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ASIA: Banks' NPL positions deteriorate
While Asian banks suffered relatively little direct damage from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis,...
AsiaCHINA/TAIWAN: Thaw paves the way for contacts
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu arrived in Beijing yesterday.
ChinaTAIWAN: GDP dives but growth is in sight.
The economy contracted by over 10.2% year-on-year in the first quarter, the government's...
TaiwanTAIWAN/CHINA: Ma sees rapprochement benefits
Mainland China's China Mobile said yesterday that it will buy a 12% stake in Taiwan's Far EasTone...
TaiwanEAST ASIA: China effect will provide some lift
Retail sales fell 3.9% year-on-year in Japan in March, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and...
East AsiaCHINA/TAIWAN: Cross-Strait investment should rise
China and Taiwan reached agreement yesterday on direct investment, financial services, flights...
ChinaTAIWAN/CHINA/US: Taipei cuts troops but wants US arms
Troop numbers will continue to be cut, according to the Ministry of Defence today.
TaiwanCHINA/TAIWAN: Beijing courts Taiwan with support
China will provide 130 billion renminbi (19 billion dollars) in financing support to...
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