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• HTC named most innovative company in Taiwan for 2nd year
• Winners at Taipei Facebook hackathon share tips
• TransGlobe signs deal to take over Kuo Hua Life
• Zara to ban toxins in clothing after Greenpeace campaign
• Taiwan releases YouTube film to back UN climate change bid
• China plans four carrier strike groups
• China, Japan must turn back from path of destruction: Russian scholar
• Apple turns to Chinese suppliers to replace Samsung
• Packaging responsible for tainted Jiugui liquor products: experts
• LDK Solar sued for loan default
• Taiwan's filmmakers lash out in defense of Golden Horse Awards
• Two More Self-Immolations
• China's two largest film distributors prepare for IPO
• CCTV joins media bandwagon critiquing China's labor camps
• Dwarf sperm whale stranded on southern Taiwan beach
• Citizen Journalists in China
• Taiwan can help China produce plasticizer-free goods: report
• Liaon-king? Northeast province plans 'Circle of Life' ferris wheel
• Top China Stories from WSJ: South Africa, iPhone Approval, Lenovo
• KFC China respond to toxic chemical in chicken feed

HTC named most innovative company in Taiwan for 2nd year Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:15 AM PST Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC has been named the most innovative company in Taiwan for the second straight year, according to the results of a survey released Thursday. HTC topped the list because ...

Winners at Taipei Facebook hackathon share tips Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:15 AM PST Several local winners at the 2012 Facebook Developer World Hack competition shared their winning strategies on Thursday, with the hope of establishing a programming culture in Taiwan. The event, whic...

TransGlobe signs deal to take over Kuo Hua Life Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:15 AM PST TransGlobe Life Insurance signed an agreement Thursday with the Taiwan Insurance Guaranty Fund to take over the financially troubled Kuo Hua Life Insurance after putting up a winning bid earlier in th...

Zara to ban toxins in clothing after Greenpeace campaign Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:15 AM PST One of the world's top clothing retailers committed Thursday to eliminating the use of potentially toxic chemicals in its products by 2020 in response to a worldwide campaign by Greenpeace. Inditex, ...

Taiwan releases YouTube film to back UN climate change bid Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:43 AM PST Taiwan has released a new short film on YouTube to highlight the country's bid to participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to fight global warming. The 12-min...

China plans four carrier strike groups Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:39 AM PST Having commissioned its first aircraft carrier, a refitted vessel originally bought from Ukraine, China plans to build three further carriers that will be domestically designed, reports our sister Chi...

China, Japan must turn back from path of destruction: Russian scholar Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:27 AM PST It is essential that China and Japan come to terms over disputed islands in the East China Sea in order to prevent a war that would bring great destruction, says Andrey Ivanov, a scholar from the Mosc...

Apple turns to Chinese suppliers to replace Samsung Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:27 AM PST Although the major beneficiaries of the continuing components war between Apple and Samsung are Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese manufacturers, Chinese manufacturers are also managing to grab a piece of...

Packaging responsible for tainted Jiugui liquor products: experts Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:23 AM PST Industry experts have said the Jiugui liquor company products recently discovered to have been tainted with dangerously high levels of plasticizers in China's latest food safety scandal were most like...

LDK Solar sued for loan default Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:23 AM PST Jiangxi-based solar wafer producer LDK Solar has become the first solar energy company in China sued for defaulting on loans as the Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank has filed a suit against the firm for...

Taiwan's filmmakers lash out in defense of Golden Horse Awards Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:51 AM PST Taiwanese movie directors have lashed out at legislators who have suggested the Golden Horse Awards be abolished because Taiwan-produced films won too few awards this year, our sister newspaper the Ch...

Two More Self-Immolations Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:45 PM PST Two more Tibetans have burned themselves to death in protest against Chinese rule in Tibetan-populated areas, sources said Thursday as a U.S.-based human rights group said the increasing burning protests highlight a failure of the Chinese authorities to address Tibetan grievances. The latest burnings by two men in Gansu province brings the self-immolation toll to 89 so far, with 27 occurring this month alone. Tsering Tashi, 31, set himself ablaze near a local government office in Luchu (in Chinese, Luqu) county on Thursday while Bendey Khar, 21, died after torching himself in Tsoe (Hezuo) county on Wednesday, Tibetan exile sources with contacts in the region said. Both the counties are in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Tsering Tashi, a father of two young daughters—seven and three years old—self-immolated "in protest against the Chinese policy in Tibet and for Tibetan political freedom," an exile Tibetan with contacts in the county told RFA's Tibetan service. Bendey Khar, 21, "called for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet, the release of all Tibetan political prisoners, freedom of religion and language as well as the protection of Tibet's fragile environment," according to the Central Tibetan Administration, the official name of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in India's Dharamsala hill town, where Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is living. Sources said security has been tightened in the two areas where the self-immolations occurred. Most of the self-immolation protests that began in February 2009 were aimed at highlighting opposition to Chinese rule and seeking the return of the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet after a failed national revolt against Chinese occupation in 1959. Failure The rise in the burning protests highlights the failure of Chinese authorities to address Tibetan grievances, Human Rights Watch said in a statement Thursday. It said that Beijing's increasingly pervasive and punitive security measures in response to the protests have "exacerbated the situation" in Tibetan areas of China.   "Self-immolation is an act of complete desperation to bring attention to the plight of Tibetans," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "Instead of stepping up repression and driving people to believe there is no hope of change, Beijing needs to take steps to respond to Tibetans' grievances." The group said Beijing had authorized increasingly aggressive moves against both individual Tibetans and Tibetan communities where the self-immolations had taken place. Since late October, officials have responded to the burning protests by punishing the families and communities of protestors, characterizing immolations as criminal offenses, arresting those associated with the self-immolators, and by deploying paramilitary forces and restricting communications and travel in areas where the protests have occurred. Human Rights Watch asked governments committed to promoting human rights to jointly urge the Chinese government to address Tibetan grievances. It suggested that they form a contact group or issue a joint statement on longstanding human rights problems in Tibet. "The central government should devote as much energy to addressing the deep-rooted problems facing Tibetans as it is on punishing the families of those who have taken the drastic step of protesting by self-immolating," Adams said. "Coordinated, international expressions of concern are essential to get Beijing to substantively address the issues being raised by Tibetans." Reported by RFA's Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.

China's two largest film distributors prepare for IPO Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:07 AM PST Two leading film distributors in China, China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group, are in the process of their initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The raised funds are expected to f...

CCTV joins media bandwagon critiquing China's labor camps Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:55 AM PST Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has jumped on to the media bandwagon examining the country's flawed correctional system of re-education through labor camps and interviewed a ...

Dwarf sperm whale stranded on southern Taiwan beach Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:51 AM PST A dwarf sperm whale was found stranded on a beach in southern Taiwan's Chiayi county with bruises in its underside, local firefighters said Tuesday. Firefighters and environmental officials have admi...

Citizen Journalists in China Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:11 PM PST When you hear "journalist in China," what do you think of? A reporter for state-run media? Someone who works for a major international news organization?

Taiwan can help China produce plasticizer-free goods: report Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:35 AM PST Taiwanese enterprises should consider taking the opportunity to provide China and international markets with plasticizer-free products, following a recent scandal in China where a well-known liquor br...

Liaon-king? Northeast province plans 'Circle of Life' ferris wheel Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:35 AM PST Fushun, a city in China's northeastern Liaoning province, plans to build a landmark ferris wheel called the Sheng Ming Zhi Huan, or the "Circle of Life." The contract price for the construction is rep...

Top China Stories from WSJ: South Africa, iPhone Approval, Lenovo Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:55 PM PST South Africa has emerged as a key ally for China in its efforts to spread the yuan; Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 is likely to go on sale in China in the coming weeks; Lenovo is trying to challenge dominant smartphone brands.

KFC China respond to toxic chemical in chicken feed Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:24 PM PST KFC food commercial in China. Beijing, China – On November 29, KFC China published its statement and denies any toxic chemicals in chicken feed procedure from their supplier. Fast food chain restaurants like KFC and McDonald's were exposed using antibiotics and other toxic chemicals during the chicken feeding. It was reported that Suhai Group, a chicken meat supplier in Shanxi Province has been feeding excessive antibiotics and toxic additives. It takes only 45 days for chicks to become fully grown chickens. Suhai Group then found out to be a meat supplier for both McDonald's and KFC in China. KFC soon responded that only 1% of its chicken was purchased from Suhai, while McDonald's said Suhai Group is not its current supplier any more. Suhai Group also stated that 45 days is a normal growing period for chickens, their standard is up to the state requirement. In the statement from KFC, the company insists "there is no evidence showing that Suhai Group has illegal business operations." The statement also said "KFC requires all raw material supplier complete a safety measure and implement sampling". KFC believes its consumer will make judgement based on scientific concept, and will not be affected by rumors, the statement said. Local government in Shanxi has sent a team of experts to Suhai Group to evaluate its farm, warehouses, feeding plant, veterinary facility and slaughter plant. The inspection will be finished in 4 to 5 days after extract samples of feeding ingredients and chicken products. FMN

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