TAIPEI: Taiwan held a military exercise Thursday in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies from Manila. President Ma Ying-jeou reiterated that the Philippines should take formal responsibility for the death of the 65-year-old, shot last week by Philippine coastguards who said his...
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Taiwan’s One Sanction Against The Philippines That Really Hurts
FIlipino activists apply the finishing touches on a mural for Labor Day 2012. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Taiwan has announced 11 sanctions against the Philippines over what it calls an insincere apology for the coast guard shooting of a fisherman last week. One of them will really stick. And it will hurt...
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New Taiwanese sanctions for Philippines despite apology
The row sparked small protests outside Manila’s representative office in Taipei Taiwan has imposed more sanctions on the Philippines, despite an apology from the Philippine president for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters. Prime Minister Jiang Yi-huah called the apology unacceptable. His government has issued a travel alert against the Philippines...
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Taiwan freezes hiring of Philippine workers over death
AFP – Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday froze the hiring of Philippine workers to express “strong dissatisfaction” over Manila’s handling of the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, his spokeswoman said. The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Filipino coastguards last week after they said his boat had strayed into Philippine waters. “President Ma...
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Death of a fisherman
Taiwanese investigators examine the fishing boat, on which fisherman Hung Shih-cheng was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard, at a harbor in Pingtung county, Taiwan, on Saturday. Photo: CFP After more than 40 hours sailing on rough seas, the severely damaged Kuang Ta Hsing 28 finally returned to Taiwan at dawn on Saturday,...
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Taiwan dispatches fleet to protect fishing boats
TAIPEI, (Xinhua) — Taiwan authorities decided on Sunday to dispatch a fleet to conduct regular patrol in waters to the south of the island to guard fishing boats following the shooting-death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine side at sea. The fleet is made up of three coast guard ships loaded with cannons...
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Taiwan ultimatum to Philippines over fisherman’s death
Taiwanese officials have now carried out a detailed inspection of the boat The government of Taiwan has given the Philippines until Wednesday to apologise for the death of a Taiwanese fisherman whose vessel was fired on by the Philippine coastguard. Taiwan is also demanding compensation and the arrest of those responsible. It has warned...
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Taiwan fisherman shot dead
China’s foreign ministry Thursday strongly condemned the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Filipino military earlier in the day, demanding a swift investigation by the Philippines. Hua Chunying, the foreign ministry’s spokeswoman, expressed grave concern over the incident in a statement posted on the ministry’s website late Thursday, describing the shooting as...
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Taiwan to maintain moderately loose monetary policy: central bank
Taipei, (CNA) Taiwan will maintain a moderately loose monetary policy, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (CBC) said Thursday. Yang Chin-lung made the remarks after Eisuke Sakakibara, a Japanese economist, said earlier in the day that Taiwan can follow in the footsteps of Japan to adopt a quantitative...
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14 Taiwanese universities in world university subject rankings
London, (CNA) Fourteen universities in Taiwan have been included among a list of the top 200 universities in the world for 30 disciplines this year compiled by the UK-based QS education network, with National Taiwan University (NTU) credited with the highest-ranked subject in Taiwan. NTU was named the top university in Taiwan and 24th...
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