Focus Taiwan 2011/03/31 Taipei, March 31 (CNA) The Taiwanese quartet of Chien-ming Wang, Kuo Hong-chih, Hu Chin-lung and Ni Fu-te are hopeful of a brilliant new Major League Baseball (MLB) season which begins April 1 Taiwan time. Unlike in the past, local fans will be looking at left-handed reliever Kuo and utility infielder Hu,...
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Focus Taiwan 2011/03/31 Taipei, March 31 (CNA) Taiwanese taekwondo athlete Yang Shu-chun won the semi-final match in a taekwondo competition Thursday that selects local athletes who will compete in the world qualification tournament for the 2012 London Olympics. The victory is Yang’s second this month, after she finished first in a competition that earned...
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Focus Taiwan 2011/03/31 Rome, March 30 (CNA) Page Tsou, a 33-year-old illustrator from Taiwan, has won the International Award for Illustration, one of the most important prizes presented at the annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Tsou, who graduated from the British Royal College of Art last year, was the first Taiwanese illustrator to garner...
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The China Post April 1, 2011 The China Post news staff — President Ma Ying-jeou apologized last night for the lack of vetting after a Supreme Court judge picked by him to join the Constitutional Court turned down her nomination over a controversy. The president had to nominate an alternative candidate after Supreme Court...
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Financial Times March 31 2011 By Robin Kwong in Taipei Gianfranco Lanci, Acer’s chief executive and global president, has resigned from the Taiwanese computer maker, the latest top executive to fall because of a failure to react quickly enough to the rapid changes sweeping through the consumer electronics industry. Mr Lanci’s resignation on Thursday...
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