According to a somewhat rumour-like posting on a message board, Taiwan may be looking at switching to Hanyu pinyin - at least officially. 50 comments in 24 hours at the Duck, "hot topic" doesn't cover it.

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...

The Xinhua website says this article by the Los Angeles Times sensationalises the anti-satellite test that China carried out in January 2007. I am not sure why - the article is quite moderate in tone and even reminds people that Taiwan is a rogue province.

Opposition lawmakers yesterday proposed a legal amendment that English-language competency should be mandatory for all presidential aspirants.

Presidential hopefuls who fail to pass the intermediate level of General English Proficiency Test (GEPT) would be disqualified from running in the presidential election

Spook82 believes that the F-22 fighter jet is needed to overcome China's new F-10 (J-10) fighter jet and maintain US air supremacy.