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  • Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title

    Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...

  • Thousands of Taiwanese protest n-power project

    About 10,000 Taiwanese took to the streets here Sunday to protest against further development of nuclear power on the island. The demonstration was launched by an environmental protection organisation to protest the construction of a new nuclear power plant, which will be the fourth plant on the island, Xinhua reported. Protestors waived banners and flags that read messages like "No Nuclear ...

  • Opposition marks Ma’s 5th anniversary in office with warnings

    DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang held a press conference Monday to criticize the Ma administration on eight key points. The list included causing the people to lose confidence in the nation's system of justice, failing to stem corruption and neglecting to reform the judiciary, ignoring calls to halt construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant and generally failing to address Taiwan's ...

  • Taiwan to buy two U.S. frigates

    China Navy Command confirmed Monday that it is seeking to purchase two active Perry-class frigates from the United States. The Navy Command said in a press release that the price and date of delivery will not be decided until after the U.S. Congress passes legislation allowing the transfer. It denied a news report saying that the proposed acquisition includes a "mini-Aegis" fire ...

  • Foreign Ministry cannot confirm Philippine team to come Tuesday

    Philippines will arrive in Taiwan Tuesday to investigate an attack by a Philippine government vessel on a Taiwanese fishing boat. "I've not heard any such information," Lin said when asked about a United Evening News report that Taiwan and ...

Movie Review

Les Misérables (1998)

For those who have seen the Broadway musical version of "Les Misrables" (and after more than a decade of performances, I know there are many of you out there), Bille August's film rendition of Victor Hugo's sweeping French novel will seem very familiar. The screenplay, by novelist Rafael Yglesias ("Fearless"), follows almost the exact same trajectory as the musical, which maintains the major plot ... ...

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  • Ang Lee Graces Taiwan Cinema Party

    TAIPEI, TAIWAN--(Marketwired - May 20, 2013) - Drawing more than 500 people, Taiwan Cinema Party held at Plage Royale in Cannes Film Festival on May 18 was a successful ...

  • Taiwan launches new initiative to make case against Philippines

    Taipei, May 20 (CNA) Taiwan is preparing to distribute flyers around the world to further state its case to the global community in its dispute with Manila over the recent attack by ...

  • Local bourse closes higher led by financial stocks

    Taipei, May 20 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan underwent a moderate price correction Monday, dealers said, with the main weighted index closing marginally higher. Movements of financial and high-tech stocks led the market during the session, with a surge in buying of financial stocks at around noon pushing the index upward. The weighted index closed up 8.86 points, or 0.1 percent, at 8,377.05 after ...

  • Filipino senator supports Taiwan over shooting

    Philippines has pushed for a formal inquiry into the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel, saying that"the family of the slain Taiwanese fisherman deserves no less." Francis Escudero, who won re-election in May 13 midterm elections in the Southeast Asian country, made the appeal Sunday amid rising tension over the shooting, in which 65-year-old Hung ...

  • KMTs revised stock gains tax plan passes initial review

    Taipei, May 20 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan's Finance Committee gave initial approval Monday for a new version of ruling Kuomintang (KMT)-proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act that imposes a capital gains tax on income earned from securities. KMT Legislator Alex Fei said that if the KMT-proposed version does not encounter opposition during negotiations among the various legislative ...

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