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5 Asian Nuclear Reactors Face Tsunami Risk

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The skeleton of what will soon be one of the world's biggest nuclear plants is slowly taking shape along China's southeastern coast - right on the doorstep of Hong Kong's bustling metropolis. Three other facilities nearby are up and running or under construction. Like Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant...

Taiwan Finds Radiation on Imported Japanese Beans

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Radiation has been detected on fava beans imported from Japan to Taiwan, Taiwanese officials said Sunday, in what could be the first case of contamination in Japanese exports. The disclosure came a day after Japanese officials said radiation in low amounts had been found in spinach and milk produced near...

Giant Pigs Displayed in Taiwan's Pig of God Festival

Revelers in Taiwan paraded the bodies of giant pigs through the streets of New Taipei City during a controversial celebration called the Pig of God festival. Farmers spent years fattening up more than 60 pigs with special feeds and other treatments before bringing them to the annual heaviest pig contest on Feb. 8, which...

Hackers in China Reportedly Hit Western Oil Companies

BEIJING -- An American security firm says hackers working from China have broken into computers of oil companies in the United States, Taiwan and other countries. The report Thursday by McAfee says hackers stole sensitive information about operations, finances and bidding for oil fields. The report did not identify the...

With Obama, Hu Concedes China's Rights Need Help

WASHINGTON -- In a rare concession on a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu Jintao used his White House visit on Wednesday to acknowledge "a lot still needs to be done" to improve human rights in his nation accused of repressing its people. President Barack Obama pushed China to adopt fundamental freedoms but...

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A Taiwan-China Romance

Taiwan and China may be drawing ever closer after decades of estrangement, but a pair of star-crossed lovers from opposite sides of the Taiwan Strait encounter huge difficulties in communicating with each other in a new Taiwanese film.

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'League of Legends' Gamer Dies In Taiwan, Corpse Goes Unnoticed For Hours In Internet Cafe

It took hours for patrons and staff to notice the corpse of a man who died after an hours-long gaming session at an Internet cafe in Taiwan, Sky News reports.

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AU Optronics, Idemitsu Kosan announce 'strategic alliance' on OLED development

The OLED -infused future is fast approaching in Taiwan, where AU Optronics today announced a "strategic alliance" with Japanese firm Idemitsu Kosan.

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Not So Massively: New hero edition

League of Legends revealed this week that 5% of Taiwan is now playing even though the game only launched there six months ago.

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Much Of Asia Expects Birth Jump In Year Of Dragon

Taiwan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, but you wouldn't know that from visiting the obstetrics department at Taiwan Adventist Hospital.

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02/09/12 Carrefour takes all beef products off shelf over... Source: China Post - Taiwan Taiwan's biggest wholesale business Carrefour announced that it would remove all American beef products in its 63 branches across the island until the products are legally certified to be free of ractopamine, yesterday morning.
02/09/12 Taiwan's Lu shares lead in Philippine Open Source: Taipei Times Unheralded Lu Tze-shyan from Taiwan was the unlikeliest of names to join a leaderboard logjam after the first round of the US$300,000 ICTSI Philippine Open yesterday.
02/09/12 Talk of the Day -- Record rise in number of migrant... Source: eTaiwanNews.com The number of migrant workers in Taiwan hit a historic high of 425,660 at the end of last year, according to statistics released by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) Thursday.
02/09/12 Nuclear waste under strict management: Taipower Source: eTaiwanNews.com Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) The operator of Taiwan's nuclear power plants took issue Thursday with a French newspaper report that raised concerns about the storage of spent reactor fuel at the plants.
02/09/12 Wholesale swine price in south slumps after Lunar New... Source: eTaiwanNews.com Kaohsiung, Feb. 9 (CNA) The wholesale price for pork has dropped by over NT$10 ( US $0.3) per kilogram over the Lunar New Year holiday in Kaohsiung City, due mainly to a decline in demand, a government-run meat and poultry alliance said Thursday.

Background on Taiwan

Taiwan (, ), also known, especially in the past, as Formosa (from , "Beautiful Island"), is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China.

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