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  • 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 ...

  • PNoy still studying NBI report on Taiwanese fishermans death

    President Benigno Aquino III has yet to decide whether or not to approve the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)'s recommendation to file charges against Philippine Coast Guard personnel involved in the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters off northern Philippines last month. In an interview Thursday, Aquino said still has to study the voluminous NBI report on the ...

  • Taiwans IC packaging testing output forecast to grow over 9

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The production value of Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) packaging and testing sector for 2013 is expected to grow more than 9 percent from a year earlier on the back of the rising popularity of smartphones and tablet computers, according to a research report published Thursday. In the report, the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) said the output of the ...

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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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  • Local bourse ends below 7900 points on Fed Chinas PMI

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan trended lower to end below the 7,900-point mark for the first time since April 18 on heavy institutional selling after the U.S. Federal Reserve hinted that its massive bond-buying program could be phased out later this year, dealers said. Investor confidence was further dampened by a fall ...

  • Economic Daily News Concerns over cross-strait service trade pact

    China will open 65 types of service businesses to Taiwanese operators, including e-commerce, the cultural and creative industry, transportation, finance, medical care, telecommunications and travel. Taiwan, on the other hand, will open 55 types of businesses to Chinese firms, including finance, medical care and travel agency services. The results might appear fruitful, but there are several ...

  • NIA to continue global cooperation on human trafficking

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Thursday that it will continue to cooperate with other countries in the fight against human trafficking, in response to an annual human trafficking report released by the U.S. Department of State that day. The NIA is currently seeking to work with more countries on combatting human trafficking, and will continue to cooperate with ...

  • Taiwan gets 4th Tier 1 ranking in U.S. human trafficking report

    Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Taiwan maintained its Tier 1 ranking in the latest human trafficking report published by the U.S. Department of State, the fourth year in a row that the country has been given the highest ranking. Taiwan's Tier 1 listing indicates that its "achievements in preventing and combating human trafficking have been highly recognized by the international community," ...

  • Injured Taiwanese tourist in Cambodia transferred to Bangkok hospital

    Bangkok, June 20 (CNA) A Taiwanese tourist who suffered several fractured ribs in a traffic accident in Cambodia that killed four and left seven others injured was being treated in a hospital in ...

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