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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 ...

  • 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 ...

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

For the past few months, the trailer has promised us that, In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will Kill Bill. It turns out that wont be the case because, as is now widely known, Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantinos expansive, ambitious grindhouse homage, his first film in six years, has been split into two parts, Volume 1 and Volume 2, the latter of which wont bow in theaters until next ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Economic Daily News -- With changes Ma can outshine Abe

    Ma Ying-jeou 's standing in the polls is at a new low. The most important reason for that is the yawning gap between his economic governance and the people's expectations. Compare his situation with that of the government ...

  • Film on Taiwans first baseball team to hit theaters in 2014

    Taipei, May 20 (CNA)"Kano," a film about Taiwan's first baseball team, has finished shooting and editing and is expected to hit local theaters around Chinese New Year in 2014, Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng, one of the film's producers, said Monday. Sound and special effects will be the next task in post-production of the film, which began shooting in November last year, Wei ...

  • Taiwanese youth express support for Pinoys

    With media reports both in Taiwan and the Philippines showing the growing tensions between the two countries, a group of young people on Sunday proved that not all is lost when it comes to forgiveness and understanding.Postgraduate student Li Chun-da initiated a small protest action in solidarity with Filipinos. Through social networking site Facebook, Li invited some friends to St. ...

  • Binay urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers

    Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Jejomar Binay has called on Taiwan to assure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there amid reports of attacks against Philippine nationals, an apparent backlash following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this month. In a letter to Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Manila, Binay ...

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