Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits young quake survivors. – Javno
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in London on Saturday in the latest leg of a European tour aimed at tackling the global financial and economic crisis and improving relations between the trading partners. Wen will hold talks with British Prime
Taiwanese student injured in US shooting – Taipei Times
A Taiwanese high school student was among the injured when a gunman opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub in the US late on Saturday. The attacker opened fire outside the nightclub in Portland, Oregon, killing two girls and wounding seven
Chen’s case tests system – Straits Times
TAIPEI – THE long-running corruption case against Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian is putting the island’s legal system to the test – one that some analysts say it is in danger of failing. The three months since his arrest on charges of
Form and function from Taiwanese computer maker – Business World
The Asus Eee PC S101 weighs only one kilogram and is thinner than most fashion magazines. The local unit of Taiwan-based computer hardware and electronics company Asus last week unveiled new models in its flagship Eee PC series designed for fashion
Taiwanese tycoon to take stake in ATV – South China Morning Post
Taiwanese billionaire Tsai Eng-meng has agreed to inject funds to shore up the finances of loss-making Asia Television, triggering changes in the broadcaster’s shareholding structure, according to informed sources. Mr Tsai, whose net worth is
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-ban may have hidden ‘huge amounts – The Australian
TAIWANESE prosecutors investigating alleged corruption by former president Chen Shui-bian are looking into accusations he kept huge amounts of money in Australia. The Taipei-based China Times cited unnamed overseas sources as saying that the Chen
UK court upholds asset freeze on man accused of defrauding Taiwanese – MSN UK News
The Court of Appeal has upheld an order freezing the assets of a hedge fund manager accused of defrauding investors in Taiwan of US$34 million. British authorities, acting in response to a U.S. investigation, had frozen some 500,000 pounds (US$700
Taiwanese see China’s gift of pandas as delightful, not political – Newsday
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) Two giant pandas from China captivated thousands of Taiwanese on Monday, but the playful bears failed to completely disarm spectators from the rival island. China presented the 4-year-old pandas to mark warming ties between
Chinese pandas meet thousands of Taiwanese zoo visitors after 1 month – MSN UK News
Thousands of Taiwanese have visited a zoo to view a pair of pandas China has presented to the island as a gift. The pandas, from China’s Sichuan Province, have gone on public view for the first time after emerging from a month of quarantine. China
Taiwanese billionaire to buy ATV stake -paper – Reuters
HONG KONG, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Taiwanese billionaire Tsai Eng-meng is set to inject funds into Hong Kong broadcaster Asia Television (ATV), the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources. Tsai signed a preliminary agreement
