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Taiwan confirms first case of H7N9 bird flu

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Taiwan on Wednesday reported the first case of the H7N9 bird flu outside of mainland China. The case involves a 53-year-old man, who had been working in the eastern Chinese...

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Taiwan News

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4 weeks 1 day ago

Centres for Disease Control

CDC

health

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Taiwanese Gamer Witnesses Murder in Internet Cafe, Keeps Playing Games in Bloodstained Clothes

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On April 3, an 18-year-old walked into an internet cafe in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and stabbed a man several years older than him to death with a watermelon knife. The crime...

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Taiwan News

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1 month 1 week ago

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Human Rights in Taiwan Under Review

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From February 25 to March 1 2013, an international group composed by 10 human rights experts and legal scholars was invited to Taiwan to supervise the review process of the...

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Taiwan News

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1 month 1 week ago

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Baseball Rallies in Taiwan

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A recent rekindling of Taiwan's long-dormant passion for baseball, a sport that once occupied a central place at the heart of the island's identity, has proved so strong that even...

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China Sports

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Ryan

2 months 1 week ago

taiwan

baseball

World Baseball Classic

WBC

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A Hand-Drawn Map of Taipei

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Tom Rook was born in in Exmouth (England) in 1988. After he graduated from the geography department of the University of Nottingham, he moved to Taipei where he makes a...

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Arts & Entertainment

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3 months 2 weeks ago

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Taiwanese labourers lie on train tracks in protest over factory closure

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On Tuesday evening, over 300 labourers bought tickets at Taipei Main Station, went to platform three, climbed down off the platform and laid down on the tracks. Their intention was...

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Ryan

3 months 2 weeks ago

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VICE Taiwan Travelogue Video Big on Penis Jokes, Small on Content

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This video series called "Fresh Off the Boat" sends overseas American-Taiwanese Eddie Huang back to his homeland with baggage full of snark, American exceptionalism, and Chinese modesty to the effect...

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China Videos

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terroir

3 months 2 weeks ago

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Underground Gambling on When Cancer Patients Will Die Exposed

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Gambling nature is hard to change, to the point where even one's basic humanity can disappear, betting even on when late-stage cancer patients will die, with even doctors and family...

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Weird China News

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erbaiwu

4 months 1 week ago

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No or Know: Orchid Island, Aboriginal Resistance and Subjectivity

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Famous Taiwanese aboriginal writer Topas Tamapima discusses how lack of information often means that the aboriginal population of Orchid Island often make knee-jerk reactions in the form of protests, whether...

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eRenlai

4 months 3 weeks ago

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Taiwan Aboriginal Peoples in Global Perspective, An Interview with Malaosz Monaneng

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Observing indigenous peoples in Japan and Taiwan, Taiwanese Indigenous Poet Monanung talks about the common plight of indigenous peoples around the world and gives a pessimistic prediction of the future...

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eRenlai

4 months 3 weeks ago

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