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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:06 AM

Taiwan

Type: Country

Name: Taiwan

population: 22,794,800

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Market News)

Asia shares dip in nervous trade, dollar steady (Reuters)

HONG KONG (Reuters) Asian shares slipped on Friday, but recovered some early losses, while the dollar was steady after U.S. data raised fears that a global economic recovery could lose momentum.European shares, however, were expected to bounce back from ... [Yahoo! News - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Norman Chan, United States, Taipei, Mega International, Alex Huang

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents

No cross-strait peace without recognition: academic

It is key for Beijing to recognize Taiwan as a political entity before both sides can sit down and negotiate a peace agreement, an academic said at a cross-strait forum on Thursday.Huang Kuang-kuo (黃光國), a professor of psychology at National Taiwan University, ... [MyEGov Taiwan - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Taiwan, China, Chiang Ching-kuo, National Taiwan University, Straits Exchange Foundation

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Keeping score: Breaking records in Qatar, Taiwan

Highlights from the Thomson Reuters Investment Banking scorecard:QATAR PRICES BIGGEST MIDDLE EASTERN BOND ON RECORDThis week’s $7 billion offering from the State of Qatar marked the largest bond offering from a Middle Eastern issuer on record and the ... [Reuters - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Taiwan, Qatar, Unitymedia GmbH, Apollo Management LP, Mergers & Acquisitions

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents

KMT vice chair meets Chinese donor for Morakot victims

Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) Ruling Kuomintang Vice Chairman John Chiang met Thursday in the Chinese city of Xian with a Chinese elementary school girl who sent 20 Chinese yuan (NT$96) to help people in southern Taiwan who were affected by Typhoon Morakot in ... [CNA - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Donor, John Chiang, Xian, Kuomintang, Typhoon Morakot

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Typhoon victims protest for 'going home'

9:42 am TWN, The China Post news staff KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- Over 300 indigenous residents in southern Kaohsiung County, whose houses were destroyed by floods and mudslides caused by the devastating Typhoon Morakot in early August, yesterday gathered on ... [China Post - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kaohsiung, Typhoon Morakot, Taiwan, Shanlin

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Taiwan External Trade Development Council

TAITRA & Google sign cooperation plan worth USD6.6m to encourage Taiwan's SMEs

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) signed a plan of cooperation on 28 October 2009 to provide USD6.6m worth of keyword ad spaces free of charge to Taiwan's small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), both ... [M2 - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taiwan External Trade Development Council, Taiwan, Google Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Human rights school in Kaohsiung opens

9:47 am TWN, CNA KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- A human rights education center opened in the southern port city of Kaohsiung yesterday, with Mayor Chen Chu and her savior 30 years ago jointly officiating at a ceremony to mark its inauguration. Renate Mueller-Wollermann, ... [China Post - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kaohsiung, Human Rights, Taiwan, Stephen J. Solarz, Human Rights Day

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Officials worried about industrial salt on food shelves

Taipei, Nov. 19 (CNA) Economic officials and executives of the state-run Taiwan Salt Industrial Corp. said Thursday that the possibility that unscrupulous businessmen are packing industrial salt as edible condiments to sell for higher profit ... [MyEGov Taiwan - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kaohsiung, Taiwan, District Court, Taoyuan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

There is 'Hot Money' in Taiwan: Central Bank

Taiwan's central bank said there is still about T$350 billion ($11 billion) worth of foreignfunds, or speculative 'hot money', in Taiwan, even after some outflows, as the authority tries to curb forex speculation.Central Bank Governor Perng Fai-nan made ... [CNBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taiwan, PERNG Fai-nan, Forex

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents

'Taiwanese trust Obama more than their president'

A majority of Taiwan residents have more trust in US President Barack Obama than in their own president or Chinese President Hu Jintao, an opinion poll showed Friday.The telephone survey of 1,004 adults by the Global View monthly magazine found that only ... [Sify - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Taiwan, Barack Obama, Democratic Progressive Party (TW), Typhoon Morakot, Ma Ying-jeou

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Taiwan donates funds for global bird conservation

In a move to contribute to global wildlife conservation, Taiwan has again donated funds to Bird Life International (BLI) , a London-based organization working to protect the world's birds.Chang Siao-yue, Taiwan's representative to the United Kingdom, ... [Taiwan News Online - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Taiwan, Donations, Species, Forest Conservation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

South Africa: Drop 'Baggage' for Closer Ties - Taiwan

Johannesburg SA - which derecognised its apartheid-era ally as a sovereign state and opened diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China in 1998 -- should be more flexible in its dealings with Taiwan, Lin said last month.SA stood to gain from Taiwan's ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taiwan, China, South Africa, Martyn Davies

Quotes

Huntsman, who once lived in Taiwan and could speak Chinese called Chinese the '21st century language', saying diplomacy is ineffective without "investing a generation of professionals willing to invest their careers in turnturn in language, culture, regional studies."

Ambassador: U.S.-China relations more focused on global issues [People's Daily Online - 1 hour ago]

'Growers exported over 35 million boxes to over 60 countries last year,' said Mr. Fryhover. "We shipped over a million boxes to each of nine countries alone, including Mexico, Canada, Taiwan, China and Indonesia. We also have great domestic support, and we feel prices should increase as the season unfolds."

Large apple crop supported by strong demand here and abroad [The Produce News - 4 hours ago]

...tremendous competition for iron ore and coal developing over the next three to six months between China and the rest of the world,' said Lennon. "We can see that spot price moving up to US$120 to US$130 over the next two or three months, which will take it dramatically higher than this year's benchmark price." China's demand has come on the back of strong end-user demand for infrastructure, boosted by the four trillion yuan (HK$4...

Ore price expected to rise as demand for steel soars [South China Morning Post - 6 hours ago]

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Large apple crop supported by strong demand her... [The Produce News - 4 hours ago]
EDITORIAL: Solid foundation for U.S., China [Individual.com - 4 hours ago]
Physical Education Teacher Loses Weight "D... [PR-USA.net - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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Why Investors Canât Ignore a Rebounding Japan [The Market Oracle - 10 hours ago] AM By: Money_Morning Martin Hutchinson writes: In a visit to Japan in the early 1990s, U.S. President George H.W. Bush threw up over the Japanese prime minister. ...
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China Mobile Counts On 3G for Its Growth [Voices] [All Things Digital - 13 hours ago] By Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street JournalChina Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, is pinning its hopes on new third-generation ...
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China Mobile Counts On 3G for Its Growth [Voices] [All Things Digital - 14 hours ago] By Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, is pinning its hopes on new third-generation ...

Audio/Video

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Director Ang Lee talks about directing Taking W... [The Guardian - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Taiwan president in plane fire alert [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/02/2009]
Taiwan pet hotel pampers pooches [Reuters - YouTube - 11/02/2009]
Fans celebrate "This Is It" in Asia [Reuters Video: Entertainment - 10/28/2009]
South Korean star's Taiwan tour [Reuters Video: Entertainment - 10/26/2009]

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