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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...

Storm Hits China After Killing 12 in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct. 23) -- Taiwanese rescuers searching mountainsides hit by massive mudslides unleashed by Typhoon Megi found mangled parts of a vehicle thought to be a bus that was carrying 19 missing Chinese tourists, the transport minister said Saturday. Landslides caused by the typhoon killed nine people and buried...

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We're live from Computex 2012 in Taipei!

Taiwan's tech typhoon is one day away from making landfall in Taipei, with thousands of manufacturers setting up shop at this year's Computex .

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06/04/12 Day's best Pics: Acer's Iconia W700 tablet Source: The Economic Times - India A woman of Acer Group, displays a latest Acer's Iconia W700 tablet computer during a press conference in Taipei on June 4, 2012.
06/04/12 Acer, Asustek to Launch Windows 8 Products Source: The Wall Street Journal TAIPEIâTaiwanese personal computer makers Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc. said Monday they expect to launch Windows 8-based consumer products in October, as the PC industry pins its hopes for growth on Microsoft Corp.'s next-generation operating system optimized for touch-screen devices.
06/04/12 Fresco Logic Demonstrates the World's First... Source: 99 Cents Only Stores TAIPEI, Taiwan--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Fresco Logic Inc., a global leading fabless semiconductor company providing advanced solutions that deliver highly-efficient connectivity, such as USB 3.0 and PCI Express for next-generation consumer electronics, personal computing, storage and mobile devices, today demonstrates Thunderboltâ¢ to USB3.0 docking at Computex Taipei 2012.
06/04/12 Asus' Windows 8 tablets follow familiar Transformer... Source: The Tech Report ComputexâThe dual-screen Taichi wasn't the only notebook/tablet hybrid Asus showed off at its pre-Computex press conference in Taipei, Taiwan this afternoon.
06/04/12 Nobel laureate in economics to lecture in Taiwan Source: eTaiwanNews.com Taipei, June 4 (CNA) Nobel laureate in economics Eric Maskin will deliver two lectures in Taipei next week that will touch on the issues of financial crises and strategic voting in elections, the organizers announced Monday.

Background on taipei

Taipei City (; ; ) is the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Situated at the northern tip of the island of Taiwan, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River; it is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, a port city on the Pacific Ocean.

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