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A Japanese educational company is recalling 10,000 electronic talking globes after customers complained that self-governing Taiwan was labeled a part of the People's Republic of China.

1,200 bikini clad girls gathered in Guangzhou and stood in the shape of Olympic circles to celebrate the summer games. The spectacle set a new Guinness record. China has a penchant for such huge manuevours. We hold the world record for the biggest mooncake, the most people eating hotpot at the same time. And now the biggest gathering of bikinis.

Taiwan has revised its high-school history textbooks to show that Taiwan is an independent country and not part of China, media reports said Monday.

The China Times said that on the education ministry's order, the title of the national history textbook for high-school - to be used after the winter vacation - has been changed from 'National History' to 'China History'.

In this textbook, terms like 'our country,' 'this country' and 'the mainland' have been changed to 'China' to indicate that Taiwan is not part of China, the daily said.

Four male students from Tsinghua University ran a few laps of their campus courtyard, naked, one night early this month to celebrate their graduation. The pictures have spread like wildfire on the Internet..

Can you imagine what Taiwan looked like 50 years ago? Bob Ronald just celebrated his 50 years living in Taiwan, he shares here his first impressions when arrived to the island. You might be surprised as it might not be so far from one's more actual experience...

ESWN posts an alleged list of banned terms in Xinhua's news reporting. The first three sections of the list seem pretty routine, outlining who can be named, what terms to use for disabled people, etc.

It's when it gets to the forth section that controversy rears its head. Lots of quoted use of Taiwan governmental bodies, rules about never using the term "president" in relation to Taiwan and a load of other interesting nuggets.

None of it is surprising, but it is an interesting read regardless.

Lin Chiling is a superstar in Taiwan and China, or just China if you think Taiwan belongs to the mainland.

While companies from all over the world have benefited from off-shore development and a global workforce, the off-shore model can often create a lot of pain for the employees, especially those in the off-shore centers.

An interesting self criticism of medias in Taiwan made by a taiwanese journalist!