some media outlets turned their attent ion to the venues. The two Beijing skyline-changing stadiums, the 'Bird's' Nest' and the 'Water Cube,' certainly made an impression, but now some are wondering what their post-games function will be.
TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (2412.TW), Taiwan's largest telecom operator, is studying the acquisition of up to 5 pct of PCCW Ltd unit HKT Group Holdings Ltd for about 3 bln twd, the Commercial Times reported, without citing sources.
ROME -- President Ma Ying-jeou has appealed to China in a recent interview with an Italian weekly to remove its bulk of missiles targeting Taiwan as a gesture of goodwill to facilitate detente across the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan plans to scale back its military spending in 2009 amid warming ties with rival China, it was reported yesterday. Military spending will be 315.2 billion Taiwan dollars (10 billion US), a decline of 10.
The Chinese mainland was Taiwan's biggest export market in the first half, accounting for almost a third of the island's exports, according to the island's trade bureau. Taiwan's trade surplus with the mainland in the first half amounted to 24.
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