John Calls Taiwanese Photographers 'Pigs'
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Sir Elton John warmed up his vocal chords for a concert Thursday in Taiwan by telling photographers they're a bunch of "rude, vile pigs."   The media ambushed the rock star after he arrived by private plane Thursday shortly after midnight at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport. John was angry that police allegedly did not properly restrain the pack and protect him "from the ensuing chaos," a statement issued by the singer said...
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Director John Woo says efforts to depict an ancient Chinese battle in his new film have been frustrated because he can't shoot at China's largest river, the Yangtze.
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For those fed up with the family photos where one person is perpetually frowning, a new Japanese camera is said to automatically weed out pictures when a person isn&#39;t smiling.
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BRITISH rock star Sir Elton John has apologised for losing his cool at Taipei&#39;s airport but says Taiwan&#39;s news photographers and TV crews are the rudest people he&#39;s met.
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Photographs of a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters have been described as sickening by Australia's environment minister.
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BEIJING/TAIPEI  - China slammed Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's intensified talk of independence on Monday, saying anyone who sought a split from China would be a "criminal in history".
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China has created a &quot;climate of fear&quot; in Hong Kong ahead of legislative elections, a New York-based human rights group charged Thursday, as Chinese police released photos of a political candidate in detention.
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Responding to criticism of Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen&#39;s ( é³åå±± ) blunt assessments of Singapore during his meeting with pro-independence activists on Monday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesman Michel Lu ( åæ¶é¾ ) yesterday
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British rock star Elton John, in Taipei for a concert, swore at reporters who swarmed around him at the airport Thursday and called them "rude, vile pigs."
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In an interview with the international press in Athens, first lady Wu Shu-jen ( å³æ·ç ) said it is humiliating for Taiwan to use the name &quot;Chinese Taipei&quot; at the Olympic Games, which forbid
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Reports  of a  widening rift   between  Bipasha and  John have had a  wounding   impact on John .
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(InfoWorld) - The contract manufacturer of the iPod music player has filed lawsuits against two Chinese journalists who wrote articles aboutÂ working conditions at factoriesÂ where iPods are made, according to Chinese press reports. Hongfujin Precision Industry Co. is suing the journalists from the Shanghai-based China Business News for defamation, according to the English-language Web site of the official People's Daily newspaper. Hongfujin, which is a subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry's Foxconn Technology Group, is seeking 30 million renminbi ($3.77 million) in damages, People's Daily reported. The journalists are accused of defaming Hongfujin during their coverage of Apple Computer's investigation into working conditions at factories that make its iPod Nano music player. The conditions were first covered in June in a report by the British "Mail on Sunday" newspaper, which accused Apple and its contractor of exploiting workers at the factory in southern China. Chinese media, including Chinese Business News, also picked up and investigated the claims. Earlier this month, Apple released the results of its internal investigation, saying itÂ found few violationsÂ at the iPod Nano manufacturing facility. The Shenzhen Intermediate Court, which accepted the case, froze the assets of the two reporters, Weng Bao and Wang You. On Tuesday, journalist rights group Reporters Without Borders published an open letter to Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, calling on Jobs and Apple to pressure Foxconn to drop the suit. Representatives from Foxconn did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication. Â
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At least 24 people are questioned in China following the death of a man who filmed a local dispute.
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TAIPEI - A TV photographer is believed to be the first victim on Taiwan of powerful Typhoon Nock-ten, which pounded the northern and eastern parts of the island with strong winds and heavy rainfall Monday.
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There was something bitterly apt about the sight of New Party thugs beating up Taiwan Solidarity Union supporters who had the &quot;temerity&quot; to raise their own Taiwan flag on yesterday&#39;s &quot;national day.
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In a dispatch sent on May 29, Agence France Presse wrote that Yoko Ono, the widow of ex-Beatle John Lennon, was present on a radio show where a British artist and animal rights activist ate a corgi dog in protest after a group, including Queen Elizabeth II&#39;s husband Prince Philip, allegedly killed a fox earlier this year.
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A video of two students abusing a 70-year-old teacher has created an Internet controversy in China and brought the morals of the nation&#39;s youths into question, state press said Tuesday.