Beijing - A Chinese court has sentenced to death two Taiwanese drug dealers convicted of trafficking heroin from Myanmar, state media said on Monday.
Chien Chih-Cheng and Chen Ming-Hsiung were among eight Taiwanese citizens sentenced last week in the south-eastern province of Fujian for their part in trafficking more than 12 kilograms of heroin, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Chien and Chen led a gang that bought 39 packets of heroin from Myanmar in early September and sold four of them for 400,000 yuan (60,000 dollars) in the southern city of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, the agency quoted police as saying.
Taipei - China's decision to allow Taiwan's former vice president Lien Chan to attend the APEC summit in Peru and to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao marked a major milestone in cross-strait relations, according to Taiwan media.
China's move can be interpreted as Beijing's response to President Ma Ying-jeou's call for a "diplomatic truce" with China, they said.
A China Post editorial characterized Beijing's embrace of Lien as a positive sign of across-strait detente.
Taipei - China-based Taiwanese firms have beeb hit hard by the global financial turmoil with those operating in the Chinese southern city of Dongguan suffering the worst, a report said Sunday.
Due to slumping exports resulting from the global downturn and financial turmoil, two-thirds of Taiwanese textile companies have suffered huge losses, while close to 1,000 footwear firms have shut down, the United Evening News said in a report.
Dongguan is a major base of Taiwanese investments in traditional industries, including textiles, footwear and umbrellas.
Beijing - Amnesty International on Saturday said it feared China planned to execute a man convicted of spying for Taiwan and sentenced to death 18 months ago.
A Beijing court this week asked the family of former medical scientist Wo Weihan to apply to visit him within seven days after denying them access for nearly four years, the London-based group said in a statement.
"This sudden move suggests that the Supreme People's Court has approved the death sentence and that the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court is preparing to execute Wo Weihan," the group said.
Wo, 59, was sentenced to death in May 2007 for spying after a closed trial, losing an appeal in February.
Beijing - A Chinese court has sentenced to death two Taiwanese drug dealers convicted of trafficking heroin from Myanmar, state media said on Monday.
Taipei - Taiwan's jobless rate rose to a five-year high in October, as export orders
Taipei - China's decision to allow Taiwan's former vice president Lien Chan to attend the APEC summit in Peru and to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao marked a major milestone in cross-strait relations, according to Taiwan media.
