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- Make Kinmen and Matsu like Hong Kong and Macau: DPP thinktank
- Taiwan set to relax rules on political donations
- 'Aircraft Carrier Style' bumps off Gangnam Style in China
- Belize grants Taiwan citizens visa-free treatment
- If You're Not The One: Ex-wife upstages husband on dating show
- EU to study recognition of Taiwan's organic certification: official
- Annual growth rate of commercial sales in Taiwan may bottom out in Nov
- Baidu plans to raise US$1.5 billion by issuing bonds
- Tsui Wah Serves Up Fast Food, and Fast Profits, on IPO Debut
- More Taiwanese save for retirement than Chinese: poll
- Nexus 7 tablet's latest version to hit Taiwanese stores next month
- Not yet for China's stock and property markets, says Jim Rogers
- Art Studio Lock Up in Beijing Provokes Demonstration
- Monthly pension of US$962 enough for retirement in Taiwan: poll
- ‘Red Dawn’ Spurs Anti-Asian Tweets
- Taiwan's 'romantic' tourist campaign draws mixed reactions
- Beijing-Guangzhou rail cuts 14 hours of travel time
- J-15 fighter jet engineer Luo Yang dies of heart attack
- China's machinery makers brace for hardship amid slowdown
- Jet designer dies after carrier glory
| Make Kinmen and Matsu like Hong Kong and Macau: DPP thinktank Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:47 AM PST Taiwan Thinktank, a research body run by Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, has suggested the government should view the islands of Kinmen and Matsu in the Taiwan Strait in a similar wa... | ||
| Taiwan set to relax rules on political donations Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:39 AM PST The Control Yuan, Taiwan's government watchdog, has urged the Ministry of the Interior to amend the Political Donations Act so more campaign funds can be allowed in future elections, our sister newspa... | ||
| 'Aircraft Carrier Style' bumps off Gangnam Style in China Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:27 AM PST Move over Gangnam Style — a new move is taking China by storm. Hot on the heels of the invisible horse dance popularized by the song Gangnam Style by South Korean artist PSY, Chinese netizens have... | ||
| Belize grants Taiwan citizens visa-free treatment Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:23 AM PST The Belize government has agreed to grant Taiwan passport holders visa-free privileges when traveling to the Central American country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Belize, which will ... | ||
| If You're Not The One: Ex-wife upstages husband on dating show Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:23 AM PST When the former wife of a contestant on Chinese reality dating show If You Are the One was asked to appear on the show to offer comments on her ex-husband, it worked out somewhat better for her than f... | ||
| EU to study recognition of Taiwan's organic certification: official Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:15 AM PST The European Union will study whether or not to recognize Taiwan's organic produce certification, a Taiwanese official said Monday. Vice economics minister Francis Liang said the EU has agreed to inc... | ||
| Annual growth rate of commercial sales in Taiwan may bottom out in Nov Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:15 AM PST Taiwan's commercial sales in November are forecast to drop, but the annual growth rate could end a five-month decline for the first time because of the lower base rate from the same period of last yea... | ||
| Baidu plans to raise US$1.5 billion by issuing bonds Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:59 AM PST Chinese internet search giant Baidu plans to raise some US$1.5 billion through the sale of bonds under its debut dollar issue that will help the company settle some existing debts and generate funds f... | ||
| Tsui Wah Serves Up Fast Food, and Fast Profits, on IPO Debut Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:42 PM PST Busy Hong Kongers like their meals quick and easy. The same seems to be true for their investments, if restaurant operator Tsui Wah Holdings Ltd.'s debut on Monday is anything to go by. | ||
| More Taiwanese save for retirement than Chinese: poll Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST A little over half of the Taiwanese respondents to a recent poll said they were saving for retirement, which is higher than the 26% respondents in China, but lower than Hong Kong's 60%. Given multi... | ||
| Nexus 7 tablet's latest version to hit Taiwanese stores next month Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST Taiwan's Asustek Computer will sell a new version of its co-branded tablet computer along with Google in Taiwan from next month to bolster its presence in the low-price segment, the company said Satur... | ||
| Not yet for China's stock and property markets, says Jim Rogers Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:31 AM PST Jim Rogers, a prominent investor and founder of world's largest hedge fund firm, Quantum Fund, said he is exercising patience as he pays close attention to China's stock and real estate markets, Shang... | ||
| Art Studio Lock Up in Beijing Provokes Demonstration Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:20 PM PST  798 Art Zone's founder Xu Yong leads artists in protest after his Beijing studio was closed. (Weibo.com) Frustrated artists protested in Beijing's 789 Arts District last week, angry at the lock up of artist Xu Yong's popular 798 Space gallery, as well as arbitrary rent hikes and illegal fees, all made as part of an apparent attempt by the authorities to drive artists out of the area. Xu and the Seven Star Property Management Company have disputed the more than doubled rental increase since last year, and the management closed down the property just before the opening banquet the 5th European Union Film Festival, reported Global Times, a regime mouthpiece. The company opened the property temporarily for the banquet, "But they didn't open the door Saturday until I promised to give them all the proceeds from the banquet," Xu said to the Chinese press. He said this would be 70,000 yuan ($11,207) paid by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China for the venue. After the banquet, his studio was locked up, and the utilities were shut off. This week, Xu was told that he had three days to remove everything.
Xu contends that he has made an effort to negotiate an agreement with the company and has attempted to pay rent according to the prior agreement, but has met with no success. Other artists have been forced to move to lower rent areas, and artist Hua Guang accused the property management company of raising rents irrationally. He said that rent has increased five to 10 times in the last two to three years. The lease terms also had been reduced to only one year, making it difficult for the art galleries to make long-term plans. Huang Rui, one of the first artists to move in to the 798 Arts District, explained that his initial rent was 0.6 yuan per square meter per day and currently it is 3.5 yuan. He pointed out the negative emotional effects of the severe increases. Still other artists point to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the instigator of the harassment. The artists believe that they are victimized because their performances and art works cause people to reflect on issues in society that the CCP would prefer remained covered up. Beijing-based poet Wang Zang told The Epoch Times that before the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the police were harassing workers in the Beijing 798 Arts District. Wang said the Party does not like the various trends and movements in the arts community, including poetry and literary arts. However, the artists do not want to confine themselves to "Party Culture" themes that glorify the CCP. The Party is afraid of the works by the artists, he thinks, and they are encouraging high rents to drive the artists away from the popular tourist spot. There is evidence for the Party's involvement in the restraint of artists: recently dissident poet Li Bifeng was given a 12-year jail term, Tibetan filmmaker Golog Jigme Gyatso was rearrested, and a video by perennial dissident Ai Weiwei was video, per standard practice. Related ArticlesRead the original Chinese article. The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter.
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| Monthly pension of US$962 enough for retirement in Taiwan: poll Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:11 AM PST The majority of Taiwanese workers hope to retire at age 58.5 on average and need at least NT$28,000 (US$962) per month to live on after retirement, the results of a survey showed Sunday. Just over 78... | ||
| ‘Red Dawn’ Spurs Anti-Asian Tweets Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:44 PM PST Days after the release of the "Red Dawn" remake, which swapped the 1982 original's Soviet threat for a modern-day Asian invasion, hateful, fearful and mocking messages have begun popping up on Twitter. | ||
| Taiwan's 'romantic' tourist campaign draws mixed reactions Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:03 AM PST Some foreign tourists participating in the Tourism Bureau's matchup travel campaign said Sunday that the tour has met their expectations, while others said the lack of interaction between tourists mad... | ||
| Beijing-Guangzhou rail cuts 14 hours of travel time Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:43 AM PST The high-speed rail route from Beijing to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will open next month, cutting the 2,200-km journey time by 14 hours, according to the Ministry of Railways. A trial op... | ||
| J-15 fighter jet engineer Luo Yang dies of heart attack Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:31 AM PST China's head researcher and developer of the J-15 fighter jet died after a heart attack on Sunday, according to the state-owned China News Service. The 51-year-old Luo Yang had been involved in a tra... | ||
| China's machinery makers brace for hardship amid slowdown Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:31 AM PST China's machinery industry should brace for continuing hardships and seek higher growth quality, as the industry is being hit hard by the country's economic slowdown, an expert said Sunday. Cai Weici... | ||
| Jet designer dies after carrier glory Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:24 PM PST China's success in managing the precision landing of its J-15 fighter jet on the country's first aircraft carrier on Sunday was overshadowed by the sudden death of Luo Yang, the scientist who had designed the jet. 
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