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  • Bill on cross-strait offices boycotted at legislature

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) An initial review of a bill that will allow the establishment of Taiwanese and Chinese representative offices in each other's territory was boycotted by opposition parties at the Legislature Thursday. Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party, the People First Party and the Taiwan Solidarity Union occupied the podium to prevent the Internal Administration ...

  • Taiwans Hon Hai to hire 3000 after Mozilla tie-up

    Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision said Thursday it aims to hire up to 3,000 new employees to develop devices and software for Mozilla's Firefox operating system as it seeks to diversify from its core manufacturing ...

  • Offices important part of cross-strait infrastructure president

    China in each other's territories will be "neutral" organizations that will be an important part of the infrastructure in cross-Taiwan Strait relations. Ma said the offices will show the need for the two sides to manage and help the 8 million people who travel across the strait every year and trade activities that are ...

  • Irregular lifestyle blamed for skin aging

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Staying up late and poor handling of stress could aggregate skin aging, local doctors warned Thursday. Cheng Hui-wen, a dermatologist at the Shu-Tien Urology and Ophthalmology Clinic, said a 35-year-old patient of hers showed symptoms of dark spots, deepening lines and wrinkles that are more common among older people. Upon examining the patient's lifestyle, Cheng found ...

  • U.S. dollar closes higher on Taipei forex

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Thursday, gaining NT$0.20 to close at the day's high of NT$30.160. Turnover ...

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Taken

Taken

On the narrative level, Taken is a fairly routine action thriller about a retired CIA operative who is forced to break out his tools and flex his old skills when his virginal teenage daughter is kidnapped abroad by human traffickers. There is little to distinguish it from dozens of interchang ... ...

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  • Innovative designs to improve Taipei living

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The Taipei city government unveiled a series of design proposals Thursday that are aimed at improving Taipei's living environment and promoting Taiwanese designs around the world. Among the 24 proposals, which will receive subsidies from the city government, are plans to tackle common urban problems in the areas of transportation, health, environmental protection and ...

  • Taiwan market HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600

    HTC has unveiled an updated version of its Butterfly family smartphone, the HTC Butterfly S, as well as a midrange model, the HTC Desire 600, initially for the Taiwan market. The two models will be available starting June ...

  • Taiwan market ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013

    ViewSonic will launch 1080p 3D projectors in the Taiwan market by the end of 2013 at retail prices of about NT$32,900 (US$1,097) and expects the proportion of all projectors that are Full HD models to rise from 10-15% currently to ...

  • HP CEO to visit China and Taiwan

    Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO Meg Whitman is set to visit China and Taiwan in the near future to promote its businesses and meet with upstream suppliers and partners, according to the ...

  • Japan-Taiwan pact will not contain China

    by Madoka Fukuda Japan and Taiwan concluded a fisheries agreement in April 2013. In Japan, there has been a tendency to stress that this agreement will drive a wedge into cooperation between mainland China and Taiwan and serve to contain China, but does the significance of this agreement really go no further than this? Given that talks were underway for 17 years, why had the Japan-Taiwan ...

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