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M.Stanley to buy up to 9.5 pct of Taiwan E.Sun (at Reuters)

TAIPEI, July 11 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (MS.N: ) will pay $200 million for the right to buy up to 9.5 percent of Taiwan's E. Sun Financial (2884.TW: ), E.Sun said on Friday, marking the latest foreign acquisition in Taiwan's...

Cross-strait relations take off

The Taiwan Strait shrank last week as China and Taiwan began the first regularly scheduled nonstop flights between them. The flights will boost the Taiwanese economy and facilitate ties between the island and the mainland. Most...

Finally thinking Strait

The first steps in what could become more financial integration in Greater China XIAMEN, the 19th-century tea port known to the British as Amoy, became in the 20th century a fortified front line in China's struggle with Taiwan....

FUND VIEW - HSBC wary on Taiwan tech firms

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investors in Taiwan should be underweight its high profile technology sector because it is unclear how badly a faltering global economy will curb demand in its main export markets, an HSBC fund manager said.

Taiwan rejects Olympic name change by China

From correspondents in Taipei County, China, 07:01 PM IST Taiwan Thursday rejected as 'unacceptable' China's use of a controversial Olympic title for Taipei that suggests the island is a Chinese territory. 'It is highly...

Asian stocks close mostly up after oil falls back

Agence France-Presse HONG KONG - Elsewhere in Asia on Wednesday, Hong Kong shares rallied nearly three percent, Australia was up 1.6 percent and Singapore ended just over one percent higher. TOKYO: Japanese shares closed 0.15...

Clear signal needed on disputed isles

In March 2004, the last time controversy over the Senkaku (Diaoyutai) islands surfaced, the US State Department affirmed that the United States Mutual Security Treaty with Japan covered the islands. In my collection of maps, I...

Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin

Taiwanese give thumbs-up to Chinese tourists as direct flights begin : The Chinese visitors to arrive in Taiwan on newly inaugurated direct flights are receiving generally favorable reviews — despite fears their alleged lack of...

Taiwan to Ease Limits on China-Listed Stocks

TAIPEI -- The Taiwan government will relax restrictions on mutual-fund investment in China-related stocks in an effort to develop the island into a regional asset-management hub. The move, announced Thursday, is part of a...

China resumes direct flights to Taiwan after 60 years

First came the cries of welcome from officials, the banks of flashing cameras, the thunder of drums, and the prancing lion dancers tossing their heads as tourists jostled their way through the arrivals hall. It was a momentous...