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• LAX agents seize live bird hopping around in plane

  -- Passengers on a 10-hour flight from Taiwan to California discovered a surprising stowaway when a songbird hopped down their plane's aisle in what officials suspect is a failed animal smuggling attempt.U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists seized 6/1/12 Read more »

• Taiwan Computex to showcase laptop-tablet hybrids

  the companies are pinning their hope on Ultrabook, which in fact may be their last hope," said Stephen Su, a market analyst at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute."If the current market trend continues, tablet sales may exceed PC sales by 2016,   Read more »

• Veteran politician is new Taiwan opposition leader

  -- Veteran politician Su Tseng-chang has been elected chairman of Taiwan's main opposition party.A lawyer by training and a former premier, Su takes a more pragmatic attitude toward China than many colleagues in the Democratic Progressive Party who support   Read more »

• Taiwan's Ma signals no China change as term starts

  comments Sunday are likely to disappoint hard-liners in Beijing, intent on bringing democratic Taiwan under their rule as soon as possible.The two sides split amid civil war in 1949, and China continues to regard Taiwan as part of its territory.   Read more »

• Vietnam protests China's S. China Sea fishing ban

  curb overfishing in the South China Sea. But parts of the sea also are claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines , Malaysia , Brunei and Taiwan . The sea has valuable fishing grounds and shipping lanes, and is believed to be rich in oil and gas.Vietnam and China   Read more »

Around the web

• Panetta: Pentagon to shift warships to Asia-Pacific

  choosing instead to issue broad warnings about the use of force in the South China Sea to block access. He praised China and Taiwan for working to improve their relationship across the Taiwan Strait. Mr. Panetta said he is looking forward to visiting China 12:00 AM from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Read more »

• Veasey, Garcia differ on F-35 joint striker plane to be built in Fort Worth

  of the costly F-35 joint strike fighter, the country should build more F-16 fighter jets and sell them to countries like Taiwan and Israel.“It’s a boondoggle. It’s a white elephant,” said Garcia, who is in a runoff battle with state Rep. Marc Veasey for a 6/1/12 from Dallas Morning News Read more »

• LAX agents seize live bird hopping around in plane

  ANGELES — Passengers on a 10-hour flight from Taiwan to California discovered a surprising stowaway when a songbird hopped down their plane's aisle in what officials suspect is a failed animal smuggling attempt. U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists 6/1/12 from Access Atlanta Vendor Read more »

• Price, Matsui key Rays win over Baltimore

  Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen (16), of Taiwan, reacts as he is taken out of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays during the sixth inning on Friday, June 1, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Orioles third baseman Wilson Betemit, left, looks on. Photo: 6/1/12 from San Antonio Express Read more »

• Customs takes custody of bird captured on flight to LAX

  officials have seized a songbird that got loose inside an airplane traveling from Taiwan to Los Angeles International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol specialists believe the bird was being smuggled into the country illegally. After a passenger on the 6/1/12 from Los Angeles Times Read more »