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  • Inside China Taiwan China vie for toughness

    View results The May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard set off an inadvertent naval competition between Taiwan and China.The incident occurred in the disputed Bashi Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines, and Taiwan and China each sent a large number of vessels to waters near the Philippines to demonstrate armed hostility. The Philippines is a key ...

  • Taiwan consumers reaching point of no returns in buying of gadgets

    Amendments proposed to the Consumer Protection Law would eliminate the seven-day grace period that allowed consumers to return electronic products or fresh goods. At its weekly meeting yesterday, the Cabinet proposed a draft amendment to the Consumer Protection Law that would impose stricter restrictions on consumers and consumer protection groups. Wu Cheng-hsueh, a representative for the ...

  • Fitch Taiwan Securities Cos Generally Stable Despite Weak Turnover

    Thu May 23, 2013 9:00pm EDT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Taiwanese Securities Sector here TAIPEI/SEOUL/SINGAPORE, May 23 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings says in a new report that credit profiles of Taiwanese securities companies have remained generally stable despite depressed trading volumes. Domestic securities companies are ...

  • Taiwanese reporter fired for writing fake story about anti-Pinoy restaurant

    reports that Taiwanese newspaper Lih Pao has sacked the reporter who fabricated a story about a diner that refuses to serve Filipinos amid the furor in Taiwan over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine Coast ...

  • PH Taiwan seen to start talks on fishery agreement by June

    Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala: Possible meeting in June. INQUIRER file photo MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines-Taiwan technical working group (TWG) may meet by the middle of the year on a possible fishery agreement, when officials hope that the recent issue over a Taiwanese fisherman would have cooled. "The meeting may be held, possibly, by June but perhaps it would be better ...

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Based on the acclaimed young adult novel of the same title by Irishman John Boyne, Mark Hermans The Boy in the Striped Pajamas gives us a childs eye view of unimaginable evil, which makes said evil all the more grotesque. What is most unnerving about the f ... ...

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  • Talk of the Day -- HTC Chair 46th most powerful woman Forbes

    HTC Corp., ranks 46th in the Forbes Magazine's newly released list of the world's 100 most powerful women. Wang moves up 10 notches on the Forbes' latest global rankings. In 2012, the 54-year-old business executive, ranked 56th. The noted U.S. financial publication applies three metrics -- money, media presence and impact -- in determining the rank of each influential woman on the ...

  • Taiwanese fishermen urge fishery deal with the Philippines

    Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Taiwanese fishermen and representatives of fishermen's associations on Thursday urged Taiwan's government to start talks on a fishery agreement with ...

  • Taipei rebuffs Manila anew

    Justice Secretary Leila De Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO TAIPEI--Taiwan on Wednesday set aside a Philippine request for legal assistance, delaying the completion of Manila's investigation of the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards two weeks ago. The Taiwanese Ministry of Justice said it declined the Philippine request for the time being because Manila continued to ...

  • Slain Taiwanese was ‘good to Filipino fishermen’

    Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng’s boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, is checked by Taiwanese officers after arriving at Liuqiu port in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Taiwanese boat owner Steven Liao said the damage to the Guang Ta Hsin 28 costs around NT$8 million (P11 million). AP PHOTO TAIPEI--Filipinos in Pintung county, where the Taiwanese fisherman ...

  • Luxury tax to be amended in June minister

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The so-called "luxury tax," aimed at preventing speculative real estate investments, will be reviewed for possible changes in June, Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford (???) said ...

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