Vietnamese wed foreigners to help family Aug 10, 2008
Roughly 1,500 village women from the island of 33,000 people have married foreigners in the past decade, leading some to call it Taiwan Island. Women in Tan Loc and other delta towns began marrying foreigners in the 1990s, when Vietnam opened up economically and many Taiwanese and South Korean firms set up operations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's southern business hub. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Flights of affinity Jul 5, 2008
It saw weekend chartered planes and the first batch of tourist groups from the Chinese mainland to its Taiwan island inaugurate. It takes about an hour to fly over the Straits, but more than six years for the frequency of the chartered planes to be extended - from those that fly during the traditional Spring Festival, starting from 2003, to as frequently as every weekend, starting from Friday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) declared its candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, won the island's leadership election on Saturday, according to an initial ballot count.• Taiwan residents veto two "UN referendums" Mar 23, 2008
Chen's "UN membership referendum" has met opposition and condemnation from both within the Taiwan island and the international community ever since it was proposed. More than 100 countries and regions including the United States, the European Union and Russia previously had all voiced their opposition to the proposal and reiterated their adherence to the One China policy. (Xinhuanet, China)
This Sunday school offers more than a taste of China Mar 5, 2008
Down the hall, Furong Gardner, a professional opera singer with the South Shore Conservatory, lead 10 squirming students in a traditional Chinese song called Taiwan Island, My Homeland, before slipping into Whistle a Happy Tune in English. Meanwhile, in a room downstairs, older students painted watercolor swordfish in preparation for an international art competition. (Newton Tab, MA)
* Firm to stop selling incorrect toy globe Jan 11, 2008
This combo picture shows the talking ''Smart Globe,'' which shows ''China-ruled Taiwan Island'' in accordance with Beijing's instructions ... The globe shows "Taiwan Island" and says that it is "the People's Republic of China," the official name of communist China. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Company recalls Chinese-made globes Jan 11, 2008
The "Smart Globe" sold by Tokyo-based Gakken calls Taiwan - which split from communist China amid civil war in 1949 - "Taiwan Island" and says it comes under the jurisdiction of Beijing, the company said Thursday. An electronic voice tells users pointing to Taiwan that the island is part of the People's Republic of China, the official name of the Chinese communist regime, according to Gakken spokesman Satoru Aihara. (AZCentral -- Business)
Academy sets overseas entries Oct 18, 2007
for Variety's Award Season newsletter. Oct. 17, 2007, 5:48pm PT. (Variety)
Oscar announces 63 foreign films Oct 18, 2007
com: Foreign submissions for Oscars announced. AWARDS DATABASE All of the winners, all of the nominees, all of the awards shows. (Los Angeles Times)
Swapping Land Mines For Tourists In Taiwan Oct 7, 2007
A landscape view shows a land mine field along a section of beach, Sept. 27, 2007, on the Taiwan island of Kinmen, two miles off the Mainland China coast. Tens of thousands of the mines were first planted back in the 1950s when this tiny Taiwanese beachhead - also known as Quemoy - was subjected to frequent Chinese shelling and war was a constant threat. (CBS News)
Taiwan's Kinmen Veers Toward the Enemy as Memory of Chinese Missiles Fades Sep 27, 2007
On Duan's itinerary: a radio station that broadcast propaganda and the wreckage of a communist command center during the 1949 battle that halted their advance to Taiwan island. Museums that celebrate Kuomintang victories were omitted. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Tropical storm hits Philippines, causing flood in cities Aug 8, 2007
Tropical storm Pabuk has crossed the southern tip of Taiwan island and continues to move westward towards southern Chinese mainland, the Philippine state weather bureau reported on Wednesday. It continued to pack maximum sustained winds of 110 kph and gustiness of 140 kph, and continued to move west at 22 kph, the authority said. (Xinhuanet, China)
PLA continues long march of logistics reform Jul 28, 2007
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Early on Oct. 25, 1949, three regiments of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) landed on the Jinmen of Taiwan Island, prepared to deal a fatal blow to the fleeing Nationalists. Two days later, with the landing vessels stranded above the tide mark, their ammunition and provisions exhausted, the PLA troops were wiped out. (Xinhuanet, China)
What's US intention behind new arms sale to Taiwan? Mar 6, 2007
How can the U.S. be justified to infringe upon other nations' interests for the simple reason that "the arms sale complies with the US economic security interests? In fact, it is consonant with the interests of both China and the U.S. and the major interest of peace and development in the East Asia through its effort to adhere to the "one China" principle without having released or given out any wrong signals to "Taiwan Independence" forces. The fourth issue is that the new arms sale is... (People's Daily Online, China)
China approves 132 outbound tourist destinations so far Jan 28, 2007
Meanwhile, the United States and Taiwan island, which are considered to have great appeals to Chinese mainland tourists, have yet to gain the Approved Destination Status from the mainland authorities. China will further expand tourist exchanges with foreign countries, said the administration. (Xinhuanet, China)
Biting the bulletTaiwan braced for change with new high speed train service Jan 5, 2007
"With the opening of the high speed rail, Taiwan island will become Taiwan city," predicts Hank Huang, at the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research. He has been studying the economic impact that the world's largest BOT (build-operate-transfer) project, costing nearly $15bn, is likely to have. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
