Taiwanese mobile carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Apple are selling iPhone 3G’s without any restrictions of using SIM cards from CHT only, leaving owners the option to switch service providers or use SIM cards from local providers while traveling. Initially, representatives from CHT said that iPhone will only work on their network, but customers are discovering that SIM cards from other provid
08/12/2008Una ballena que murió en un acuario estaba siendo transportada por las calles de Taiwan y de repente exploto. Eso fue en enero del 2004 fotos en Meborre.com
BenQ has decided to release its new Joybook Lite U101 netbook in Taiwan and China. The netbook features a 10.1 inch display with LED backlight and a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is good for watching movie. The BenQ Joybook Lite U101 is now available in Taiwan and will be released in China this week. Unfortunately, its price tag is still unknown. [Digitimes]
A contrast from organic shape of Frank Llyoyds Guggenheim, this building reflects modern and contemporary design in 21st century. Vilnius Guggenheim Hermitage Museum is a proposed art museum in the city of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Zaha had proposed a "mystical object, hovering over spindled artificial landscape strip". She chose to draw a contrast between the building's forms and the
From CKS Shilin Residence Park, we hopped into a cab and told the driver to drop us at National Taiwan Science Education Center. There was a modest-sized crowd, but mostly throngs of families and kids that surrounded every corner of the center.
NTSEC building
We went straight to the counter and...
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TAIPEI, Nov 19 - China's Bank of Communications wants to invest $100 million in Taiwan's Taishin Financial, as China and Taiwan work on a deal to boost investment between their financial sectors,...
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Jaman Jahiliyah sudah diambang Pintu - Di Taiwan Manusia memakan bayi manusia.Seluruh Umat wajib mewaspadainya - Beware of what you eat !!Jangan Kaget melihat gambar yang satu ini!!Yang akan anda saksikan adalah sebuah "Kenyataan", jangan bergidik atau takut !!"Ini adalah makanan Taiwan yang paling "HOT" Di Taiwan, jenazah bayi dapatdibeli dengan harga $50 - $70 dari Rumah Sakit untuk menuhi permi
TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- U.S. insurance company American International Group Inc. (AIG) has injected NT$45.11 billion (US$1.36 billion) in fresh capital into its 95%-owned Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. as planned, the Taiwanese life insurer said late Friday.The capital injection by AIG, in proportion to its ownership in the Taiwan unit, is part of Nan Shan's NT$47.22 billion fund raising approved by its
Late Friday Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest wireless carrier, has signed an agreement to become the sole distributor of the iPhone in Taiwan. While this in and of itself is great for Apple, which continues to want to expand its iPhone 3G presence across the globe, the more interesting question is: will this mean a possible iPhone expansion to China soon?
I've been so into watching Taiwan Dramas.Friday night/Saturday morning I was waiting for Pi Li MIT Ep 2 to be uploaded on to youtube until 1plus.Now I'm watching Hot Shot (籃球火) !!Thought I wouldn't like Hot Shot but it's not too bad lehs.Xiao Zhu is very cute & very funny!!! :pNow blogging while waiting for Hot Shot Ep 6 to load.Tired!! Hees..Hot Shot the storyline a tiny bit similar to
The Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Excellence Award for 2008 includes four categories: the Innovation Award of Excellence, the Personal Achievement Award, the Enterprise Innovation Award and the Most Innovative Enterprise Award.Jonney Shih, Chairman of ASUSTeK Computer Inc., says “This latest accolade further strengthens ASUS’ commitment to delivering rock-solid quality, superior aesthetics a
Biography for Pace WuDate of Birth4 October 1978, Taiwan
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Posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super Stars", dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster, which consists of photographs of 300 Asian celebrities by Kee.
Just like Erap, the former president of Taiwan Chen Shui-bian has been detained for corruption charges. Chen got arrested as the court orders to arrest the ex-president. I thought it was just in Philippines but this is the proof that other country leaders like Taiwan has same case and experience as what we had been [...]
Je viens d'ajouter une nouvelle fonction offerte par Blogger, qui va permettre a ceux qui ont un blog et qui aiment bien le miens d'être informer de mes nouveaux posts.Cela se passe dans la colonne de droite, juste au dessus des liens, et cela s'appelle Abonnés Fidèles, il vous suffit de cliquer sur devenir abonne fidèle de ce blog et de suivre les indications pour apparaître publiquement ou
France, Belgium, Italy, Spain... Carrefour Mobile (1 mobile in its baby steps) started in the retailer's neighborhood.Poland was the first major move eastwards.Now Taiwan looks like a giant leap.Of course, Carrefour is a major player on the island with about 60 hypermarkets and 4 M membership cardholders, and times are ripe for a low-end player. But that's a tough and saturated market with 3 exist
Tien Fu-chen, more commonly known as Hebe, is a Taiwanese singer, actress and host, notable as a member of the Taiwanese pop girl group S.H.E. Hebe Tien was encouraged to participate in the show 'Cruel Stage' by its workers. During the first round, her voice started breaking while singing 'Return Home'. Hebe decided to sing a song with a lower key in the final round
Un equipo investigador de la Universidad Nacional de Taiwán anunció hoy el desarrollo de un chip SoC que multiplica por cien la actual velocidad de transmisión inalámbrica de datos.El chip puede transmitir un filme de 4 GB en 10 segundos, mientras que por una red ADSL se tardaría 1,5 horas, dos horas por un dispositivo WiFi y 4,6 horas por un dispositivo Bluetooth, dijo el jefe del proyecto,
The Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) revealed statistics according to which, machinery exports of Taiwan amounted to US $8.557 billion in the first half of this year, up 12.4 percent than in the same period last year. The category of machine tools ranked first in terms of largest export items, with export value reaching US $1.921 billion, up 20.8 percent over the previous year. Spe
In 2008 there will be further trials of mobile payments around the world, including a major European pilot being conducted by O2 in the UK using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology on mobile phones.In addition to O2, there are numerous European mobile network operators working to develop NFC applications, including Bouygues Telecom, KPN, Mobilkom Austria, [...]
Genius has once again been named as one of Taiwan’s Top 20 Global Brands. This is the fourth consecutive year that Genius has been in the Taiwan Top 20 Global Brands. The award not only recognises Genius for its determination in long-term brand building, but also demonstrates the result of positioning itself in the global market as well as its strong ambition in building their global branding,
Kelingkit Taiwan (Malpighia coccigera Linn.) Sinonim : Familia : MalpighiaceaeUraian :Pertama kali ditemukan oleh Marcello Malpighi, seorang ahli ilmu pengetahuan berkebangsaan Itali (1628--1693). Tanaman yang berasal dari Hindia Barat ini tumbuh subur di segala jenis tanah, terutama di tanah Hat. Kelingkit Taiwan sering ditemukan sebagai tanaman pagar atau tanaman hias sampai ket
Today, I gave a one hour lecture to a room full of NCKU Taiwanese students. The topic I was asked to talk about was “Taiwan’s English language Blogosphere”.
Following is the presentation I ended up with
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I gave an overview of some interesting blogs and bloggers I [...]
Earlier this month, I wrote about “Taiwan Best Blog Awards 2008”, and the voting opened today on Taiwanderful. I urge you to go tour the Taiwan blog directory, visit the registered blogs and cast your vote. Everything you want to know is on the Taiwanderful voting post “Taiwan’s Best Blog Awards 2008 - Vote for [...]
Since we already purchased four roundtrip airline tickets, we felt a little dejected when we heard that the regulations for getting a visa to Taiwan is very strict and many applicants have been denied. Even our two nieces who were supposed to travel along with us decided to back out. However, hb...
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Taiwan model and actress Lin Chi-ling performed at a news conference for the 2008 Regent Galleria "Legend" VIP Gala Night in Taipei, Taiwan, September 25, 2008.
The Regent Galleria "Legend" VIP Gala Night is an evening event that displays fashion items from brands like Chanel, Dior, Cartier and Hermes.
One of the first positive culture shocks I encountered in Taiwan had to do with restaurant culture. Everyone eats out, all the time, with an endless variety of restaurants of all kinds, ranging from street dirt-cheap to the most expensive 5 star restaurants (at least in Taipei, in Tainan they’re a little bit harder to [...]
Taiwán ha sido el destino de la trata de mujeres con fines de prostitución, por lo general, de la China continental, Vietnam y Tailandia. Las mujeres de Taiwán también son conocidas por ser la “Carne” de la Yakuza (Mafia Japonesa).
El Gobierno estima hay 30.000 menores en la prostitución en Taiwán. La prostitución hasta el [...]
No último post da série de posts sobre as principais cidades dos Tigres asiáticos e seus atrativos turísticos dito no post Tigres asiáticos, falaremos da cidade de Taipé.Taipé é a capital de Taiwan (atual República da China) e é também conhecida pelo nome de Formosa, tendo aproximadamente 2,5 milhões de habitantes, se destacando principalmente pelo parque industrial forte de acordo com
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Date of birth November 29, 1974 (1974-11-29) (age 33)Place of birth Flag of the Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan)Height 175cmAgency Catwalk Production House
Lin Zhi Ling created a phenomena in Taiwan, it take just less than a year to make her the most talk about celebrity in worldwide Chinese community.
Lin Zhi Ling came from a strong famil
TAIPEI, Sept 15 - Taiwan financial companies and retail investors had about T$80 billion exposure to investments of Lehman Brothers, the island's top financial regulators said on Monday.
Insurers,...
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My brother took a trip to Taiwan in 2006 and he has taken many great pictures. He's a much better photographer than I so, I decided to add some more of his pictures on my site.
With Typhoon Sinlaku now making her way to Japan, here's a minute
or so of night falling on Taipei City - the calm after the storm,
as it were. Sunday night, 6:20pm local time, September 14, 2008.
Industrial Bank of Taiwan plans to invest US$17.5 million in a venture in Ho Chi Minh City, it said in a filing to the Taiwan stock exchange Friday.
The Taipei-based lender Friday won approval from the Financial Supervisory Commission to take a 23.68% stake in the venture with a US bank, said Daphne Wu, a spokeswoman at the bank, who declined to name the partner.
The venture is still awaiting
Jen Chia-Hsüan, more commonly credited as Selina, is a member of the Taiwanese girl-band S.H.E. On June 11, 2004, she graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University with a Bachelor of Education degree, majoring in Civic Education and Leadership. In September 2006, Selina released her first book, Selina Loves Beading (愛的小珠珠), which taught readers how to use
In Taiwan, twenty architects - 10 foreigners and 10 locals - have designed villas for Next-Gene 20 - a residential development located on the north-eastern coast of the country.KUS
The Chen Shui Bian scandal is always on the news. What a mess. Another article I wrote for Israeli Calcalist, this time about the Chen Shui Bian scandal in Taiwan.
Here’s the Hebrew article, followed by a very quick English translation :
שערוריה תוצרת טייוואן
הנשיא לשעבר צ’ן שווי ביאן הודה כי כ-25 מיליון דולר מכספי קמפיין בח
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's Cabinet announced Thursday it will spend up to 120 billion New Taiwan dollars (US$3.7 billion) in a comprehensive package aimed at lifting the sagging economy.
The package,...
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Michael Turton and his race for the best Taiwan politics blog (go vote) got me motivated to put up a small blog awards for our little blogosphere. Hope you’ll like the idea and would want to take part.
Information is posted here : -best-blog-awards-2008
Voting will begin on the 1/10 and will close 31/10, registration of blogs [...]
I just witness the launch of the new product line of Chowking and also the joint venture of Chowking and Lao Dong, one of the oldest chain of restaurants in Taipei. World's beef noodle king is in Manila and was here to share his secret recipe to all chefs and cooks of Chowking Foods Corporation. I just saw and hear what Chef Liu Zheng Hsiung shared to us in how to have the tastiest beef noodle
TAIPEI, Sept 8 - Taiwan's finance ministry is inclined towards cutting the island's tax on share trading to boost the stock market, Minister Lee Sush-der said on Monday.
"We're working towards that...
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Through an Israeli blog on stamps I came across this fascinating story about a stamp that was issued in Communist China on November 1968 called “The entire nation is red”. Have a close look :
There’s an interesting story behind this (source) :
The stamp was quickly withdrawn from circulation because Taiwan, which is claimed by the [...]
TAIPEI, Sept 6 - Taiwan plans to unveil as soon as next week a series of stock-boosting measures, such as letting pension funds invest, to prop up the island's shares languishing at a more than...
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A few weeks back, during the Beijing Olympics, I wrote an article for an Israeli finance newspaper Calcalist about the upcoming Taiwanese Kaohsiung World Games 2009. It was published on the 13th of August in both paper (attached here) and the website. The editors titled it “The Taiwan ‘Olympics’”.
Following is the Hebrew article, followed by [...]
TOKYO, September 5, 2008—Canon Inc. announced today plans to construct new production facilities on the premises of Canon Inc., Taiwan with the aim of expanding production of interchangeable EF lenses for single-lens reflex cameras.Canon currently manufactures EF lenses at: the Canon Inc. Utsunomiya Plant; Oita Canon Inc.; Canon Inc., Taiwan; and Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.The continued grow
TAIPEI, Sept 5 - Taiwan's top chip designer Mediatek Inc on Friday sharply raised its estimate for third-quarter sales growth to 22 to 25 percent due to robust handphone demand in emerging markets...
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Feeling hungry late at night? happens to me alot, but luckily – there’s a lot of street food in Taiwan. Anybody for some 小吃? The ones I really like are the “food trucks”. At the street corner surrounding NCKU and important interjections in Tainan are a few semi-permanent food trucks that serve different types of [...]
We need an expat blogger winner in this blogging competition, and there’s no one better to win it for us than Michael Turton.
The Taiwanese Hi-On website is putting on a Taiwanese Politics and Economics blogging competition and someone has already nominated The View from Taiwan. Michael has made it to the second [...]
Austin, TX - (ZPRYME NEWS) – 09/02/08 – Retail market in Taiwan is primarily related to computer technology. Asian Investor on “Taiwan retail embraces online trading”, reported that studies show that the retail trading accounts in Taiwan is around 6.5 million and roughly 10-15 percent of it belongs to active traders.
At present, changes have been [...]
Back in Tainan City. Last year, same month, it was awful weather - ~35c and repeating monsoon rains, but now it’s a comfortable relatively dry 30-32c with strong winds that make it much easier to bare.
Need to sort out a few things to take care of my stay here for the next academic year. Can’t [...]
I abso- abso- absolutely love this card! The colours are just soooooooo perfect!!! The view is just lovely!! Its a card ticked off my wishlist thanks to Shu-i!It shows the Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall, which has just changed its name from C.K.S Memorial Hall not so long ago.You can also see two pretty Chinese style buildings. The left one is the national theatre, and the right one is the nationa
Logo sambutan ulang tahun kemerdekaan negara ke-51 didakwa mirip logo anugerah produk cemerlang yang diberikan oleh kementerian hal-ehwal ekonomi Taiwan.Logo tiga warna utama Jalur Gemilang yang memenangi hadiah RM10,000 berbeza sedikit daripada lambang anugerah Taiwan, yang serba merah, apabila ia memuatkan tiga bulatan kecil di tengah-tengahnya.Sisi-sisi reka bentuk itu juga (foto atas, kanan) l
From the gorgeous dry weather in Jerusalem to the crazy summer of Taipei.
It can be extremely sunny and clear…
… and then, in an hour, pouring rain, rage rain, impossible to go out…
Yep, with 29c. Photos taken from the 25-something floor of the building next to the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi [...]
Heartthrob No. 0864Name: Roy Qui ZeDate of Birth: October 14, 1981Profession: Actor and singerBirthplace: Taipei, TaiwanStar sign: LibraBlood type: OHeight: 175 cm.Weight: 67 kg.Known for: the tv series "Starry Starry Night" and Movie "P.S. I Love You"
After over a week of embarrassing results for the Israeli athletes Israel finally won a medal. National pride almost completely shattered, but is now somewhat restored. From Xinhua :
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Earlier Wednesday, Zubari, who was considered one of the Israeli Olympic team’s best hopes for a medal, won the bronze medal of the men’s [...]
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I am a frequent visitor of Min Hsuan Lo’s blog. He is probably my favorite bonsai artist and definitely one that I look up to for inspiration and ideas. He has written a few posts showing many pictures of fine bonsai from the Taiwan Bonsai Creator Association’s 11th annual exhibition. It took [...]
I can’t help it. I find the question of whether Taiwan is more similar to Israel or Palestine intriguing, even though one can also easily claim that it’s similar to both or to neither. Aluf Ben has an interesting article in Haaretz from a few days back titled “The Taiwan of the Middle East” :
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Airliners link divided cities 50 years after civil war. A mainland Chinese airliner will touch down in Taiwan today for the first time since the two sides were split by civil war more than 50 years ago. A mainland Chinese airliner will touch down in Taiwan today for the first time since the two sides were split by civil war more than 50 years ago. The historic non-stop flight is one of 48 being l
PlusRaw Video: Tropical Storm Floods Southern TaiwanRaw Video: Tropical Storm Floods Southern TaiwanThe Associated PressAt least four people are dead and a number of others are missing in a tropical storm that’s pounded southern Taiwan with as much as 44 inches of rain in 24 hours. Tropical Storm Kalmaegi is now headed toward China. [...]
Photo by ARTTOver in Taiwan you have a group called; Animal Rescue Team Taiwan (ARTT) which has been working on trying to save the stray dogs. The rescue mission was started by Joseph Nee back in 1995 which has help over three thousand wounded and abused animals that were sent to America, Germany and Denmark for adoption.Read the article by Dimitri Bruyas here.Photo by Dimitri BruyasThen you have
Nation Beauty Magazine, established in 1987, is the most influential company in “Professional Beauty Industries” including whole Asian markets. All the contents and advertisements in our magazine are well received in worldwide. Issue date: Odd month, issue area: Taiwan, Mainland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, user: Professional Beautician, Quantity of the Publication: 20,000 per issue.
Through TaiwanTony, I found out about the English CNN interview with Ma Ying Jiu in “Talk Asia”. It’s the easiest most sympathetic interview Ma could have hoped for and although it was a bit shallow, if not naive, it was still very interesting to watch.
At the beginning Ma seemed held-back and shy, which keeps surprising me. [...]
When last heard of Benq, E55, was the only EDGE-toting cell with a dash style, and some low to mid-end goodies thrown century It turns out, flip phone that can do it too and 3G is the quest for Taiwain, although there is no information on about the issue elsewhere. Other features include 2-inch 176 [...]
The TEXONO Collaboration of the Institute of Physics at the Academia Sinica invites applications from outstanding scientists for Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to support and enhance its experimental programs. Visiting Scientist positions are also available for more senior candidates. Student Fellowships can also be arranged. Academia Sinica is the leading basic research institution i
TAIPEI, July 22 - Taiwan's government pension funds will award institutions mandates worth up to T$120 billion to invest in financial markets within and outside Taiwan in the second half of the year,...
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A few months ago I participated in a study performed by first year undergraduates students in NCKU as part of a university program to encourage Taiwanese undergraduates to tackle English academic level research during their first year with the university. A worthy goal indeed.
This study was especially interesting for me since it was dealing [...]
