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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 ...

  • 11 people indicted in investment scheme

    US $8.35 billion) in 2010. Those charged include Chang Ping-chao, former president of Taiwan International Securities Corp (TISC), and his wife, son and daughter. TISC has since merged with Capital Futures. TISC sold structured notes issued by California-based Private Equity Management Group (PEM) until early 2010 without ever getting the required approval from the Financial Supervisory ...

  • Filipino caregiver celebrates birthday with Taiwanese employer

    Taipei, May 20 (CNA) A Philippine domestic caregiver in Taiwan has celebrated her birthday with blessings from her employer despite heightened tensions between the two countries over the fatal shooting of a local fisherman. "A-May" had the birthday song sung to her Saturday by the family of Wu Ming-huei, a pharmacist in New Taipei, and shared a cake prepared by Wu. A mother of two, ...

  • Manila approves visit by Taiwanese investigators MOJ

    Philippines has agreed to allow Taiwanese investigators to board the Philippine patrol boat that attacked a Taiwanese fishing boat and killed a fisherman on May 9. Vice Justice Minister Chen Ming-tang said Manila has also agreed to Taiwan inspecting the firearms used and comparing ballistics results with those obtained by Philippine investigators. Chen said both sides have tentatively exchanged ...

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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  • Analytica secures Taiwanese distributor for time-saving Auto Start Burette

    (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia)Analytica has secured a letter of intent from a major Taiwanese medical products distributor to roll out its time-saving Auto Start Burette initially in Taiwan and then into other Asian markets.Taiwan Allied Dragon (TAD) will distribute the product to Taiwan's medical system, which consists of over 507 hospitals and 20,628 clinics.The Auto Start ...

  • Taiwanese pair defeats formidable Chinese in historic table tennis win

    TAIPEI/PARIS -- Chuang Chih-yuan (???) and Chen Chien-an (???) will each receive NT$900,000 (US$30,033.56) from Taiwan's government in recognition of their historic win of the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships early ...

  • Taiwan imposes sanctions against Philippines after death of fisherman

    recalled its envoy to the Philippines . The sanctions included the freezing of applications for work permits, and the cessation of economic exchanges and military exercises in waters between the two sides. A spokesman for Philippine president, Benigno Aquino, had said a formal apology was being offered to the appropriate authority in Taiwan over the "unfortunate loss" of the ...

  • Purchase intention expressed at Taiwan trade fair

    /enpproperty--> SHIJIAZHUANG - A total of 1,236 buyers have expressed their intention to purchase products worth 103.44 million US dollars after attending the 2013 Taiwan Trade Fair, the event organizer said on Monday. The four-day fair, which ended on Sunday in Shijiazhuang in north China's Hebei province, attracted 125,000 participants, with spot trading exceeding 30 million yuan (4.8 ...

  • Taiwan seeks joint probe

    : Taiwan on Sunday repeated calls for a joint investigation into the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguards, an incident which has ignited a major diplomatic dispute. A team of Taiwanese investigators returned to the island Saturday, accusing the Philippine government of failing to honour its agreement to conduct a joint probe. "The decision to send the investigators ...

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