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China fined the Japanese retailer Muji $31,280 for describing Taiwan as a country. Taiwan was listed as the "country of origin" on the packaging for 119 clothes hangers last year. This is the most serious action from China in the country's escalating war ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese retail chain Muji has been fined in China for listing Taiwan as a country on some of its packaging. The company has to pay 200,000 yuan (£23,400; $31,300) for listing Taiwan as a "country of origin". Taiwan has been self-ruling since 1950 but ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI, May 24 (Reuters) - Japanese retailer Muji has been fined 200,000 yuan ($31,300) in Shanghai for using packaging that lists Taiwan as a country, underscoring China’s growing sensitivity to how companies refer to the self-ruled island. Muji ... ( read original story ...)

MUMBAI: India will take on Chinese Taipei on the opening day of the Hero Intercontinental Cup which kicks-off at the Mumbai Football Arena on June 1. The other two teams in the competition -- Kenya and New Zealand -- will play their first match against ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei might not have a ton of bars, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of good places to quench your thirst. If you go by the stats, Taipei isn’t a good place to be thirsty. With a population of around 2.7 million, the city has less than 250 ... ( read original story ...)

POWERHOUSE Japan regained the Asian Junior 19-Under Women’s Softball Championship with a masterful 4-0 crushing of defending champion, Chinese Taipei, in a winner-take-all game at the Clark International Sports Complex. Yuki Masuda yielded two hits and ... ( read original story ...)

KARACHI: Pakistan were off to an impressive start when they whacked Chinese Taipei 3-0 in their opening match of the FIVB World Challenger Cup Qualification Continental Volleyball tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The set scores were 25-22, 26-24, 25-19 in ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing has repeatedly hinted that its new J-20 stealth fighters would conduct patrols in Taiwan's airspace to coerce the island nation to reunify with China. But Taiwan has a plan to counter China's J-20: new mobile passive radars and new active radars ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s Yageo Corp (2327.TW) said it would buy U.S.-based Pulse Electronics for $740 million, marking its biggest deal ever as it looks to expand in the United States and Europe. The cash offer is the second mid-sized bid from a ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s Yageo Corp (2327.TW) said on Tuesday its subsidiary is acquiring U.S. electronic component design and manufacturing company Pulse Electronics for $740 million in cash. The company believes that the acquisition will strengthen ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's Yageo Corp said it would buy U.S.-based Pulse Electronics for $740 million, marking its biggest deal ever as it looks to expand in the United States and Europe. Load Error The cash offer is the second mid-sized bid from a Taiwanese electronics ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's Yageo Corp said on Tuesday its subsidiary is acquiring U.S. electronic component design and manufacturing company Pulse Electronics for $740 million in cash. The company believes that the acquisition will strengthen its own position in the ... ( read original story ...)

ITU ABA, South China Sea — The largest natural feature of the Spratly Islands, the hotly disputed archipelago in the South China Sea, is a forested, sun-drenched oval of land, cleaved by a single runway that gives the place the appearance of a raw coffee ... ( read original story ...)

GENEVA — Taiwan's health minister says the island feels "very angry" that it was not invited to the World Health Organization assembly in Geneva. Chen Shih-Chung attributed the U.N. body's refusal to let Taiwan participate to tensions between mainland ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's president said Sunday her government will step up security measures to respond to military threats from China. President Tsai Ing-wen gave no details in comments posted online but her government has encouraged development of a ... ( read original story ...)

VANCOUVER—Members of the Taiwanese community in Vancouver are alarmed after Air Canada caved to demands from Beijing to list Taiwan as part of China on its website for booking flights. The dissent comes in the form of a petition aiming to make Air Canada ... ( read original story ...)