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Jonathan is a Taiwan-based journalist and photographer. He has written for Global Post, the Christian Science Monitor, the International Herald Tribune, Newsweek and others.

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Japan's Ruling Party Vows to Drive Down Debt

posted: 3 days ago

(June 17) -- Japan's ruling party, under new Prime Minister Naoto Kan, made confronting the country's massive debt its policy priority in a new party manifesto released today. The move charts a more ...

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Chinese Crack Down on Sexual 'Licentiousness'

posted: 8 days 23 hours ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan (June 11) -- Chinese authorities have brought a charge of "group licentiousness" against a 17-year-old girl accused of participating in sex parties with multiple male students, accordi ...

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Chinese Youths Escape From Internet Addicts' Camp

posted: 11 days 22 hours ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan (June 8) -- A group of youngsters hog-tied their counselor and escaped from an Internet addicts' rehab camp in China earlier this month, according to a report in the Yangtze Evening Ne ...

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It's 'Sayonara' for Japan's 'Alien' Prime Minister

posted: 17 days 23 hours ago

(June 2) -- One was known as the "alien," the other as the "shadow shogun" who wielded real power from behind the scenes. The abrupt resignations today of the first, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hat ...

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Suicide Streak Troubles Apple Supplier in China

posted: 25 days 20 hours ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 25) -- A spate of suicides at a Taiwan-owned firm assembling iPads and other gadgets in China has drawn protests from rights groups over poor labor conditions. In the early hours ...

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All Eyes on China in North Korea Torpedo Case

posted: 30 days 22 hours ago

(May 20) -- World leaders harshly condemned North Korea today after a multinational probe squarely blamed the rogue regime for sinking a South Korean military ship in March and killing 46 sailors. Bu ...

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Japanese Leader Under Fire Over Okinawa Base

posted: 31 days 20 hours ago

TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 19) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has tried to please everyone on the thorny issue of moving an unpopular U.S. Marines air station. But so far he's pleased no one, and ...

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Marcos Family: Philippines' 'Comeback Clan'

posted: 36 days 22 hours ago

(May 14) -- There may be no second acts in American lives, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. But that rule certainly doesn't apply in the Philippines. Monday's election saw the political resurgence ...

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Aquino Victory Looks Certain in Philippines Vote

posted: 39 days 20 hours ago

(May 11, 2010) -- Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, the son of the iconic figures of the Philippines' move to democracy, is set to take power after the nation's first automated national elections went off bet ...

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Aquinos' Son Has Big Lead in Philippines Race

posted: 43 days 19 hours ago

(May 7) -- A son of pro-democracy icons looks set to win Monday's presidential election in the Philippines. But problems with a new automated voting system have cast a shadow of anxiety over the vote ...

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