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Slideshow An employee poses with Chinese yuan notes inside a bank in Taipei April 23, 2010. SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves on Saturday, boosting lending capacity by an estimated...
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...66 65 131 Mike Goodes Reidsville, NC 65 68 133 David Frost Paarl, South Africa 68 66 134 11:15 Kenny Perry Franklin, KY 64 62 126 Larry Mize Columbus, GA 62 67 129 Tom Lehman Scottsdale, AZ 64 66 130 TEE #10 9:15 Nick Price Hobe Sound, FL 68 73 141 Corey...
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Nokia's market share more than halved last year, from above 40 percent in the first quarter to below one fifth by the fourth quarter. "Chinese handset makers have been actively promoting their smartphones with China's three telecoms operators, so we saw...
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Taipei, the most populous metropolitan area in Taiwan, is home to a diverse selection of tourist hot spots – museums, night markets, old town landmarks and streets, and a phenomenal stretch of coastline. Our top 10 for New Taipei captures the essence of...
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It maybe the luxury of china airlines ( thats sarcasm at MY best) or the two glasses or vino and a sleeping pill....you can make your own conclusion ;-) I was lucky to be sitting beside a girl from Vancouver who was on both my flights. We bonded over...
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Lin had been suggested to spend time on the French Taipei guys countrywide golf business in FIBA exercises. In This summer 37, 2010 while in Taipei to spend time ought to be Yao Ming's charity shop session, New York Knicks Lin says he had don't you...
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The grant recipients, which range in scope from national and regional government health, charitable non-profit and advocacy organizations, were announced at the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) 2012 Conference in Taipei,...
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Slideshow An employee poses with Chinese yuan notes inside a bank in Taipei April 23, 2010. SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank cut the amount of cash that commercial lenders must hold as reserves on Saturday for the second time in nearly three...
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Slideshow Chinese yuan notes are counted inside a bank in Taipei April 23, 2010. BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has pledged to keep monetary policy prudent and fiscal policy pro-active to stabilise economic growth while keeping inflation under...
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Feb. 18 (CNA) The number of Taiwanese travelers to Europe has grown by nearly 40 percent since the European Union's visa waiver for Taiwan took effect on Jan. 11, 2011, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said Saturday. A total of 239,062...
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Digital technologies are the new life-savers for languages on the verge of extinction, linguists said on Friday as they announced eight new dictionaries at a major science conference in Vancouver. 'We're turning the digital divide into a digital...
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“At the end of the day, this is an elongated battle that seems to be going a little bit better for Apple than for Android.” HTC has declined 37 percent in Taipei trading in the past year as competition from the iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co.’s...
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Raymond Wang, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office's representative in Manila, said his office had requested the Philippine National Police to get the suspect. Wang also extended condolences to the family of the woman, according to a report on...
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Hau said Beijing is rich in traditional culture and Taipei is known for its mix of cultures. It is significant for the two cities to have cultural exchanges, he said. Tickets to a play and an opera that a cultural delegation from Beijing will perform...
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“At the end of the day, this is an elongated battle that seems to be going a little bit better for Apple than for Android.” HTC has fallen 37 percent in Taipei trading in the past year as competition from the iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy...
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2007 for $729 million. Taiwan’s competitive, fragmented banking market has never produced the returns investors such as Carlyle had sought. A rebound in bank shares recently may have helped the decision. “This could be the best timing for them to sell,”...
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Lee Vann Corteza and Carlo Biado also dropped their respective matches with the former losing to Fu Che Wei of Chinese-Taipei, 5-9, in the Last 16 stage after beating Nguyen Phuc Long of Vietnam, 9-4. Meanwhile, Efren “Bata” Reyes vows to go all out...
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2011 Taipei International Beef Noodle Soup Festival, presented his sumptuous braised spicy beef noodles for guests at the Twin Oaks estate in Washington that evening. Hou told the diners that it took him three to four years to perfect his recipe that...
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Taipei City (Traditional Chinese: 臺北市; Simplified Chinese: 台北市; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiběi Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Táiběi Shìh; Taiwanese: Tâi-pak-chhī) is the provisional capital of the Republic of China. It is Republic of China's center of politics, commercial, mass media, education, and pop culture, and today also is widely considered to be one of... Full Article
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TO WITH STORY: Basket-NBA-Knicks-Lin-Taiwan-China,FOCUS by Amber Wang Taiwanese fans watch television news of New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin in a restaurant in Taipei on February 17, 2012. Lin, the first US born NBA player of Taiwanese descent, has captured attention worldwide and...
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Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong, left, toasts with his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin during a luncheon in the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan...
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Falung Gong practitioners meditate in protest outside of the Taipei 101 building as visiting Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong attends a luncheon inside hosted by his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to...
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Fans of NBA Knicks' Taiwanese-American Jeremy Lin react as they watch him play against the New Orleans Hornets at a local sports bar in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Beyond his strong play, there has been enormous interest in Lin because he was undrafted out of Harvard and is...
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Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong, left, displays a glass art gift from his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin, right, during a luncheon in the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between the...
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Beijing's Mayor Guo Jinlong waves as he arrives at a luncheon hosted by his Taipei counterpart Mayor Hau Lung-bin, in the Taipei 101 building in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Mayor Guo is on a six-day visit to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between the two sides of the...
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Beijing's mayor Guo Jinlong listens to Taiwan's Honorary Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan's (unseen) speech in Taipei February 16, 2012. Guo, with a delegation of Beijing officials, is on a 6-day trip to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between Taiwan and China.
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Beijing's mayor Guo Jinlong (L) shakes hands with Taiwan's Honorary Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan in Taipei February 16, 2012. Guo, with a delegation of Beijing officials, is on a 6-day trip to Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges between Taiwan and China.
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Visiting Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong (L) and Taiwan's former vice-president Lien Chan gesture during a meeting in Taipei on February 16, 2012. Guo flew to Taiwan amid a protest launched by dozens of Falungong followers and Tibetant activists, officials said.
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Visiting Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong (L) shakes hands with Taiwan's former vice-president Lien Chan in Taipei on February 16, 2012. Guo flew to Taiwan amid a protest launched by dozens of Falungong followers and Tibetant activists, officials said.
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Theresa Chu, a lawyer representing Taiwanese followers of the Falungong spiritual movement which is outlawed in China, shows documents to reporters inside the High Court before filing a lawsuit against Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong on alleged human rights violation in Taipei on February...
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A chalkboard advertises NBA New York Knicks' Asian sensation Jeremy Lin and the game against the Sacramento Kings at a local sports bar in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Taiwan is embracing emerging New York Knicks superstar Jeremy Lin as one of their own, reveling in his...
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Wearing their homemade caps with the Chinese name character "Lin" and team number "17" of NBA Knicks' Taiwanese-American Jeremy Lin, Tsai Shu-fan, left, and Huang Wan Fen, both 22, watch him play against the Sacramento Kings at a local sports bar in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 16,...
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A fan of NBA Knicks' Taiwanese-American Jeremy Lin, Huang Wan-fen, 22, displays her homemade caps with Lin's Chinese name in characters as they watch him play against the Sacramento Kings at a local sports bar in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Taiwan is embracing emerging New...
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CORRECTING ARTIST Visitors admire a Joan Miro painting at the Taipei Fine Art Museum on May 15, 2009. Some 82 paintings and photographs from France's Pompidou centre on exhibition until July 18.
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In this picture taken on June 17, 2011 Chang Yung-fa, the founder of Evergreen Group, speaks during an interview in Taipei. On February 7, 2012 Taiwan tycoon Chang Yung-fa, the founder of Evergreen Group, one of the island's leading conglomerates, pledged to donate all of his wealth to...
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A woman looks at an Internet website in Taipei on February 6, 2012 showing Taiwanese comedian A-Ken dressed up as Apple's late founder while praising the virtues of a tablet from Taiwan-based Action Electronics that runs on Google's Android operating system during a 20-second commercial.
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A shocked Janet Tsai, 27, agrees to marry Horace Chung, 28, after his surprise wedding proposal outside of her work on Valentine's Day in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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Horace Chung, 28, offers a ring with his surprise wedding proposal to girlfriend Janet Tsai, 27, outside of her work on Valentine's Day in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Tsai agreed shortly after.
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A child wears a dragon lantern hat during Taipei Lantern Festival for the celebration of the end of Chinese New Year in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.
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A St. Kitts and Nevis national flag is held up in the lobby of Taiwan's Foreign Ministry building in Taipei, in this illustration photo taken February 10, 2012. St. Kitts and Nevis is one of at least two countries offering so-called citizenship by investment, burgeoning programs that...
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Singaporean singer JJ Lin promotes his new album "Lost N Found" during an event in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
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Singaporean singer JJ Lin kisses his young fan during an event to promote his album "Lost N Found" in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
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