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Apple unveils Chinese-language features with iOS 6

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:26 AM PDT

Apple on Thursday released its latest mobile operating system, iOS 6, which offers its own map service and improvements to the Siri voice assistant, which can now recognize Mandarin Chinese and Canton...

Rare earth prices slump amid slowdown

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:22 AM PDT

Prices of China's rare earth products dropped sharply over the past month as market demand remained weak amid the economic slowdown. Data from Baichuan Information, a raw material information provide...

China releases new financial reform plan

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:02 AM PDT

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, on Monday released a financial reform plan for the 2011-2015 period. The plan includes reforms regarding the marketization of exchange and inte...

The reality of Taiwanese working holidays

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:58 AM PDT

"Making money" is almost the least important reason for a working holiday, a poll by the Kang Wen Culture and Education Foundation said on Sept. 19. The foundation conducted the poll on 226 young Tai...

Hong Kong election candidates take tips from Taiwan

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:58 AM PDT

The atmosphere surrounding elections in Hong Kong is becoming closer to the atmosphere around election times in Taiwan, our sister newspaper Want Daily reported on Sept. 19. Although the newspaper di...

Australians fair to everyone: Taiwanese student

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:58 AM PDT

Lan Tsu-hsiang, a PhD candidate from National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, says he did not feel like a low-end laborer when spent a working holiday in Australia and that Australi...

US scholars praise new Taiwan envoy

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:54 AM PDT

Noted American scholars versed in Taiwan and China affairs have praised the nomination of King Pu-tsung, one of Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou's most trusted proteges, as Taiwan's new representative...

Key Ma aide King Pu-tsung named Taiwan's US representative

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:42 AM PDT

The appointment of King Pu-tsung, former Kuomintang secretary-general, as Taiwan's new representative to the United States suggests the country's government values its relationship with the US more th...

Top China Stories from WSJ: Vegas VIPs, Nexen Deal, Japan Trade

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:23 PM PDT

Chinese high rollers bring a controversial business with them to Las Vegas, Nexen shareholders approve Cnooc's proposed $15 billion acquisition, Japan looks into complaints of customs delays for goods going to China and more.

Ma hopes Taiwan can get US visa waiver status by year-end

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:26 AM PDT

Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday that he hopes the United States will grant visa-free status to Taiwan by the end of this year. Ma said that after three years of efforts, the US nomin...

Overloaded vehicles blamed for Harbin bridge collapse

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT

A collapse of a bridge ramp that occurred in northeast China's Heilongjiang province in August was caused by overloaded vehicles, an investigation team said Wednesday. The team's investigation showed...

Hon Hai to build new factory complex in Brazil

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co said Wednesday it will sign an agreement with the government of Brazil to build manufacturing plants in the South American country. Hon Hai, better known as Fox...

Sperm banks in China seek more donors amid shortage

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:06 AM PDT

Sperm banks in several Chinese cities are struggling with a shortage of sperm, as legal hurdles and cultural perceptions have reduced donor numbers. Medical experts said a growing number of infertile...

Former Straits Exchange Foundation chairman to head business club

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:06 AM PDT

Former Straits Exchange Foundation chairman Chiang Pin-kung has confirmed that he will accept an offer to become the new chairman of the Third Wednesday Club, but denies that he will also be replacing...

Most Americans support strong relations with China: poll

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:06 AM PDT

Most Americans support the US government in building a strong relationship with China, which they consider a competitor as opposed to an enemy, says a new poll released on Tuesday. Sixty-five perce...

China willing to push forward trade calculation reforms: official

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:02 AM PDT

China's vice minister of commerce Gao Hucheng said Wednesday that China is willing to actively push for reforms regarding the way global trade is calculated. "As a major participant and beneficiary...

Sleepy Islands and a Smoldering Dispute

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:00 PM PDT

A clash over contested territory has set off worries about the effect on business ties between China and Japan.

Diaoyutai row could cost Tokyo's Olympic bid: Taiwan IOC member

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:26 AM PDT

The dispute over islands in the East China Sea could be harmful to Tokyo's bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2020, Wu Ching-kuo, Taiwan's only International Olympic Committee member, said Tuesday. ...

US beef imports to Taiwan to reach pre-ban levels by 2013

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:26 AM PDT

By the end of the 2012, imports of US beef to Taiwan are expected to reach two thirds of the level previous to a ban imposed on the products and will revert to full levels by the end of 2013, the US M...

Japan demands indemnity for riot damage in China

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:26 AM PDT

With anti-Japanese demonstrations still going on in China over the Japanese government's nationalization of disputed islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo has demanded the Chinese government pay compen...

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