Taipei  - Taiwan's China Shipbuilding Corp (CSBC) plans to seek damage from Israeli shipping line Zim for scrapping orders for six containers ships, the company said Wednesday.

Zim's orders for the six 1,700-TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) container ships were worth a total of 220 million US dollars. SCBC is seeking compensation according to its contact with Zim, company president Lee Chih-cheng told a news conference.

Taipei  - Taiwan has picked Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc to help upgrade the island's semiconductor industry, an industry source said Wednesday.

But John Hsuan, head of the Taiwan Memory Co (TMC), which was formed last month to integrate Taiwan's semiconductor industry, said TMC also seeking the cooperation of US chipmaker Micron Technology Inc.

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Taiwan, China military officers to meet for first time in 60 years Taipei Taiwan said Tuesday it will send military officers to a security forum held by the United States in Hawaii in August, where they will meet participating Chinese officers.

The announcement came as China said it would do the same, in what would be the first face-to-face encounter of military officers, 60 years after the two sides split at the end of a civil war.

Taipei  - Taiwan held its first sourcing fair Tuesday to promote Taiwan export, attracting more than 700 foreign buyers.

Vice President Vincent Siew opened the 2009 Sourcing Taiwan fair, held at the Taipei World Trade Centre from Tuesday through Saturday.

He said Taiwan is opposed to trade protectionism and supports trade liberalization.

"By holding this purchasing partners' fair, we want to show the world our confidence in the recovery of world economy," Siew said.

Taipei  - Taiwan on Tuesday recalled a Canada-based diplomat for lying about writing articles calling on China to attack Taiwan.

Hundreds of angry Taiwan natives met Kuo Kuan-ying, 50, when he arrived at the Taipei international airport, shouting "Kuo Kuan-ying, Kuo Kuan-ying!" ("Apologize, apologize!").

Kuo, head of the press office for Taiwan's representative office in Toronto, reportedly has been writing articles in recent years under seven alias to slander Taiwan.