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TAIWAN News, Jul 18, 2013

Taiwan, China prepare for powerful typhoon, 1st to hit the region this year
Washington Post
By Associated Press,. TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan on Friday canceled dozens of international flights and evacuated more than 1,000 people from a vulnerable coastal village as a powerful typhoon threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains to the island.
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Taiwan leader rejects defense minister resignation, tendered after soldier's ...
Washington Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou refused to accept the defense minister's resignation over an army recruit who died of heat stroke while being punished for bringing a cellphone on base. Defense Minister Kao Hao-chu apologized Monday ...
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Taiwan military drill stages China attack scenario
Fox News
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan started a computerised military drill on Monday, set against an imagined scenario in which China invades the island in 2017. The five-day exercise is part of the island's biggest annual military manoeuvre which is this year ...
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Taiwan's TSMC posts record profit, revenue in Q2
MarketWatch
The world's largest contract chip manufacturer by revenue said second-quarter net profit rose 24% from a year earlier to $51.81 billion New Taiwan dollars ($1.74 billion) from NT$41.84 billion. TSMC's net profit was above an average NT$49.32 billion ...
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Taiwan Must Loosen Rules to Be Offshore Yuan Hub, SinoPac Says
Businessweek
The island should allow the free movement of the currency into and out of Taiwan and lift a ban on Chinese companies selling bonds, said Stan Siao, president of the group that has attracted the first investment by a mainland lender in a Taiwanese bank.
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Taiwan Fights to Keep Homegrown Tennis Star
Voice of America
TAIPEI — Taiwan cheered tennis star Hsieh Shu-wei's women's doubles victory at Wimbledon earlier this month. But celebration turned to shock when Hsieh indicated she was considering a sponsorship deal that would mean switching citizenship to her ...
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Taiwan 227km/h super-typhoon looms
News24
Taipei - Taiwan evacuated more than 2 000 tourists on Thursday as the island braced for super-typhoon Soulik while Japan's Okinawa warned residents giant waves of up to 12m could hit the archipelago. The typhoon, packing gusts of up to 227km/h, was ...
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Taiwan stocks down; chip makers drag
Reuters
(Updates to mid-morning) TAIPEI, July 16 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks extended early losses by midday on Tuesday, led by a 1.4 percent fall in chip makers. The main TAIEX index fell 0.3 percent, or 24.63 points to 8,230.05 by 0222 GMT, after opening down ...
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Taiwan couples seek surrogacy abroad to escape ban
Fox News
A bill to legalise altruistic surrogacy -- in which a woman agrees to carry a child for another couple through In vitro fertilisation without financially profiting from the procedure -- remains in limbo in Taiwan, forcing couples like the Lees into the ...
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Taiwan Dollar Has Best Week in 10 Months as Intervention Reduced
Businessweek
Taiwan's dollar had the best week in 10 months after the central bank scaled back its intervention in the currency market. Government bonds rose. Closing prices at 4 p.m. on the past four days were on average less than 0.1 percent weaker than levels ...
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Taiwan's economic isolation Desperately seeking space
The Economist
SINCE his election five years ago, Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, has argued to a suspicious public that his policies for close business ties across the Taiwan Strait will not bring the democratic island under China's sway. Instead, he says, they ...
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Taiwan stocks - Factors to watch - July 17
Reuters
TAIPEI, July 17 (Reuters) - Following are news items and media reports that may affect the Taiwan stock market. REUTERS HEADLINES > Yahoo trims 2013 sales outlook > NEC to exit smartphone business > Reuters global markets roundup MEDIA ...
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Taiwan Braces for Direct Hit as Typhoon Soulik Approaches (2)
Businessweek
Taiwan is bracing for a direct hit by Typhoon Soulik early tomorrow, with officials evacuating people at risk of landslides and airlines canceling dozens of flights due to expected high winds. Soulik may make landfall in northeastern Yilan or eastern ...
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Taiwan braces for Typhoon Soulik
Fox News
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan braced for the arrival of Typhoon Soulik, which is expected to pound the island with powerful winds and heavy rain over the weekend despite the giant storm losing strength. Offices and schools will be shut down in Taipei and four ...
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Taiwan asks Transparency International to explain corruption report
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, July 11 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has directed Taiwan's representative office in Germany to ask Transparency International (TI) to explain a report about official corruption in Taiwan, ministry spokeswoman Anna Kao said Thursday.
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Taiwan key to ICAO's pursuit of seamless global airspace: minister
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Responding to Obama's statement that the United States fully supports Taiwan's membership in international organizations where statehood is not a requirement for membership, China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Yang Yi said in Beijing Saturday that ...
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Taiwan to increase biotech investment: president
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, July 18 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou stated on Thursday that his government plans to increase investment in the local biotech industry by more than 25 percent in three years in a bid to make Taiwan a global leader in biotech and pharmaceutical ...
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Taiwan: bribery report hits nerve
Financial Times (registration) (blog)
Many question whether Taiwan is really that corrupt – equal on that measure to Indonesia, by TI's count. But the report has hit just as the government is trying hard to spark its flagging economy by encouraging more foreign investment. This is the kind ...
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Taiwan's exports likely to recover sooner than S. Korea's: ANZ
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, July 15 (CNA) Taiwan's exports are expected to recover sooner than South Korea's given the resilience of the island's semi-conductor exports, according to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ). The resilience of Taiwan's ...
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China, Taiwan lashed by typhoon, 2 dead
CBC.ca
Typhoon Soulik disrupted transportation and commerce across Taiwan, with emergency crews around Taipei struggling to restore power to the 520,000 homes and remove hundreds of trees uprooted by the storm from streets and roads. The storm then hit the ...
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Taiwan to Close Offices, Banks, Schools From 0600 GMT as Typhoon Soulik Nears
Wall Street Journal
TAIPEI--Government and private offices, banks and schools in the capital Taipei and most of Taiwan will be shut from 0600 GMT Friday as Typhoon Soulik approaches, while onshore foreign-exchange trading will continue as normal until 0800 GMT.
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Taiwan: Sanitary pad scheme 'to help women conceive'
BBC News
Taipei authorities are to distribute sanitary pads donated by expectant mothers to help others conceive, reports suggest. Apparently, Taiwanese "tradition" dictates that pregnant women can "share their luck" - increasing another's chances of bearing ...
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Taiwan tells US it wants to buy F-35 jets for defense
Taipei Times
A delegation from the Taiwan-US Inter-Parliamentary Amity Association of the Legislative Yuan said on Wednesday in Washington that Taiwan wants to purchase advanced F-35 jets that best suit its defense needs. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator ...
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Taiwan probes alleged bullying over corporal's death
Fox News
... officials said on Tuesday.AFP/File. TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan's defence minister has apologised for the death of a corporal from heatstroke as the island's top government watchdog launches an investigation into bullying in the military, officials said ...
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The Taiwan Fund , Inc . Announces 3rd Quarter Earnings
MarketWatch
NEW YORK, July 12, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE:TWN) announced today details regarding its investment performance for the three month period ended May 31, 2013. The Fund reported a net asset value per ...
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Taiwan-Philippines fishery meeting tied to shooting investigation
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) A second meeting to deal with fishing disputes between Taiwan and the Philippines is set to be held after reports on the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guard personnel are released and the victim's ...
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Taiwan set to report rabies cases to OIE
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, July 17 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday was ready to report three cases of rabies -- the first in the country since 1961 -- to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The infections, detected in wild Formosan ferret-badgers, were confirmed ...
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Taiwan still hiring Pinoys
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) belied a report yesterday that some 6,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were not granted working visas due to the ongoing row between the Philippines and Taiwan. Chang Pong ...
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Taiwan evacuates 2000 tourists as typhoon looms - Science News ...
Taiwan evacuated more than 2000 tourists on Thursday as the island braced for super-typhoon Soulik, while Japan's Okinawa warned residents that giant waves of up to 12 metres (40 feet) could pound the archipelago.
Phys.org - latest science and...
NASA sees Tropical Storm Cimaron pass between Taiwan and the ...
Tropical Depression 08W strengthened into a tropical storm and was renamed Cimaron by the morning of July 17. NASA's Aqua satellite captured the storm is it passed between the northern Philippines andTaiwan.
Phys.org - latest science and...
Taiwan market: Google launches updated mobile Google Maps
Google has launched updated mobile Google Maps applications and voice navigation services in theTaiwan market, according to head of Google Maps' Asia Pacific division Lu Yun-cheng.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Taiwan evacuates 2000 tourists as super-typhoon looms - Capital FM
By AFP
TAIPEI, July 11 – Taiwan evacuated more than 2,000 tourists on Thursday as the island braced for super typhoon Soulik while Japan's Okinawa warned residents giant waves of up to 12 metres (40 feet) could hit the archipelago. The typhoon ...
Capital News
Taiwan military drill stages China attack scenario | South China ...
Taiwan started a computerised military drill on Monday, set against an imagined scenario in which China invades the island in 2017. The five-day exercise is part of the island's biggest annual military manoeuvre which is this year codenamed ...
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Taiwan market: Philips launches new-generation LED bulbs
Philips has launched new-generation 7W, 8W, 10W and 13W LED light bulbs in the Taiwan market at retail prices of NT$399 (US$13.3), NT$399, NT$499 and NT$599 respectively, according to PhilipsTaiwan.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Toshiba to launch a 7-inch tablet, say Taiwan makers - DigiTimes
Toshiba has reportedly placed orders for an entry-level 7-inch tablet named AT7-A and may launch it to the retail channel as soon as the third quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
China Protests US Support For Taiwan's ICAO Bid - Airwise News
China said on Tuesday it had lodged a protest with the United States over President Barack Obama's signing of legislation expressing US support for Taiwan's campaign to attend meetings of the ICAO.
Airwise News Top Stories
New China-Australia-Taiwan service tied up by DP World ...
By Global News Sources / ILWU Coast Longshore Division
DP World Australia has secured the stevedoring services contract for a new weekly service calling into its three eastern seaboard container terminals, totalling.
Longshore & Shipping News
Taiwan market: BenQ looks to release WCG TV products in 2H13
BenQ does not have plans to release Ultra HD TVs later in 2013 and instead is looking to release wide color gamut (WCG) TV products, according to general manager of BenQ's Technology Product Center, Peter Chen.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Most major Taiwan networking device makers see drops in 1H13 ...
Of six first-tier Taiwan-based networking/communication makers, five had consolidated revenues for the first half of 2013 decreasing on year and only Arcadyan Technology saw growth of 27.83%.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Dredging Today – Taiwan: Ching Fu Shipbuilding Relaunches 2400 ...
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Taiwan, China prepare for season's 1st typhoon « Artesia News
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This image provided by the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoom Warning Center shows Typhoon Soulik taken at 7:33 p.m. EDT Thursday July 11, 2013 as it approaches the Island of Taiwan. Soulik has maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (95kt) with ...
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Taiwan News Quick Take - Taipei Times
DIPLOMACY. Ma to visit allies next month. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning a trip for President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to the nation's diplomatic allies in ...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/.../2003566701
Taiwan military considers changes after death corporal - Taiwan News
Voice of the People, Bridge to the World - Taiwan military considers changes after death corporal.
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=2256390
Two dead, 100 hurt as Soulik hits Taiwan | News.com.au
TYPHOON Soulik is battering Taiwan with torrential rain and powerful winds which have so far left two people dead and at least 100 injured.
www.news.com.au/...as.../story-e6frfkui-1226679043148
News - Typhoon Soulik lashes Taiwan and China - The Weather ...
The typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Saturday, killing at least one person and knocking out power to more than ... What do you think about this news article?
www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/typhoon.../9233/
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