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.

Taipei - Taiwan's pool champion Wu Chia-ching was granted residence in Singapore Monday, paving the way for his playing for Singapore, but Taipei said they would still welcome him back.

"If he changes his mind, we welcome him back and will restore his qualification to represent Taiwan," Tu Yung-hui, secretary-general of the Taiwan Billiard Association, told German Press Agency dpa.

"But he must openly declare his allegiance to Taiwan because changing citizenship is a serious matter," he said.

Taipei  - In another sign of improved cross-strait ties, China on Monday allowed the second part of the World Buddhism Forum to be held in Taiwan.

After attending the first part of the forum in China, some 500 delegates from about 50 countries and regions flew in five chartered flights Nanjing to Taipei.

The delegates include various countries' Buddhist leaders, monks and nuns as well as scholars.

Taipei  - Fish pedicures are becoming hot in Taiwan, but authorities are pouring cold water on the practice by questioning the effect of the treatment, a newspaper said on Sunday.

Some spa operators in Taiwan, like those in Japan, South Korea and other countries, have imported a special kind of toothless fish to nibble the feet of bathers in their pools, claiming the fish remove dead skin, give a pedicure and treat psoriasis and other ailments.