Apple is facing legal action from Taiwanese chip designer Via over the way chips in many of its products manipulate data.

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BEIJING — China’s foreign ministry spokesman said Monday that Beijing “firmly opposes” the Obama administration’s plans to upgrade Taiwan’s aging fleet of F-16 fighter jets, but the measured tone suggested Chinese leaders may want to avoid sparking a full-scale confrontation with Washington over the issue. Read full article > >

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People with schizophrenia are six times more likely to develop epilepsy, says a study from Taiwan, which found a strong relationship between the two diseases.

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People with schizophrenia are six times more likely to develop epilepsy, says a study from Taiwan, which found a strong relationship between the two diseases.

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The Obama administration is offering to refurbish Taiwan’s aging fleet of F-16 fighter jets in an arms package that does not include any new jets for the island, said congressional staffers briefed on the plan Friday. Obama administration officials and congressional staffers say the president has not ruled out selling new F-16s to Taiwan, but their absence in the recently assembled arms package makes a sale unlikely, according to military analysts and members of Congress. Read full article > >

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Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC fires a fresh salvo in its ongoing legal battle with Apple after buying patents from Google.

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Taiwan deploys 35,000 troops as Tropical Storm Nanmadol sweeps into the island after carving a swathe of destruction across the Philippines.

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MANILA, Philippines — Slow-moving Typhoon Nanmadol remained dangerous Sunday despite weakening as it struck the tip of the mountainous northern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead and scuttling a visit by a U.S. Navy battleship group, officials said. Taiwan issued sea and land warnings and planned to evacuate about 6,000 people in its eastern and southern regions as it braced for the typhoon. Troops and rescue equipment were deployed for any contingency, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said. Read full article > >

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There’s plenty of evidence that being physically active is one of the best things anyone can do for their health. Now, there’s new evidence that even just 15 minutes a day of physical activity can have a significant impact on longevity. A team of scientists in Taiwan studied more than 400,000 Taiwanese people who participated in a standard medical screening program between 1996 and 2008 that involved collecting data about their exercise habits. Compared with those were couch potatoes, people who exercised for an average of 92 minutes a week, which works out to about 15 minutes a day, were about 14 percent less likely to die for any reason over the next eight years, the researchers reported in the journal The Lancet . They were about 10 percent less likely to die from cancer and lived about three years longer on average, the researchers found. Read full article > >

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Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has escalated a patent war against Apple, accusing the company of a number of infringements.

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Just 15 minutes of exercise a day is enough to boost life expectancy by three years and cut death risk by 14%, researchers in Taiwan say.

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China began sea trials on Wednesday for its first aircraft carrier, a ship that has come to symbolize the nation’s growing military and maritime ambitions. The retrofitted former Soviet ship, called the Varyag , has long been considered the first step in China’s plan to eventually build a handful of carriers as part of a wider development of naval might. On the same day China’s carrier set sail, Taiwan brandished its most advanced missile at the Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition . The display was accompanied by a billboard calling the missile, Hsiung Feng III, an “aircraft carrier killer.” An image of it appeared alongside a picture of a craft closely resembling the Varyag crippled and aflame. Read full article > >

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Tablets will dominate the Computex computing show in Taipei, Taiwan, as manufacturers battle for a slice of Apple’s market share.

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Planking in Taiwan, whirling dervishes, President Obama in England and more from around the world. Read full article > >

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