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  • Taiwan cuts 2013 GDP growth forecast

    Taiwan on Friday cut its 2013 GDP growth forecast to 2.4 percent from initially estimated 3.59 percent as faltering global recovery weighs on the island's economy.The island's statistical authority also lowered the inflation forecast this year to 1.23 percent from previous forecast of 1.37 ...

  • Taiwans C.K. Wu confirms hes running for president of IOC

    Wally Santana/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- C.K. Wu confirmed Thursday he is running for president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the fourth candidate and the second from Asia bidding to replace Jacques Rogge. Wu, a 66-year-old architect from Taiwan who has been International Amateur Boxing Association president since 2006, said he is declaring his candidacy to ...

  • Cultivating more sports professionals should start from the campus

    Query from Taiwan News on April 18:Attention: Ministry of Education (MOE)Has your authority contemplated any new initiatives to find a better balance between academic subjects (highly dominant so far) and PE lessons for school students in Taiwan, a move which might help cultivate more sports professionals?As of May 24, MOE has not responded to the press ...

  • Official policy has lagged behind public opinion in exploring renewable energy development in Taiwan

    Query from Taiwan News on April 18:Attention: Bureau of Energy (BOE)Has the government's policy on renewable energy development in Taiwan proven to be effective so far, particularly in the field of encouraging private investment in the sector?As of May 24, BOE has not responded to the press ...

  • Taiwan DPP Congress to tackle China and ex-President Chen

    China Affairs Committee earlier in the month, various party leaders have offered suggestions of how it should conduct relations with Taiwan's communist rival. Lawmakers were expected to submit separate suggestions for policy debates and for a resolution putting human rights at the center of the relationship. Committee spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang said the party was already planning to hold a ...

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Drive

Drive

Drive, which won Nicolas Winding Refn the Best Director prize at Cannes last spring, is a sharply etched, finely tuned homage to the existential road movies of the 1970s like Vanishing Point (1970) and Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) in which the nature of human existence was fuse ... ...

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  • Taiwan reports progress in talks with Philippines

    Philippines has reacted positively to Taiwanese requests to view a video recording of the May 9 incident which killed a Taiwanese fisherman, the Ministry of Justice said Friday. Both sides are discussing judicial cooperation in Manila, after a 17-member Taiwanese team failed to make headway during a visit last week and the MOJ turned down a request by Philippine investigators to travel to Taiwan ...

  • Trade delegation expects over US$30 million orders from Hungary

    US $30 million (NT$897 million) in orders for Taiwan-made auto and motorbike components, Taiwan's representative office in the East European country said Friday. The trade delegation organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) held a conference in Budapest Thursday, attracting about 60 potential Hungarian buyers. The potential buyers then held a total of 250 ...

  • Local bourse falls into consolidation mode

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan fell into consolidation mode Friday, after a steep drop in the previous session, as market sentiment remained cautious over the possibility of an early phasing out of the United States Federal Reserve's stimulus measures, dealers said. While most stocks remained in the doldrums or moved lower, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and some other ...

  • Taiwan holds festival to celebrate Africa Day

    Taipei, May 24 (CNA) A three-day festival featuring African films, music and lifestyle was launched Friday in observance of Africa Day, which is celebrated annually on May 25 to mark the independence of various African countries since 1963. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which organized the event, said movies from 12 African countries, including Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Gambia, will ...

  • Taiwan thanks U.S. for help in H7N9 vaccine efforts

    Washington, May 23 (CNA) Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the United States King Pu-tsung expressed his appreciation to America Friday for helping his country in its efforts to produce a vaccine against human infections of the H7N9 avian influenza virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promised in April to share with Taiwan its results in developing an H7N9 vaccine. ...

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