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  • Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card to be launched in Taiwan in August

    The Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), in collaboration with Hua Nan Bank, has announced that it will launch the Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card in Taiwan in August. It is the first debit card that has an option to be equipped with TSCC, a contactless payment service which can be used as a fare card on trains and buses. The debit card will also be accepted at some shops and restaurants. In ...

  • Five young Taiwanese universities ranked among worlds top 100

    London, June 20 (CNA) Five Taiwanese institutions have been included in the second Times Higher Education rankings of the world's top 100 universities under 50 years old, led by National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) in 37th place. The performance of NSYSU, however, lost some of its luster compared with last year, when it was ranked 30th. The other four are National Taiwan University of ...

  • Ramirez quits Taiwan baseball after 49 games

    Manny Ramirez is leaving Taiwanese team The Rhinos after just 49 games because the club says he misses his family in New York. The Rhinos said it tried to keep the 12-time All-Star in Taiwan, including raising his monthly pay to almost $60,000 from $25,000. Ramirez signed to play the March-to-November season with the Rhinos in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. The team's website said the ...

  • Speeding blamed for Taiwan road accident

    Speeding caused a road accident that occurred around 2 pm Wednesday in Taiwan, leading to one local tour guide killed and seven mainland visitors injured, said local road authorities.The excessive speed caused the bus skid and hit side slope after veering off the road in southwestern Taiwan's Chiayi County. The event date recorder on the bus revealed that the speed at the time of the ...

  • Fishing boat capsizes off Taiwan 6 rescued

    /enpproperty--> TAIPEI - Six crew members have been rescued after their fishing boat capsized off the coast in northern Taiwan's Keelung city on Wednesday, according to local cost guard authorities. The accident happened after the Yilan-registered ...

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Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

"Enemy of the State," Tony Scott's new paranoid government conspiracy thriller, could have just as easily been titled "The Conversation II" if they'd simply purchased the rights from Francis Ford Coppola. This movie plays like a 90's updating of Coppola's 1974 classic that dealt with surveillance, the erosion of privacy, and the escalating paranoia that you can never completely be alone because so ... ...

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  • 1 dead 8 injured in Taiwan road accident

    /enpproperty--> TAIPEI - One person died and eight others were injured in a road accident that occurred Wednesday in central Taiwan's Alishan Scenic Area, a local travel agency said. A bus fell off a roadside mountain slope at 2 pm, killing a tour guide and injuring eight tourists from the Chinese mainland, the agency said. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, according to the ...

  • Philippines mending ties with Taiwan

    After the outburst of public anger, amplified by official outrage orchestrated by an unpopular government, Taiwan is sounding less bellicose these days. Perhaps President Ma Ying-Jeou and his advisers think they have forced the Philippines into a corner. They would be wrong. After the shooting death of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-chen on May 9, in Philippine waters, it was incumbent on the ...

  • Taiwanese delegation says Perak is a good place for investors

    Official dinner: Dr Zambry (second from left) listening intently to the conversation by Taiwanese delegates who visited him at his official residence ...

  • Xaxis Launches in Taiwan Bringing Multi-Platform Audience Buying to In-Market Advertisers

    NEW YORK & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xaxis, the world's largest audience buying company, announced today the launch of operations in Taiwan. The move builds upon the company's ongoing global expansion, following the debut of new office locations in Hong Kong and Thailand during Q1 2013. Xaxis has appointed former Yahoo! executive K.C. Pan to lead the new office as ...

  • Henry topped in a Taiwanese music chart

    Henry's first solo album, 'Trap', topped in Taiwanese music website, 'KKBOX'. On June 7th, Henry's first mini album, 'Trap', was released through different online music websites, and it tipped in Korean Music Album TOP100 Weekly Chart and Korean Music TOP 100 Chart. Previously, Henry has been receiving a great love from fans in China along with other ...

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