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  • Chinese mainland to send 3 red pandas to Taiwan

    The Chinese mainland will send three red pandas to Taiwan for the first time. Officials from the coastal province of Fujian made the announcement on Sunday. Red pandas are also known as lesser pandas, and resemble racoons. Three red pandas have been chosen from a research center in the provincial capital Fuzhou. Two are female. Officials hope this move can help the species breed in Taiwan. The ...

  • Taiwan market Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+

    Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will launch VoIP (voice over IP) services at M+ Messenger, its mobile instant message application, in July 2013, according to company marketing co-president Cliff ...

  • CVIA China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers

    China-based TV vendors are looking to procure about 30 million TV panels from Taiwan-based panel makers in 2013, according to the China Video Industry Association ...

  • Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories

    Taiwan-based handset component makers indicated that they have received increasing orders for accessories used in smartphones and/or tablets from overseas designers and/or trading firms, with Bluetooth keyboards, Bluetooth speakers, NFC (near field communication) devices and wireless power charging devices taking the largest ...

  • Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market

    As more NAND flash memory chips are designed into embedded applications, Taiwan-based IC design houses have shifted their attention away from the memory controller IC segment with some already diversifying their offerings to include solutions for non-memory products, and some looking to transform their core businesses, according to industry ...

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All the Real Girls

All the Real Girls

Benjamin Disraeli once wrote that the magic of first love is our illusion that it can never end, a sentiment that is perfectly captured in writer/director David Gordon Greens heartbreaking sophomore effort, All the Real Girls. Set in the same decaying industrial area of North Carolina featured in his debut film, 2000s George Washington, All the Real Girls sincerely and tender ... ...

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  • Fishing talks between Philippines Taiwan may violate one-China policy

    The start of fisheries talks between the Philippines and Taiwan might violate the country's one-China policy and Manila should instead craft any future pact with Taipei as a local government of China, an international law expert said. Harry Roque, chairman of the centre for International Law, however, welcomed the decision of the two sides to avoid the use of force in fishing disputes -- a ...

  • Taiwan county opens tourism office in Xiamen

    Taiwan 's Penghu county has opened a representative office in China's coastal city of Xiamen. At the office's founding ceremony on Sunday, Wang Chien-fa, head of the county, said, "Xiamen's tourism industry has seen fast development, and we hope more people in the mainland will be attracted to visit Penghu with our promotion." Xiamen is a coastal city in ...

  • New name better luck

    The New Paper Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 A name change was just what doe-eyed Taiwanese actress Chloe Wang Le Yan needed to boost her love life and career. Previously known as Cynthia Wang Xin Ru, the 26-year-old changed her name last month to attract more luck in her life. In town for a photo shoot for the Denizen Fall/Winter 2013 campaign with K-pop idol Alexander Eusebio, Wang, who is also ...

  • Taiwan to ease rules on yuan bond issue this week- FSC sources

    TAIPEI, June 18 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:59pm EDT TAIPEI, June 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan will ease rules for companies to sell China yuan bonds this week as it aims to compete with Hong Kong's Dim Sum Bond market, sources at the island's financial regulator said on Tuesday. Taiwan will waive the requirement for companies selling yuan bonds to get credit ratings before offering yuan ...

  • Philippines Taiwan on way to mending relations

    The Philippines and Taiwan are on the way to restoring their good relations after Friday's breakthrough fishery meeting aimed at preventing the recurrence of violent confrontations in overlapping waters, Manila's representative to Taipei said Monday. Representatives of the two countries are meeting again in early July to continue negotiating on fishing operations in their overlapping ...

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