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TAIWAN News, Apr 03, 2013

Taiwan to Let Mainland Lenders Own Bigger Stakes of Banks
Businessweek
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission announced the move yesterday after its Chairman Chen Yuh-chang met his counterpart from the China Banking Regulatory Commission, Shang Fulin, in Taipei in the third gathering of its kind since 2011.
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Earthquake Shakes Taiwan, Kills One
Wall Street Journal
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip maker by revenue, evacuated two of its factories in central and northern Taiwan after the earthquake. But a spokesman for the Hsinchu-based company said employees had returned ...
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Airline to fly woman to Taiwan to fetch lost camera
USA TODAY
China Airlines says it will pay for a Georgia woman to fly to Taiwan to be reunited with a photo-laden camera she lost on a 2007 vacation. The camera belongs to Lindsay Scallan, who says she lost the waterproof digital camera during a nighttime scuba ...
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Taiwan urges North Korean restraint over nuke plans
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, April 3 (CNA) Taiwan is keeping close tabs on developments on the Korean peninsula and has again urged North Korea to show restraint after reports of Pyongyang's decision to restart its nuclear facilities, an official said Wednesday. "We will ...
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Famous Taiwan news animator taken off market, away from China
Christian Science Monitor
A deal fell through this week to sell Taiwan's Next Media, known for spoofs on everyone from the British royals to Sarah Palin. Many Taiwanese worried that its sale could have given it a pro-China bias. By Ralph Jennings, Correspondent / March 28, 2013 ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Taiwan's investors in China: insourcing, up to a point
Financial Times (blog)
Taiwan is home to many of the companies that helped build the Chinese contract manufacturing model and which continue to pour billions into the mainland. Yet Taipei, too, has been rolling out ambitious plans to bring those manufacturers back home.
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Taiwan Dollar Forwards Weaken as U.S. Recovery Boosts Greenback
Bloomberg
Taiwan dollar forwards weakened for a third day as optimism the U.S. economy is recovering boosted demand for the greenback. Government bonds were little changed before an auction today. The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index fell for a third day ...
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Taiwan Bonds Advance Before Rate Decision Amid Europe Concerns
Businessweek
Taiwan's government bonds rose, halting a three-day drop, as economists predict the central bank will keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a seventh straight meeting as growth falters. The currency advanced. Ten-year note yields approached a ...
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Strong quake kills 1, injures 86 in Taiwan
Xinhua
TAIPEI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan this year killed at least one person and injured another 86 on Wednesday, local authorities said. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nantou County at 10:03 a.m., followed by at least five ...
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China's ICBC to Buy Stake in Taiwan Bank
Wall Street Journal
Trade and investment across the Taiwan Strait have grown significantly since Taiwan's China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou took office in 2008, improving relations. China and Taiwan signed a landmark trade pact in 2010, removing some investment ...
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Taiwan Dollar Forwards Decline as Weaker Yen Threatens Exports
Businessweek
Taiwan dollar forwards fell toward a seven-month low on speculation the Bank of Japan (8301) will take steps that could further weaken the yen, damaging the island's export competitiveness. Government bonds dropped. Global funds sold $895 million more ...
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New UN treaty will not affect US arms sales to Taiwan
Focus Taiwan News Channel
In 1982, then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan offered Taiwan six assurances, which included that the U.S. will not set a date for termination of arms sales to Taiwan; will not alter the terms of the TRA; and will not consult with China in advance before ...
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Taiwan seeking pragmatic participation in ICAO: foreign ministry
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, March 28 (CNA) Taiwan's efforts to seek international support for its participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are not in conflict with its pursuit of engagement with China, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA ...
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Taiwan Holds Key Rate a Seventh Time as Economy Seen Recovering
Bloomberg
Taiwan follows Asian nations including South Korea and Thailand in holding policy rates as data from China and the U.S. show the global economy is recovering. The island last month raised its estimates for exports and gross domestic product in 2013 ...
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Taiwan tightens airport checks amid new avian flu concerns
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, April 1 (CNA) Quarantine measures have been tightened at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport after one critical and two fatal cases of H7N9 avian influenza were reported in China, the first such human infections recorded in the word, the ...
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Strong quake rocks centre of Taiwan, is felt in Fujian
South China Morning Post
The earthquake was also felt across the strait in Fujian province , where a number of residents saw high-rise buildings sway, Taiwan's Central News Agency reported. Pupils at a high school in Fuzhou , the provincial capital, were evacuated to a playing ...
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Taiwan mulling law revision to expand exchanges with China: official
Focus Taiwan News Channel
He said Taiwan focuses on the domestic economic environment while ignoring the global circumstances, it sees forging diplomatic ties as more important than cementing cross-strait relations, it thinks cross-strait political and economic relations can be ...
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Taiwan to continue to ease restrictions on Chinese students
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, March 28 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that his government will continue to ease the restrictions that apply to Chinese nationals studying in Taiwan, amid complaints of overly stringent regulations regarding Chinese students.
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Strong earthquake injures 20 in Taiwan
Hindustan Times
east of Nantou county in central Taiwan at a depth of 20.7 kilometres. Taiwan's central weather bureau put the magnitude at 6.1 and said it was felt across the island. The national fire agency said at least 20 people were slightly injured in Nantou and ...
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Taiwan plans to let local banks issue China Unionpay cards
Reuters
TAIPEI, March 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan's financial regulator said on Thursday that it plans to let banks issue China Unionpay cards issued by the mainland's dominant payment services company, in the latest sign of warming ties across the Taiwan Straits.
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How Serious Is Taiwan's Anti-Nuke Cause? Swim And See
Forbes
An anti-nuclear power movement has generated more than 200,000 people willing to protest in the streets and blanket their homeland Taiwan with black-and-yellow stickers that look like hazard warnings. Fearing a deadly mishap, they aim to halt ...
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Report says Taiwan needs to concentrate on mobility
Taipei Times
Taiwan's past success in the PC industry has left it overly-focused on computers when instead it needs to concentrate on mobility, concludes a new report from the US-Taiwan Business Council. “The mobile world consisting of smartphones, tablets and ...
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Taiwan president's confidante disciplined by party
AFP
TAIPEI — Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party on Monday suspended the membership of Lai Su-ju, a confidante of the island's president, for her alleged involvement in a high-profile corruption scandal. Lai's "implication in the case has violated the party ...
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Taiwan's ProMOS to sell machines in 12-inch wafer fab for $300 mln
Reuters
Its problems have become a symbol of the state of Taiwan's dynamic random access memory (DRAM) industry, which is struggling to keep afloat amid falling prices and stiff competition and higher costs of investing in new technology. ($1 = 29.8765 Taiwan ...
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Strong Taiwan Quake Kills 1
fox2now.com
(CNN) — A deadly earthquake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday may have occurred on a “blind fault” and that fault could produce a far stronger earthquake in the future, the head of the country's Seismology Center said. Wednesday's 6.1-magnitude temblor ...
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Taiwan: $1011 round trip to Taipei on China Airlines
Los Angeles Times
If April in Asia is on your agenda, China Airlines is offering a $1,011 round-trip fare from LAX to Taipei,Taiwan, including all taxes and fees. It is good through April, but availability is limited and the ticket must be bought by April 7. There is ...
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Next Media chairman to return to Taiwan
Taipei Times
Next Media Group (壹傳媒集團) chairman Jimmy Lai (黎智英) is to return to Taiwan to resume his position at the helm of the group's local print media businesses, after the group decided to exclude its print businesses from an acquisition deal, local ...
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Shanghai feels shock from quake in Taiwan
EastDay.com
A WOMAN was killed and at least 86 other people were injured when an earthquake so powerful it could be felt in Shanghai jolted Taiwan yesterday. The quake shook the island's Nantou County at 10:03am with an epicenter near central Taiwan at a depth of ...
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Taiwan to get US anti-sub aircraft in 2015: report
Bangkok Post
Taiwan is on track to take delivery of 12 anti-submarine aircraft from the United States by mid-2015, a report said Wednesday, as it seeks to beef up its naval defences against China. This undated US Navy photo, obtained April 6, 2002, shows a P-3 ...
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Bangkok Post

Taiwan to develop free economic pilot zones
The Taiwan government has finalized plans for developing Free Economic Pilot Zones (FEPZ) to offer further economic liberalization and internationalization with an aim to attract foreign capital and professionals through easing regulations on ...
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Taiwan market: GigaCloud launches cloud computing services for ...
Taiwan-based GigaCloud on April 2 announced the launch of SaaS (software as a service) public cloud computing services in the Taiwan market, targeting small and medium businesses (SMBs), according to the company.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Taiwan market: E-Life Mall expanding retail network
E-Life Mall, an IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, is expanding its outlets from 322 currently to 360 by the end of 2013, according to the company.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Taiwan adds new ships to patrol disputed islands | Navy & Maritime ...
By Agence France-Presse
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday unveiled two new ships that will join the patrol in waters off disputed islands in the East China Sea at the centre. ... DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News – Forums – Pictures – Weapons ...
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Samsung's Exclusive Contract for iOS Device Chips Expiring in June ...
By Eric Slivka
Taiwan's Economic Daily News reports [Google translation, via Macotakara] that "high-ranking officials" at Samsung have disclosed that...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
H5N1: H7N9 poses little threat to Taiwan: specialist
By Crof
Va Taiwan News Online: New bird flu poses little threat to Taiwan: specialist. Recent human cases of a lesser-known type of bird flu in China do not pose a significant threat to Taiwan, because the migratory birds that could carry...
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Taiwan market: CHT offers HTC Desire P
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and HTC on April 1 jointly unveiled the HTC Desire P smartphone for the carrier's exclusive contract-bundled sale in the Taiwan market.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
HTC Desire P is official, to launch in Taiwan
By Phone Arena
First the good news: that HTC Desire P, rumors about which have been floating around for a while, is now finally official. As expected, it is a mid-range Android device. The bad news, however, is that the smartphone may never launch outside ...
PhoneArena - News
Taiwan News Quick Take - Taipei Times
Expressing his gratitude to Taiwan for its help after the earthquake and tsunami that battered Japan in 2011, Takeda said he hoped that the Hsinchu Station and ...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/.../2003558526
Ex-president diagnosed with neurological condition ... - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, March 29 (CNA) A private medical team said Friday it has diagnosed former President Chen Shui-bian with "normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)," ...
focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201303290028.aspx
Study In Taiwan :: NEWS :: Owner of camera drifted in the sea over 5 ...
The mission of searching for the owner was completed in two days. Source: http:// goo.gl/yYKM0 Taipei, March 25 (CNA) The owner of a camera that.
www.studyintaiwan.org/en/news217.html
UMAP Successfully Promotes Area Student ... - Taiwan News
Voice of the People, Bridge to the World - UMAP Successfully Promotes Area Student ...
www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2186784
Strong earthquake sways buildings throughout Taiwan - News ...
A strong earthquake struck central Taiwan on Wednesday; killing at least one person and injuring 19 as it damaged buildings on the quake-prone island.
news.ca.msn.com/world/cbc-storyviewer.aspx?cp-documentid...
Latest | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS
NEW TAIPEI CITY; Temperature:19-21°C; Rainfall rate :50%. TAICHUNG CITY; Temperature:24-26°C; Rainfall rate :60%. TAINAN CITY; Temperature:26-28°C ...
focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/list.aspx
Pornography not protected as intellectual property ... - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, March 21 (CNA) Taiwan's prosecutors said Wednesday that Taiwanese firms that use Japanese-made pornographic films to make profits online have not ...
focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201303210044.aspx
6.1-magnitude quake rattles Taiwan - World News
An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.1 shook Taiwan on Wednesday, official agencies said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or ...
worldnews.nbcnews.com/_.../17479185-61-magnitude-quake-...
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