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Misplaced iPhone Leads to Suicide

Imagine the pressure of working on Apple products, not just in terms development but also in terms of secrecy. Imagine what that did to Foxconn employee Sun Danyong, 25, who committed suicide last week after a prototype model of a fourth-generation iPhone he was looking after went missing.

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Taiwan Rolls out Plans to Boost Fertility Rates

Targeting the issue of low birth rates, the Taiwanese government implemented the Mega Warmth Social Welfare Program (MWSWP) in 2006 after its fertility rates dipped lower than most industrial nations. Get the full story...

Taiwan Arrests Former President Chen

Taiwan has arrested former president Chen Shui-bian on charges of money laundering, embezzling government funds, taking bribes and forging documents. Television coverage showed him shouting "political persecution" while being led away in handcuffs.

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Taiwan Cancels Contests After Eating Competition Death

A death during one of those eating contests? Sounds like something you might see on TV. Too be honest, it's been done, on CSI. In that case, the death was accidental, meaning he just ate himself to death. But it was because he had a rare disease, Prader-Willi Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes insatiable hunger in people.

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Nursing homes popular option in Taiwan

Dr Szu-Yao (Zoe) Wang, who recently completed her PhD with UQ's School of Nursing, found that in Taiwan, where the culture dictates that children should care for their parents, aged-care facilities are becoming more popular.

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Raw deal for foreign brides in Taiwan

More than a quarter of a million women have been sold as wives and baby-makers in South East Asia, but they are getting a raw deal in health care and social inclusion.

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China urges U.S. to keep its word on Taiwan issue

China on Sunday called on the United States to keep its promise on the Taiwan issue and to safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits and the sound development of the China-U.S. ties.

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Opposition's Ma Wins Taiwan Presidential Election

Opposition candidate Ma Ying-Jeou surged to victory in Taiwan's presidential election today with an unassailable lead in the vote count, TV stations reported.

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Taiwan Election and Tibet Protests

The current Tibet rebellion was launched by young monks in Lhasa in coordination with five groups of exiles in India. These groups are sponsored by the U.S. government via the National Endowment for Democracy and other 'western' institutions.

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Prison Sentences for Ringleaders of Global Software Counterfeit Syndicate

Prison sentences handed down to counterfeiters by a Taipei, Taiwan, court mark the end of a string of successful prosecutions by international law enforcement agencies, bringing a global software counterfeiting ring to a final halt.

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Chinese mainland to help snow-hit Taiwan compatriots

A mainland official said on Wednesday that the central government would offer help to disaster-hit Taiwan compatriots and businessmen on the mainland.

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Chinese mainland to strive for cross-Strait peace in 2008

In 2008, the Chinese mainland will make strong efforts to achieve bright prospects for relations across the Taiwan Strait, according to Chen Yunlin, a leading official in charge of cross-Strait affairs, in an article to be published in the year's No.1 Issue of the "Cross Strait Relations" magazine.

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