Unhappy ending in Cannes, best film hard to call
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival opened 12 days ago with the crowd-pleasing Disney animation "Up", but a string of critical duds toward the close means its ending has been decidedly downbeat.
Nations:New Zealand Spain People:Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt Ken Loach Pedro Almodovar Penelope Cruz Quentin Tarantino Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival Source:(Reuters)
2009-05-24
World gov'ts race to contain swine flu outbreak
WASHINGTON - The world's governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria Sunday as more possible swine flu cases surfaced from Canada to New Zealand and the United States declared a public health emergency. "It's not a time to panic," the White House said.
Nations:Canada New Zealand U.S. Mexico Bolivia U.K. People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Swine Flu
2009-04-27
China to lend relics to Taiwan: state media
BEIJING (AFP) - China's national museum will lend some prized cultural artifacts to Taiwan's Palace Museum in what could become a long-hoped for exchange programme between the two rivals, officials and media said Monday.
Nations:Taiwan China People:Ma Ying-jeou Source:(AFP)
2009-02-17
Hit Taiwanese film finally opens in China
BEIJING (AFP) - A Taiwanese blockbuster finally hit movie screens in China on Saturday after a two-month delay widely believed linked to mainland censors being uncomfortable with its Japanese themes.
Nations:China Taiwan People:Ma Ying-jeou Ang Lee Source:(AFP)
2009-02-14
Taiwan mulling building bridge linking with China
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan is considering building a bridge to mainland China in the latest sign of warming ties between the cross-Strait rivals, an official said Thursday.
Nations:Taiwan China People:Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao Activities:China-Taiwan Source:(AFP)
2009-02-05
Global slump casts a pall over Chinese New Year
BEIJING - Painter Wei Haibin is carefully weighing every purchase as he heads home to Hebei province for China's biggest family holiday -- a time when the economy typically enjoys a bounce.
Nations:China Hong Kong Taiwan Activities:2008 China Slowdown 2009 China New Year Traffic Source:(AP)
2009-01-17
Bush official urges China to lift nuclear secrecy
WASHINGTON - China's unyielding secrecy about its nuclear arms strategies leaves open the worrying prospect of a costly U.S. misstep during a crisis, President George W. Bush's top Asia adviser said Wednesday.
Nations:Russia People:Ma Ying-jeou Kim Jong Il George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:China-U.S. Military Relations
2009-01-15
Empty seats show glitches in China-Taiwan flights
TAIPEI - Planes are flying with many empty seats a month after daily direct flights began between political rivals Taiwan and China, and travel officials are urging that some of the restrictions in the landmark deal be loosened.
Nations:Taiwan China People:Ma Ying-jeou
2009-01-15
Some Salt With Your Coffee? Taiwan's Hot Drink
Chinese people like to eat things Westerners consider unusual, things like pig-blood cake and chicken-butt kebab to name just a few of the popular snacks here. So the introduction of salty coffee shouldn't be such a shocker. What difference, after all, can a few sprinkles of salt have on your morning cup of joe? The chefs at Taiwan's top coffeehouse, 85C Bakery Cafe, pondered that question for six months before they started serving sea salt coffee, which became their best-selling drink following its December debut.
Nations:Taiwan Australia Source:(Time)
2009-01-15
A tale of two museums unfolds as Taiwan-China rivalry thaws
TAIPEI (AFP) - The major museums of long-term rivals Taiwan and China are planning unprecedented exchange visits and could hold a joint exhibition as the once-bitter distance between them narrows.
Nations:China Taiwan People:Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Source:(AFP)
2009-01-11
China's Hu calls for military exchanges with Taiwan
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao called Wednesday for military dialogue with Taiwan, in another sign of rapidly improving ties between the former arch enemies.
People:Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao Activities:China Hu Jintao Admin. China-Taiwan Military Relations Source:(AFP)
2008-12-30
Japanese actress sees future in Chinese-language cinema
TAIPEI (AFP) - Japanese actress Chie Tanaka, who shot to fame in Taiwan after starring in the island's biggest-ever blockbuster, now says she is keen to make her name in Chinese-language cinema.
Nations:India Taiwan People:Ma Ying-jeou Jay Chou Takeshi Kaneshiro Chie Tanaka Source:(AFP)
2008-12-24
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