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  • Do-or-die for India women against Chinese Taipei

    It will be a do-or-die match for Indian women's football team when they face Chinese Taipei in their next group D match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Wednesday. The Indian team despite giving a good account of themselves against Myanmar in their opening game of the have their backs to wall after a 0-2 reversal. Against Chinese Taipei, who pumped in six goals against hosts ...

  • Tourism Bureau launches Taiwan promotion campaign in Hawaii

    Los Angeles, May 22 (CNA) Taiwan's Tourism Bureau launched a campaign in Hawaii Wednesday to promote the country's summer landscape, particularly around the Tropic of Cancer, which bisects the island. According to the bureau, Taiwan, like Hawaii, is one of 16 countries in the world bisected by the Tropic of Cancer at latitude 23.5 degrees north. The bureau said it was for this reason ...

  • Taiwan sets 2013 export growth target of 5.5

    Taipei, May 23 (CNA) The Ministry of Economic Affairs pledged Thursday to work toward achieving a 5.5 percent annual growth in exports this year, despite the unsatisfactory performance in the first four months. In a report to the Cabinet, the ministry said Taiwan's exports have not performed as well as expected mainly because they tend to be concentrated in a small number of markets, and ...

  • Taiwan-U.S. commercial forum to be held in Kaohsiung

    Taipei, May 23 (CNA) The fifth annual Taiwan-U.S. Commercial Forum will take place in Kaohsiung Friday, focusing on the development of bilateral trade relations and the prospects for further economic cooperation, the organizers said recently. The forum will be attended by officials and scholars from both sides who will discuss issues related to bilateral trade, said the American Institute in ...

  • Local bourse dives on U.S. Fed concerns Chinese data

    Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan took a beating to close below 8,300 points Thursday amid fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will make an early exit from its current quantitative easing after sending mixed messages on the issue, dealers said. Selling, in particular, accelerated after HSBC Holdings and Markit Economics reported a worse-than-expected Chinese Purchasing Manager's Index ...

Movie Review

The Legend of Drunken Master (Tsui kun II)

Originally released in Hong Kong back in 1994, The Legend of Drunken Master (Jui kuen II) is considered by Jackie Chan fans to be one of his finest movies, and it is surprising that it is just now getting released in the United States, especially since significantly lesser Chan vehicles like Rumble in the Bronx (1995) and Mr. Nice Guy (1997) made it here first. ...

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  • Kiribati to open embassy in Taiwan

    Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Kiribati will open an embassy in Taipei May 31, with Kiribati President Anote Tong hosting the inauguration ceremony, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. Tong will visit Taiwan May 29-June 4, during which he is scheduled to meet with ...

  • Taipei Manila continue negotiation over shooting probe

    Philippines are continuing to negotiate over cooperation on an investigation into the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel, officials said Thursday, two weeks after the May 9 incident. Both sides are still negotiating on how they will work together to get to the bottom of the shooting, including listing requests by the two parties for evidence relating to the ...

  • Defense minister apologizes for recent Air Force crashes

    Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu apologized Thursday for crashes of two Air Force jet fighters in five days earlier this month, but added that Air Force pilots need public support to regain their confidence as soon as possible. Kao was responding to questions from lawmakers of different political stripes about the availability of the country's air arsenal after the crashes ...

  • Taiwans Wu confirms hell run for IOC presidency

    FILE - This Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 file photo shows Ching-Kuo Wu, of Taiwan, a challenger for the presidency of the International Boxing Association during the XVI AIBA Congress in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. C.K. Wu of Taiwan has notified IOC President Jacques Rogge, Friday May 17, 2013, he will be a candidate to succeed him as head of the Olympic body. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, ...

  • BFAR exec insists Taiwanese fishing boat was in PHL waters

    A Philippine official on Thursday insisted that the Taiwanese fishing boat where a fisherman was shot dead by Philippine authorities was in Philippine waters, contradicting Taiwan's claim based on its satellite record."Meron tayong mapa, may coordinates po tayong sinusunod," said Asis Perez, director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), in an interview on GMA ...

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