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Ex-President Chen sent to Taichung prison hospital for rest...
Activists ‘horrified’ at Taiwan executions
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Ma presides over live-fire exercise
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Taiwan Begins Largest Military Drills Since 2008
The China Post April 20, 2013 By Enru Lin TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Ministry...
BBC News 19 April 2013 Taiwan has executed six prisoners, the second time in...
The China Post April 18, 2013 By Joy Lee TAIPEI, Taiwan —...
The China Post April 18, 2013 By Joseph Yeh TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Ma...
The China Post April 17, 2013 By Ann Yu TAIPEI, Taiwan — Industrial and...
VOA News April 17, 2013 Taiwan has begun five days of large-scale military exercises...
The China Post April 20, 2013 By Enru Lin TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Ministry of Justice (法務部) confirmed yesterday that Chen Shui-bian has been transferred to a prison hospital in Taichung, where he will serve out the remainder of his 20-year sentence for corruption. At a Friday press event, the deputy justice minister confirmed...
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BBC News 19 April 2013 Taiwan has executed six prisoners, the second time in six months a group of six has been put to death. The ministry of justice said the prisoners were anaesthetised and then shot. Reports said most of them were responsible for multiple killings. Anti-death penalty group the World Coalition said...
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The China Post April 18, 2013 By Joy Lee TAIPEI, Taiwan — The National Expressway Engineering Bureau (NEEB, 國工局) yesterday allowed media to inspect the Wugu-Yangmei overpass, which is scheduled to be opened to the public this Saturday. Media reported afterward that if a vehicle drives on the 30-meter-high (about 10-story-high) overpass...
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The China Post April 18, 2013 By Joseph Yeh TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday expressed confidence over the nation’s self-defense capability after presiding over the nation’s largest annual military drill during a live-fire exercise held at the outlying island of Penghu. Accompanied by Chief of General Staff (參謀總長) Yen Ming (嚴明), Ma,...
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The China Post April 17, 2013 By Ann Yu TAIPEI, Taiwan — Industrial and commerce groups yesterday expressed support for the launch of Taiwan’s Fourth Nuclear Power Plant at a breakfast meeting with Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺). The premier led high-ranking economics and finance officials to meet with representatives of the Chinese National Association...
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VOA News April 17, 2013 Taiwan has begun five days of large-scale military exercises meant to demonstrate its ability to defend itself against any attack from mainland China. The annual drill in the Taiwan Strait includes a test of the Thunderbolt-2000 multiple rocket launch system designed to take out enemy ships before they reach...
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Suspects are lawyer and taxi driver not known as fanatics Taiwan Newsr 2013-04-16 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Two suspects in the placing of bombs on a high-speed train and at the office of a lawmaker arrived back in Taiwan Tuesday after having been detained in China’s Guangdong Province, National Police Agency Director-General...
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The Washington Post April 16, 1013 By Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Police say two Taiwanese men have been arrested on charges of planting bombs on a Taiwan high-speed train and at a lawmaker’s office. Taipei police chief Wang Cho-chun said the suspects were arrested by police in southern China’s Guangdong province and repatriated...
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Focus Taiwan 2013/04/12 Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Taiwan denied Friday that it has shipped any heavy metal-contaminated rice to the United States. The Council of Agriculture (COA) made the denial after foreign reports said packaged rice from Italy, China, Taiwan and several other countries sold in U.S. shops contained higher than acceptable levels of...
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The China Post April 15, 2013 TAIPEI, Taiwan — The ministries of education and economic affairs have agreed to work together to speed up and expand the commercialization of Taiwanese inventions. Officials said the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and the Ministry of Education intend on lifting the rate of successfully commercialized inventions by...
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Central News Agency 2013-04-14 Taipei, April 14 (CNA) Vietnamese students invited to experience Taiwanese culinary culture at a local-style banquet Sunday said the boisterous event reminded them of home. Around 250 Vietnamese students from 23 universities around Taiwan were invited to experience the local “bando” culture, a form of clamorous eating around...
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CNA April 14, 2013 TAIPEI–Taiwan wants to take part in a proposed regional trade agreement but is still assessing the mode of participation and its impact on industry, an official with the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday. The official said that although Taiwan hopes to take part in the regional comprehensive economic...
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Focus Taiwan 2013/04/14 Taipei, April 14 (CNA) The first meeting of a fishing commission jointly set up by Taiwan and Japan will be held in late April to discuss follow-up issues after the sides signed a historic deal on fishing rights, a Taiwanese official said recently. After 17 years of efforts, Taiwan and Japan...
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Focus Taiwan 2013/04/19 Taipei, April 19 (CNA) Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. sued a Chinese-language local daily Friday for publishing an “unbalanced report” that linked two failed bombing attempts last week to the main suspect’s animosity toward Hon Hai Group Chairman Terry Gou. Hon Hai spokesman Simon Hsing filed the lawsuit on behalf of...
CNA April 14, 2013 TAIPEI–Wowprime Corp. said yesterday it is planning to open more hot-pot eateries in China to boost its total number of hot-pot outlets to 14 by the end of this year, from the current three. Tsao Yuan-chang, president of the company’s low-priced “12 Hot Pot” brand of restaurants, said starting...
The Economic Times 14 Apr, 2013 By PTI MUMBAI: CyberPower Systems, a Taiwanese power back-up solutions provider which has just made its debut in the domestic market, eyes Rs 100 crore revenue and sizeable pie of UPS and inverter segments in its first year of operations. “We expect to do minimum Rs 100 crore...
Focus Taiwan 2013/04/09 Taipei, April 9 (CNA) Taiwan will begin to accept applications for reverse mortgages before the end of April as the next step in a pilot program to introduce the financing tool in the country, the Ministry of the Interior said Tuesday. After announcing the program on March 1, the ministry held...
Focus Taiwan 2013/04/12 Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Taiwan’s team to compete in an annual...
Focus Taiwan 2013/04/14 Taipei, April 14 (CNA) Taiwanese pitcher Chien-Ming Wang threw 5 2/3...
AFP April 12, 2013 MANILA — Taiwan’s Lin Wen-tang took a share of the...
CNN April 14, 2013 By twwolf222 Taichung, Taiwan Tokyo, Japan – On the...
