finding volunteer soldiers and officers for service in the Taiping Island, the largest islet in the Spratly island chain in the ...

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Spy Game

In Spy Game, Robert Redford plays Nathan Muir, a 30-year veteran agent of the C.I.A. who finds out on the day of his retirement that his protg, Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), has been captured while trying to liberate a prisoner from a Chinese prison during a rogue mission and is schedule to be executed in 24 hours. The real problem for Muir is that the top brass at the C.I.A. are looking for way ... ...

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  • Lee Chia-chin to head Association of East Asian Relations

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan's Lee Chia-chin will serve as the chairman of the Association of East Asian Relations, which handles the interests of the Republic ...

  • Taiwan Indonesia to work closer to fight human trafficking

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen cooperation in fighting human trafficking at a recent meeting in the Southeast Asian country. Under a joint statement signed at the first meeting of top immigration officials from the two countries, Indonesian immigration personnel will escort Indonesian victims of human trafficking sent back by Taiwan on their way home, to ...

  • China-based Taiwan exporters hit hard by rising yuan

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) The Chinese currency, or yuan, has risen 20 percent against the U.S. dollar since 2005, causing a serious impact on Chinese exporters, including export-reliant Taiwanese businesses operating ...

  • Number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan down by 26 percent in May

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan's Tourism Bureau said Friday that the number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan between May 1-23 dropped by 25.6 percent from last year as a newly launched tour promotion program has failed to attract more mainland visitors. The "quality tour groups" launched in May has received no applicants so far, and its daily group quota of 3,650 was given to visitors ...

  • Philippine reporters visit dead fishermans family

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) The family of a Taiwanese fisherman who was shot dead May 9 by officers on a Philippine government vessel in waters where the two countries' exclusive economic zones overlap on Friday asked ...

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