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Taiwan official pleads guilty in US case

A Taiwanese official will soon be deported after pleading guilty Friday to mistreating two housekeepers brought from the Philippines to work in her Missouri home, US prosecutors said.
Liu Hsien-hsien, director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested last week for allegedly treating her Filipino housekeepers like slaves.
Liu — who [...]

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Taiwan urges better South China Sea defence

Taiwan’s security chief called Wednesday for improved defences of a group of islands in the South China Sea, reacting to reports that rival claimants to the disputed waters are building up their arms.
“The Spratly Islands are our territory … We should upgrade our defence capabilities and replace some ageing equipment,” Tsai De-sheng, head of the [...]

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China welcomes Taiwan leader’s peace plan

China on Wednesday welcomed a proposal by Taiwan’s president for a peace treaty, but dismissed calls by the island’s opposition for a referendum on political talks as a “stunt”.
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou last week suggested the island should consider signing a peace treaty with China in the coming decade to put a formal [...]

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Taiwan’s Tsai: China peace accord will hurt island

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s opposition presidential candidate says President Ma Ying-jeou’s desire to pursue a peace treaty with China will damage the democratic island’s sovereignty.
Wednesday’s statement by Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen reinforces the party’s charge that Ma’s China engagement program is aimed at setting the stage for Taiwan’s unification with [...]

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Vietnamese woman cuts off Taiwan husband’s penis

A woman cut off her husband’s penis with a pair of scissors and threw the severed member into a river in revenge for his affair with another woman and his physical abuse, police in Taiwan said Sunday.
The 30-year-old Vietnamese woman, identified only by her surname, Pan, cut off about half her [...]

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Taiwan plans missile deployment in disputed islands

Taiwan’s defence minister has backed a plan to deploy advanced missiles in the South China Sea over concerns that rival claimants to disputed islands are building up their arms, a legislator said Thursday.
Kao Hua-chu endorsed a proposal passed by the country’s defence committee Wednesday demanding coastguard units in Taiping and the Pratas islands — claimed by China – be armed with [...]

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Taiwan urges China to respect freedom on centenary

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou urged China’s government on Monday to pursue democracy and respect his island’s self-governance as the two sides mark the centennial of a revolution that ended 2,000 years of imperial Chinese rule.
Both Taiwan and China — which split amid civil war in 1949 — commemorate [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 11, 2011

Lu clinches home victory in Taiwan

A nine-foot birdie putt on the final hole secured victory at home for Taiwan’s Lu Wei-chih in the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship (TPC) on Sunday.
Lu posted a final round three-under-par 69 for a four-day total of five-under-par 283 to win his second Asian Tour title — after a six year wait.
His victory denied [...]

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Taiwan launches national museum expansion

Taiwan’s top museum, which houses one of the world’s largest Chinese imperial art collections, has launched an expansion plan similar to France’s Grand Louvre project, an official said Sunday.
The decade-long plan starting in 2012, officially unveiled by President Ma Ying-jeou last week, will expand the Taipei National Palace Museum’s exhibition area by five times.
The expansion [...]

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China’s Hu calls for reunification with Taiwan

China’s President Hu Jintao on Sunday called for Taiwan and the Chinese mainland to reunite, as he marked the 100th anniversary of the revolution that ended the nation’s long imperial history.
Speaking at a ceremony attended by top Communist Party leaders — including former President Jiang Zemin, who made his first public appearance since rumours emerged [...]

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