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Taiwans culture minister denies having microblog account in China
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Taiwan's Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai denied Saturday that she had a microblog account on a Chinese website, after media reported that she used that account to broadcast public issues ...
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Bank to send second batch of Taiwan dollars to China next week
China under the currency clearing mechanism set up across the Taiwan Strait. Before the Feb. 9-17 Lunar New Year holiday, the bank sent a first batch of NT$25 million ...
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Work on Kinmen Bridge to restart May 21
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Construction of a bridge that links the main island of Taiwan's Kinmen County and an isle to its west, will restart on May 21 and is expected to improve life for residents of the outlying islands once it is completed in four years. The Kinmen Bridge, linking the county's main island and Little Kinmen, also known as "Lieyu," is scheduled to be completed in ...
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Taiwan transportation firm to cooperate with Dallas airport
Dallas, May 17 (CNA) Farglory FTZ Investment Holding Co. Ltd., a Taiwan-based transportation and logistics services provider, said Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with an airport in Texas to set up a strategic alliance. On behalf of his company, Farglory FTZ Chairman Yeh Yao-chun inked the agreement with Jeff Fegan, chief executive officer of Dallas/Fort Worth ...
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Investigation team returns home from visit to Manila
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) A Taiwanese investigation team returned home from Manila Saturday after making little headway in investigating a Philippine government vessel's attack on an unarmed Taiwanese fishing boat last week that left a Taiwanese fisherman dead. The team, led by Chen Wen-chi, who heads the Ministry of Justice's Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs, ...
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Homemade sanitary pads promoted to empower women
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) A grassroots organization said Saturday that it has launched a nationwide campaign to promote handmade sanitary napkins that it believes will empower women to better deal with menstruation in a more personalized way. Women should have a more positive view of menstruation, which is traditionally perceived as a taboo topic for discussion in Taiwan, according to the Dharti Mata ...
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Taiwan pushing its case aggressively in row with Manila MOFA
Philippines over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine Coast Guard personnel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Saturday. Taiwan's representative offices in foreign countries, including the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, have been explaining Taiwan's stand and soliciting global support, said ministry spokesperson ...
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EDITORIAL The anger of the Taiwanese cannot be so easily appeased
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 - Putrajaya does not approve a campaign to boycott Chinese businesses initiated by pro-Umo bloggers and backed by several Muslim groups, Datuk Hasan Malek said today but the new Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism minister added that he cannot block their right to do ...
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No alternative for Filipino workers in Taiwan says recruitment expert
MANILA, Philippines - The alternative labor markets being eyed by the Philippine government for Filipino who may be affected by the brewing tension between Taiwan and the Philippines are not feasible, a recruitment industry expert said Saturday. According to Emmanuel Geslani, there are no alternative markets for OFWs in Taiwan in case the Philippines eventually loses this labor market, which, ...
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De Lima appeals for calm as NBI completes probe into Taiwanese fisherman’s killing
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA - Justice Secretary Leila de Lima neither denied nor confirmed statements made Saturday by the Taiwanese government’s investigation team regarding the Balintang Channel shooting incident in which a Taiwanese fisherman was killed. In a statement posted on the Department of Justice’s official Twitter account, De Lima ...
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Philippines may have violated procedures in shooting reports
Manila, May 18 (CNA) Coast guard personnel who sprayed bullets at a Taiwanese fishing boat last week may have violated rules for dealing with such a situation, Philippine newspapers have reported. Citing an official privy to a government investigation into the case, the English-language Philippine Star reported Saturday that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel who shot a Taiwanese ...
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Taiwans machine tool exports stabilize in April
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Taiwan's machine tool exports stabilized in April after showing weakness in the first quarter, rising 8.4 percent from the previous month ...
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Taiwan completes negotiations with Singapore on FTA signing expected
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - Taiwan and Singapore have concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement and both sides are expected to officially sign the deal soon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday. Taiwan and Singapore have "substantively concluded" negotiations for the agreement entitled "Agreement between Singapore and the Separate Customs Territory of ...
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Taiwan indigenous peoples protest against nuclear energy
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Members of Taiwan's indigenous peoples protested against nuclear energy outside of the Presidential Office Building Saturday in preparation for a larger protest scheduled for Sunday, the eve of ...
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Taiwan says Philippine attack showed intent to kill
Philippines May 18 (CNA) Philippine coast guard personnel intended to kill the crew of an unarmed Taiwanese fishing boat because their shots were targeted at the boat's engine room where the crew was trying to take cover, an official said Saturday. A Taiwanese investigation report on the May 9 incident found most of the bullet holes on the boat near the engine room, said Chen Wen-chi, the ...
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Taiwan investigators on way back from Philippines
Philippines empty-handed Saturday after the authorities there refused to cooperate in the investigation into the May 9 shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. The death of Hung Shih-cheng, 65, on a fishing trawler in an area where the two countries' exclusive economic zones overlap raised tension between the two countries to an unprecedented level, with Taipei issuing a total of eleven types of ...
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Taiwanese fisherman killed in cold blood ROC envoy to U.S.
Philippines ' shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman cold-blooded and presented a diagram of where bullet holes were located on the fisherman's boat to back his claim. At a press conference held in Washington D.C., Republic ...
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Taiwan GDP growth may not reach 3 in 2013 economist
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Taiwan's economy may not be able to grow 3 percent in 2013 after the country reported much worse-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the first quarter of the year, an economist said Saturday. Ray Chou, a research fellow with the Institute of Economics of Academia Sinica, said that he was not upbeat about the country's economic climate and did not ...
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Anti-Manila rage puts Taiwan on high alert
(MENAFN - Arab News) Taiwan's leader yesterday called for calm and promised to protect Filipinos on the island amid widespread anger at the Philippines over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman.Anti-Manila sentiments mounted after a 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead last week by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters.Taiwanese media have reported an ...
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Taiwan calls for joint probe on fishermans death
MANILA, Philippines -- Taiwan is calling on the Philippine government for a joint investigation on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by members of the Philippine Coast Guard. In a statement released by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines (TECO) Saturday morning, Taiwan said it is "necessary for Taiwan and the Philippines to jointly form an investigation ...
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Philippines rejects Taiwan murder claims
MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat.The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters.Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, said most ...
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US dollar closes higher on Taipei forex to end days trade at NT$30.060
TAIPEI -- The U.S. dollar rose against the New Taiwan dollar Friday, gaining NT$0.01 to close at NT$30.060 as the local central bank entered the trading floor again to prop up the greenback and help the currency reverse its early gains, dealers ...
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Taiwan investigation team to return from Manila
Philippines May 18 (CNA) An investigation team sent by Taipei authorities to Manila to investigate the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel decided to return to Taipei Saturday. A source close to the team said the 17-member team which arrived here Thursday will leave later in the day after being snubbed by the Philippine government. (By Maubo ...
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Taiwan takes issue with Manilas unintended assertion
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) While acknowledging Manila's official apology over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs insisted Friday that the Philippine response to Taiwan's demands has not been "positive, sufficient and concrete" enough. Such a response led to Taiwan's decision to impose sanctions against ...
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Filipinos in Taiwan keep low profile
/enpproperty--> The Philippines' special envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high over the shooting death of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Amadeo Perez, chairman of Taiwan's Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said after returning to Manila from Taipei late on ...
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Taiwan investing in biotech sector
Taiwan’s economy has seen massive growth in the last few decades, but one industry has been in decline and a development project by the Academia Sinica is expected to reverse that decline, once environmental issues have been cleared up.
Taiwan is one of the Four Asian Tigers; this little island off the coast of mainland China has experienced rapid development in just a few decades and has become a major hub of manufacturing, high-tech industry, shipping and tourism. Read more
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