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• Taiwan introduces content rating system for online games
• US-Taiwan beef dispute impacts trade, not visa waivers: AIT
• Taiwan's falling exports 'alarming': President Ma
• Taiwan improves technique for farming 'green caviar'
• Despite recession, EU companies to step up China investment
• YouTube co-founder considers Taiwan office for startups
• Chinese consul visits earthquake-stricken area in Italy
• Beijing not surprised by Ma's 'one ROC, two areas' stance
• New DPP chairman reaffirms Taiwan-centric stance
• Air Pollution Fuels Hospital Visits in Hong Kong
• Top China Stories from WSJ: IPO Pulled, Banks Cut off Europe Lenders, Shaw Prizes
• Protesters Publically Memorialize Tiananmen Anniversary in Guizhou Province
• Tibetan Mother of Three Self-Immolates in China's Sichuan Province
• Taiwan to see partial lunar eclipse on June 4
• Chinese spokesman supports cross-strait romance
• Sina Weibo introduces new standards for acceptable content
• Father of Tiananmen Square victim commits suicide
• Tangshan earthquake: An aftershock of the Cultural Revolution?
• Men In Black censors cover up Chinese alien threat
• Carrefour China looking for domestic talent

Taiwan introduces content rating system for online games Posted: 31 May 2012 04:31 AM PDT Game developers, distributors and providers have been ordered by Taiwan's government to label their products with ratings showing their suitability for children. The Ministry of Economic Affairs ann...

US-Taiwan beef dispute impacts trade, not visa waivers: AIT Posted: 31 May 2012 04:31 AM PDT Taiwan's ban on US beef containing the leanness-enhancing drug ractopamine has impacted bilateral trade relations but is not linked to any other agendas, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said We...

Taiwan's falling exports 'alarming': President Ma Posted: 31 May 2012 04:31 AM PDT Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday that the decline in Taiwan's exports is "alarming." The president urged further economic cooperation with the country's major trading partners to impro...

Taiwan improves technique for farming 'green caviar' Posted: 31 May 2012 04:23 AM PDT Taiwan's Tungkang Biotechnology Research Center has developed a new technique for farming sea grapes, a species of seaweed with high economic value, after nearly five years of research. The research...

Despite recession, EU companies to step up China investment Posted: 31 May 2012 04:16 AM PDT Most European Union companies are going to increase their investments in China, reports the First Financial Daily in Shanghai, citing an annual survey by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Chin...

YouTube co-founder considers Taiwan office for startups Posted: 31 May 2012 04:15 AM PDT YouTube co-founder Steve Chen said Wednesday he is considering setting up a Taiwan unit of AVOS Systems as part of efforts to foster a more friendly environment for startups. AVOS is an internet com...

Chinese consul visits earthquake-stricken area in Italy Posted: 31 May 2012 03:55 AM PDT Yan Hualong, the Chinese vice-consul in Milan, visited the earthquake-stricken area in northern Italy to express his sympathy for the Chinese citizens living there, reports state-run China News Servic...

Beijing not surprised by Ma's 'one ROC, two areas' stance Posted: 31 May 2012 03:51 AM PDT The Taiwan Affairs Office of China's State Council said Wednesday that it was not surprised by Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou's mentioning the notion of "one Republic of China, two areas" in his May...

New DPP chairman reaffirms Taiwan-centric stance Posted: 31 May 2012 03:43 AM PDT Su Tseng-chang, the new chairman of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, reaffirmed his party's stance that Taiwan's future should be decided by the Taiwanese people upon being sworn in t...

Air Pollution Fuels Hospital Visits in Hong Kong Posted: 30 May 2012 07:23 PM PDT Deteriorating air quality in Hong Kong is sending more people to hospital, says a new survey.

Top China Stories from WSJ: IPO Pulled, Banks Cut off Europe Lenders, Shaw Prizes Posted: 30 May 2012 06:36 PM PDT London-based Graff Diamonds will postpone its $1 billion IPO in Hong Kong; some of China's biggest banks have cut off a handful of their European counterparts from borrowing and derivatives trading; this year's Shaw Prizes, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Asia, were announced.

Protesters Publically Memorialize Tiananmen Anniversary in Guizhou Province Posted: 30 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT In the lead up to the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, residents of Guiyang city, the capital of South China's Guizhou province, held a memorial.

Tibetan Mother of Three Self-Immolates in China's Sichuan Province Posted: 30 May 2012 07:10 AM PDT On Wednesday afternoon, a 33-year-old mother of three self-immolated near the Jonang Monastery in Aba Prefecture of Sichuan province.

Taiwan to see partial lunar eclipse on June 4 Posted: 31 May 2012 02:03 AM PDT Weather permitting, astronomy buffs will be treated to a partial lunar eclipse on June 4, when more than 30% of the moon's surface is expected to be shaded, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said Tuesda...

Chinese spokesman supports cross-strait romance Posted: 31 May 2012 02:03 AM PDT A Chinese official on Wednesday said it is "very natural" that a young man and a young woman from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait would get together and develop mutual affection. Yang Yi, spokesma...

Sina Weibo introduces new standards for acceptable content Posted: 31 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT Sina Weibo, the most popular local equivalent of Twitter in China, on Monday implemented a new management system and a community pact as well as a user credit points system. A user who makes a cumulat...

Father of Tiananmen Square victim commits suicide Posted: 31 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT The father of a young man killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown committed suicide following the government's rejection of his appeal for redress, which he sought for over 20 years, according t...

Tangshan earthquake: An aftershock of the Cultural Revolution? Posted: 31 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT An earthquake struck Tangshan, a city in China's Hebei province, on Monday, causing public unrest and discussions on the internet. Netizens in China have begun associating the earthquake with the Cult...

Men In Black censors cover up Chinese alien threat Posted: 31 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT "MIB means what you think you saw, you did not see," rapped Will Smith in the song that accompanied his 1997 movie Men In Black about government agents who cover up the threat to the planet from alien...

Carrefour China looking for domestic talent Posted: 31 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT France's Carrefour SA China plans to recruit Chinese MBA students as store managers to support its fast expansion plans into the world's second largest economy. "Carrefour China will recruit more tha...