Taiwan NewsNews on Taiwan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Sino-Forest to pay up to US$1.2B over 10 years for trees from Fujian province- August 11, 2008 Sino-Forest Corp. says it will acquire 200,000 hectares of non-state-owned plantation trees in China's Fujian province in a deal that will cost it up to about US$1.2 billion over 10 years.http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/sino-forest-to-pay-up-to-us-1-2b-over-10-years-f... Iron Lady of Taiwan's motor industry dies aged 95- August 11, 2008 The former chairwoman of the Yulon Group died Saturday afternoon at the Veterans General Hospital in Taipei.http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/iron-lady-of-taiwans-motor-industry-dies-aged-95... Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family- August 11, 2008 Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them.Sporting jeans and a black T-shirt, 20-year-old Le Thi Ngoc Quyen paraded in front of the stranger, hoping he would select her.'I felt very nervous,' she recalled recently as she described the scene. 'But he chose me, and I agreed to marry him right away.'http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/vietnamese-women-wed-foreigners-to-help-family?f... Taiwan market: Asustek Eee Box sold out- August 10, 2008 Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Monday 4 August 2008 Initial shipments of Asustek Computer's Eee Box in the Taiwan market, totaling around 1,000 units, have completely sold out since the product ...http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/taiwan-market-asustek-eee-box-sold-out?fromrss=1 Taiwan News Quick Take- August 10, 2008 Storm to miss Taiwan: CWB A regional low air pressure system was upgraded to a tropical storm, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday.http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/taiwan-news-quick-take-6?fromrss=1 Photographer finds home with Taiwanese squatters- August 10, 2008 Walk into Centre A from now until August 31 and you'll see posters neatly stacked on tables around the room.http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/photographer-finds-home-with-taiwanese-squatters... Taiwan leader sued for declassifying documents in graft probe- August 9, 2008 TAIPEI: Taiwan's opposition party on Friday filed a lawsuit against President Ma Ying-jeou for allegedly leaking national secrets implicating his predecessor Chen Shui-bian in a high-profile embezzlement case.http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/taiwan-leader-sued-for-declassifying-documents-i... Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom's high pricing hinders Sparq E.164 VoIP service- August 9, 2008 Kaddy Chung, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES Friday 8 August 2008 New Century InfoComm Tech , a small fixed-line telecommunication service operator in Taiwan, has been stalled in its hopes to launch ...http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/taiwan-market-chunghwa-telecoms-high-pricing-hin... Fujitsu, IIT-Taiwan JV offers WiMAX ref designs- August 9, 2008 Fujitsu Global Mobile Platform Inc. announced its commencement of operations Aug.http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/fujitsu-iit-taiwan-jv-offers-wimax-ref-designs?f... Taiwan's leading insurance company undergoes complete IP Telephony makeover with Datacraft's help- August 9, 2008 This contract entails the replacement of the existing Nortel PBX system with a secure and expandable IP Telephony environment, plus the installation of 700 IP phones in the client's newly renovated office ...http://www.topix.net/world/taiwan/2008/08/taiwans-leading-insurance-company-undergoes-comp... |