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Rise of E-Book Readers Bodes Well for Taiwan Firms

Jessie Ho and Charmian Kok, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 15, 2009 at 9:42 am PT

The rising popularity of electronic book readers such as Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle bodes well for Taiwanese electronics companies that make the key components and are investing to grab an early lead in the market. Taiwan’s long history in manufacturing consumer electronics, its aggressive low-cost strategy and closer ties with China gives the island’s companies an advantage over Japanese and South Korean peers, analysts say.

In Google China Flap, An Accuser Is Accused

Juliet Ye and Sky Canaves, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 22, 2009 at 2:00 pm PT

China’s critiques of Google have sparked an online backlash among some Web users in China, in the latest sign of discontent with the government’s Internet control tactics.