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Most of the articles I select are from The Taipei Times. I always try to choose articles that I think will be generally interesting, especially for people in Taiwan and people familiar with Taiwanese society and culture.

The following is a list of links to articles that I haven't made worksheets for, mostly, but I think are still worth reading if you have the time.


Taipei Times, Thur 24 March 2011
Woman Victim of Cyberfraud
Google Updates Chrome


Taipei Times, Wed 23 March 2011
Link Between BMI and Death
Young People Eating Too Much Salt
Motorists Face Stiffer Fines for Unsecured Objects
Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.69%
Taipei in 19th Place as a Financial Center


Taipei Times, Tuesday 22 March 2011
Rules to be Tightened on Foreign Caregivers
Taiwan Rail Administration (TRA) Introduces Three New Lunchboxes
Special Smart Phone App for EasyCard Users
Google Claims China Blocking Email Services
Warren Buffet says Japan "a Buying Opportunity"


Taipei Times, 21 March 2011
Survey: TV News "Exclusives" Unimportant
Mom Punishes Bad Grades


Taipei Times, 20 March 2011
President Ma Urges Booming Businesses to Give Employees Raises
"XXX" Domain Approved for Porn Websites
Wine Sales in US Higher Than France
Liuhe Night Market Kaohsuing Top Spot for Chinese Tourists


Taipei Times, 19 March 2011
New York Times Plans to Charge Online Readers
Diet Coke Takes Pepsi's Slot
Using Wifi While Away from Home Gives Opportunities to Hackers & Criminals


Taipei Times, 18 March 2011
Protests Against Making "The Four Books" compulsory in High School
The "Strawberry" Generation
Woman's Arm Saved After Shark Attack



Taipei Times, 17 March 2011
Taiwan Not Prepared for a Nuclear Disaster
Earthquake Phone App
China Aims New Types of Missiles at Taiwan
Preparing Young People For Work
Mega Lobster (mega = extremely large; huge)
Nude University Students (nude = naked; not wearing clothes)
Drop in Japanese Visitors Hurts Taiwan's Tourism
Japan Disaster Affects Movie Industry
Newspaper Advertising Lowest for 25 Years


Taipei Times, 16 March 2011
Taiwanese Post Messages of Support (post = write messages online)
Japan Expats Learn to Love Taiwan

Briton Sentenced to Jail (Briton = British Person)
Taipei Times, 15 March 2011
Death From Overwork
Car Market Booming (booming = doing very well)
Taipei Times, 14 March 2011
Budget Carriers Open Asia's Skies 

Taipei Times, 13 March 2011
E-Reading Zone Opens
Students Go to Funeral School



Taipei Times, 12 March 2011
Taiwanese Can Now Travel Visa Free to 99 Countries
Pickled Vegetables Full of Sulphur Dioxide
Taipei One of the World's Most Underrated Cities
Taxi Drivers Are Earning More
A Mint a Day Keeps the Dogs Away


Taipei Times, 11 March 2011
HTC's Sherry Wang Beats Terry Gou in Latest Forbes List
Cabinet Finalizes Luxury Tax Bill (bill = a written proposal for a new law)
NTNU Students Protest Against University Meal Prices
Take Action on Prices
Dealing with Bullying



Taipei Times, 9 March 2011
"7 Year Itch" to "3 Year Glitch!" (glitch = problem)
Ban the Shark Trade



Taipei Times, 8 March 2011
Social Networks Most Popular Websites 
Taiwan's Tourism Ranking Goes Up
Over One Third of Women are Main "Breadwinners"


Taipei Times, 6 March 2011 
Author Works to Save Aussie (Australian) English
Taipei Times, 5 March 2011
Canadian-based Taiwanese Angered by Article 
Taiwan is Short of Sleep Therapists