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www.wantchinatimes.com — Taiwan and China have taken different approaches to commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising, which took place on Oct. 10, 1911 and marked the beginning of a series of revolutions that eventually ended Qing dynasty rule and led to the establishment of the Republic of China.

www.isidorsfugue.com — What was one of the first questions some students in Hualien, Taiwan asked after meeting a foreigner? The answer relates to how their use of Facebook is very different from most students in Mainland China where it is blocked.

www.isidorsfugue.com — How some people in China may change their expressed views on online censorship after seeing who is freely using Facebook.

old.news.yahoo.com — For a defense exhibition Wednesday, Taiwan brandished the indigenous Hsiung Feng III missile, hailing as "an aircraft carrier killer", against the backdrop of a billboard depicting a missile-riddled aircraft carrier.

rob.easternity.com — Try imagining that the U.S. government has completely banned about 50,000 of the most interesting books written in the country over the last 50 years. Then you’re sent on a university trip to Toronto. Try to imagine that you find, as Xuebin recently did, a three-volume set of one of the most famous pieces of fiction written in the past thirty years, and it only costs about $2.50.