The boss of French clothing firm Zadig & Voltaire has apologised for saying that Chinese tourists would not be welcome at an exclusive new hotel planned by the company in Paris. Company founder Thierry Gillier told fashion industry journal Women’s Wear Daily late last month: “We are going to select…
TAIPEI — About 1,000 chanting pro-independence activists took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday, accusing Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou of surrendering the island’s sovereignty to China. The rally, which comes four months ahead of the 2012 presidential election, was considered part of pro-independence groups’ efforts to help the leading…
Taiwan’s top security unit said Monday it received nearly half a million cyber attacks a month, only a minority from China and around 60 percent from the island itself. In the 10 months to October hackers launched 4.99 million attacks on the National Security Bureau’s website, making it one of…