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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Manny Ramirez ‘moonwalks’ like Michael Jackson after losing balance in Taiwan

    Manny takes a big swing on a foul ball, loses his balance, and prevents himself from falling on his bottom by walking backward until he finds his bearings. And it looks like he's moonwalking like Michael Jackson. (OK, it's kind of a stretch. But they did a nice job with the video cuts and "Billie Jean" sound clips.) It's just Manny being Michael. As showmen go, 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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  • American boat crew gets help from Taiwans Coast Guard

    Taipei, May 20 (CNA) Crew members of an American sailboat en route to Okinawa were helped by Taiwan's Coast Guard Monday after going ashore in Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan because they ran out of drinking water. Officers from the Coast Guard Administration's office on the east coast gave Ronald Slagle, 60, and his two companions five cartons of bottled water before sending ...

  • Bill allowing fishermen to hire armed guards clears first hurdle

    Taipei, May 20 (CNA) The Legislature's Economics Committee passed a draft bill Monday that would allow Taiwanese fishermen to hire private armed security guards when operating in pirate-infested waters. Ship owners would be able to deploy armed guards on their vessels when sailing in dangerous waters after receiving permission from the government, according to the legislation. The bill also ...

  • Opposition divided on proposal to recall the president

    Ma Ying-jeou first took office in 2008, on the idea of recalling the president. Many in Taiwan have been dissatisfied with the government's performance over the past year because of the country's stagnant economy, driving Ma's approval ratings in many polls below 20 percent. The strongly pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union held a demonstration Monday outside the Legislative ...

  • 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 ...

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