http://www.mail.com/locations/42900-taipei.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/42900-taipei.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081216-taiwan-runs-short-volunteers-military-shift.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: not enough volunteers. Such forces are generally considered superior to conscripted ones, because those serving want to be there. Taiwan wants to field a leaner and meaner military of 176,000 volunteers by 2015, in place ... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:32:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081216-taiwan-runs-short-volunteers-military-shift.html 2013-05-14T02:32:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073608-director-ang-lee-touts-diligence-key-to-success.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Academy award-winning director Ang Lee says modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that were part of many of his most notable films. Earlier this year, the Taiwanese filmmaker won his second best director Oscar for "Life of Pi," a fantasy adventure about a 16-year-old Indian boy on... Thu, 09 May 2013 10:45:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073608-director-ang-lee-touts-diligence-key-to-success.html 2013-05-09T10:45:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2025068-taiwan-tech-industry-faces-up-to-samsung.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese companies have long viewed tech giant Samsung as a major threat and the battle has recently appeared to tilt in favor of the South Korean rival as Taiwan's smartphone, memory chip and display panel makers suffered sagging exports. The sales erosion has been driven by competition, some of it from South Korea, and a weak glob... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:27:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2025068-taiwan-tech-industry-faces-up-to-samsung.html 2013-04-17T11:27:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022460-suspects-detained-failed-taiwan-train-bombing.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police say two Taiwanese men have been arrested on charges of planting bombs on a Taiwan high-speed train and at a lawmaker's office. Taipei police chief Wang Cho-chun said the suspects were arrested by police in southern China's Guangdong province and repatriated to Taiwan Tuesday. He says police are questioning the suspects. On Fri... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:55:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022460-suspects-detained-failed-taiwan-train-bombing.html 2013-04-16T08:55:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981524-strong-quake-sways-buildings-taiwan-kills-1.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong earthquake struck central Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at one person and injuring 19 as it damaged buildings on the quake-prone island. The Central Weather Bureau said the magnitude-6.1 earthquake was felt throughout the island. Buildings swayed in the capital, Taipei, and sections of the high-speed rail line were suspended ... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:46:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981524-strong-quake-sways-buildings-taiwan-kills-1.html 2013-03-27T12:46:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1966932-ap-photos-10-years-war-iraq.html The images remain fresh even as the memories fade — the blinding flash of "shock and awe" bombing, the square-jawed confidence of an American president leading his people into war, the cowering prisoner trembling on the ground in the face of a small piece of American power. Fast forward and the images transform like the war itself: the pain of an Iraqi mo... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:34:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1966932-ap-photos-10-years-war-iraq.html 2013-03-20T11:34:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1963722-ex-us-diplomat-rankles-taiwan-with-defense-remarks.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The former top American diplomat in Taiwan has said that the island's declining military budgets have left it vulnerable to Chinese attack and made it easier for mainland spies to penetrate its armed forces, remarks that the defense ministry called "not entirely objective." The comments from William Stanton constituted an unusually h... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:41:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1963722-ex-us-diplomat-rankles-taiwan-with-defense-remarks.html 2013-03-19T00:41:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907550-taiwan-media-kingpin-pushes-hard-china-ties.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Appearing last year before Taiwanese regulators, billionaire media magnate Tsai Eng-meng appeared perplexed over a decision to fine his flagship newspaper for carrying camouflaged advertising on behalf of China's Communist government. "I really don't understand this," said Tsai, who became Taiwan's richest individual by selling treac... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:23:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907550-taiwan-media-kingpin-pushes-hard-china-ties.html 2013-02-22T05:23:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1893812-film-fans-asia-want-light-fun-oscars-wait.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lights, camera, laughs. Tens of millions of film fanatics are entering theaters around Asia during the long Lunar New Year holiday, but Hollywood can't count on them to boost the box office for its mostly serious Oscar nominees. Even with the Academy Awards buzz at a peak barely two weeks before the ceremony, patrons are opting for l... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:45:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1893812-film-fans-asia-want-light-fun-oscars-wait.html 2013-02-15T15:45:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1877100-chinese-world-worries-that-year-snake-bite.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As Indiana Jones might say: Why did it have to be the Year of the Snake? When the Chinese-speaking world ushers in its new year on Sunday, its 12-year zodiac will turn from the dragon to one of the world's most despised animals. As undeserved as the snake's reputation might be, its last two years did not go so well: 2001 was the year... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1877100-chinese-world-worries-that-year-snake-bite.html 2013-02-08T09:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1867460-foxconn-to-widen-scope-union-elections.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan-owned Foxconn Technology Group, a leading maker of Apple's iPhones and gadgets for other global brands, is widening the scope of union elections at its sprawling facilities in China. The move, confirmed by the company Monday, follows a series of recommendations from an international panel requested by Apple to audit conditions... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1867460-foxconn-to-widen-scope-union-elections.html 2013-02-05T01:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1837356-court-native-taiwan-snubs-obama-gown-designer.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Judges in his native Taiwan seem unimpressed that Jason Wu has designed two inaugural gowns for U.S. first lady Michelle Obama. Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court ruled Monday that Wu's new label "Miss Wu" could not be registered as a brand because it was not distinctive enough. Wu is one of only several dozen Chinese surnames, and... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1837356-court-native-taiwan-snubs-obama-gown-designer.html 2013-01-22T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1788000-jay-chou-raps-corrupt-eunuch.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's pop king Jay Chou has played roles as varied as superhero, vampire and cowboy. So his latest album about an influential but corrupt court eunuch may not sound all that odd to his fans. In "Gong Gong with A Headache" released Thursday, Chou raps about the eunuch who has a secret passion for women but "must not touch them." ''... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 07:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1788000-jay-chou-raps-corrupt-eunuch.html 2012-12-27T07:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760136-us-expert-nkorea-rocket-launches-satellite.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An American space expert said North Korea has succeeded in launching a satellite into space. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said late Tuesday from Cambridge, Massachusetts, that the three-stage Unha-3 rocket launched early Wednesday morning delivered the satellite into orbit and constituted "a pe... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760136-us-expert-nkorea-rocket-launches-satellite.html 2012-12-12T03:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1741424-imperial-court-drama-thrills-taiwan-dismays-china.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A television series about imperial palace drama in the 17th century has captivated viewers in Taiwan, but its emphasis on the dark side of human nature has made it less popular with cultural authorities in China. "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has a Qing dynasty setting and its main characters are fictional concubines vying for the empero... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1741424-imperial-court-drama-thrills-taiwan-dismays-china.html 2012-12-04T05:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1721248-chinas-beijing-blues-wins-taiwan-film-fest.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's "Beijing Blues" has won the best film award at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival, an event considered the Chinese-language Oscars. Hong Kong's Johnnie To is taking home the best director's award "Beijing Blues" portrays the lives of the ordinary urban dwellers through the work of a squad of plainclothes crime-hunters. At Sa... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1721248-chinas-beijing-blues-wins-taiwan-film-fest.html 2012-11-24T14:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719476-beijings-s-china-sea-rivals-protest-passport-map.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has enraged several neighbors with a few dashes on a map, printed in its newly revised passports that show it staking its claim on the entire South China Sea and even Taiwan. Inside the passports, an outline of China printed in the upper left corner includes Taiwan and the sea, hemmed in by the dashes. The change highlights Chi... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1719476-beijings-s-china-sea-rivals-protest-passport-map.html 2012-11-23T10:14:00Z