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• China warns on U.S. arms package for Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's president welcomed a U.S. decision to sell the island up to $6.5 billion in advanced weaponry, while China warned the move would damage relations between Beijing and Washington. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei ...
• Pentagon: China cancels some military contacts
WASHINGTON - China has canceled some military contacts with the Pentagon as a result of America's recent announcement of a planned arms sale to Taiwan, a Pentagon official said Monday. Beijing has notified the U.S. that it will not go forward with ...
• Where have all the little Plutos gone?
... scientists thought would reveal objects too tiny to be spotted directly. But the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey, called TAOS, didn't see any flickers. Scientists accumulated more than 200 hours of data using three telescopes in Taiwan that ...
• Asian markets mixed after global rate cuts
South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan lowered their interest rates, joining a series of cuts Wednesday in the United States, Europe and China aimed at stabilizing global markets that have plunged sharply this week. But lower interest rates alone are ...
• Government considers taking stakes in banks
On Thursday, rates in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan were also trimmed and Asian markets appeared to find their feet after a brutal round of selling Wednesday. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose more than 1 percent but fell back to close ...