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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Traffic law to be revised to compel drunk-driving tests

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Interior Minister Lee Hong-yuan (???) yesterday said that an Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road Traffic Regulations amendment will be proposed to compel drivers to take drunk-driving tests without first gaining consent from ...

  • Taiwan intruders still face arrest despite deal

    While Taiwan and the Philippines have agreed in principle to avoid using force in resolving fishing disputes, local law enforcers will continue arresting Taiwanese fishermen who encroach on Philippine territorial waters, Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) Chairman Amadeo Perez said yesterday. However, he said the local law enforcers will have to make the arrests without resorting to ...

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