NBA plans to double China operations over next two years
The NBA plans to double the size of its China operations over the next two years to help keep pace with rapid growth in demand for its products in the country.

Moal earned NT$10 by selling a bundle of used newspapers eight years ago, which began his garbage collecting career. Today, Father Liu is a symbol of “turning dirt into fortune” in eastern Taiwan.

Kevin Barrett believes the U.S. government might have destroyed the World Trade Center. Steven Jones is researching what he calls evidence that the twin towers were brought down by explosives detonated inside them, not by hijacked airliners.

U.S school are considering emulating math and science teaching systems in Asia that produce better results, amid concerns over a drop in performance of American students in the two key subjects.

The World Health Organization reported, as many as 60’000 people a year die from too much sun.
It found that 48’000 deaths every year are caused by malignant melanomas and 12’000 by other kinds of skin cancer. About 90 percent of such cancers are caused by ultraviolet light from the sun.

Over 30% of Chinese people who respond to a recent poll would spend around 10,000 Yuan for a pleasure trip to Taiwan and an extra 3,000 Yuan on shopping.

The World Methodist Council, which represents about 70 million believers, signed on to the 1999 agreement resolving the main theological dispute that led to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and the splitting of western Christianity.

According to a statistic, the world uses between 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags a year, and wrapping-happy Japan is a major player, consuming some 30 billion—about 300 for each adult.
Someone said Japan probably uses more plastic than most scientists in the world.

Beijing’s Great Hall of the People will become the Great Hall of Pop this summer with a series of concert by Taiwanese and Hong Kong singers, including Richie Jen and Sandy Lam.

The 79-year-old German pontiff’s repeated references to hopes for John Paul II’s early sainthood has strengthened a growing bond with people in this Roman Catholic country.