Taiwan will strive for preferential status for its banks in upcoming trade talks with China, a report said Monday, after China's Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to cement cross-strait ties. The government hopes such a move would let any individual Taiwanese bank to buy up 30 percent of any Chinese lender, as opposed to the current 20 percent ceiling China ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' popular slugger Manny Ramirez on Sunday led his team to breeze past Taiwan's all-star professional baseball team 11-1 in their last scheduled exhibition game. Ramirez displayed his striking power before some 15,000 fans packing the Chenchinghu baseball stadium in the southern county of Kaohsiung. The Dodgers, a mix of major and minor leaguers, surprisingly lost ...

Taiwan's Yani Tseng won the Women's Australian Open on Sunday, birdieing seven of the last 12 holes for a bogey-free 7-under 66 and a three-stroke victory over 2009 winner Laura Davies. The sixth-ranked Tseng, the 2008 LPGA Championship winner, had a 9-under 283 total on the Commonwealth ...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday that the United States violated Beijing's sovereignty by selling arms to Taiwan and welcoming the Dalai Lama to the White House. Wen said the two moves had caused "serious disturbances" in Sino-US relations, which are also strained over a series of trade disputes, the value of the yuan and Internet freedom. Washington in ...