Taiwan

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(1) 旺旺集团几近垄断台媒体？国际记联对此趋势表忧虑. VOA Chinese, July 26, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 120726/1447280.html
(国际记者联合会 "7月26日对'台湾国家通讯传播委员会'（NCC）7月25日决定批准台湾旺旺中时集团斥资760亿台币（约合26亿美元）并购另外10家有线电视商案表示深切担忧。据国际记联的声明，并购完成之后，中时集团将拥有23%的有线电视用户，控制三分之一台湾媒体市场。此前，旺旺中时集团旗下已经拥有多家报纸、期刊以及地面 [cable] 和卫星电视台")

Note: The report cites
IFJ Concerned by Threat to Media Diversity in Taiwan. IFJ Asia-Pacific, July 26, 2012.
http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/ar ... diversity-in-taiwan

(2) J Michael Cole, Taiwan Mulls Buying Used M1 Tanks; Taiwan has been trying to procure the Abrams battle tank since the early 2000s, but critics say that it is unsuited to the nation’s mountainous terrain. Taipei Times, July 24, 2012
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/ ... 12/07/24/2003538506
("About 480 M60A3 tanks acquired in the 1990s, as well as 450 M-48H and 300 M-48A5 medium tanks, comprise the Army’s modern battle tank force, which also includes the CM11 (modified M48H turrets mated to M60 hulls) and CM12 (modified CM11 turrets mated to M48A3 hulls) variants")

Note: What is important to me is what tanks Taiwan has, not what it wishes to have (which is left for another day, when US agreed to it).  
(a) M60 Patton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_Patton
(In service         1961–1997 (USA); Produced 1960–1987)
(b) M48 Patton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M48_Patton
(In service         1953 - 1990s (USA); Produced 1952 - 1959)

(3) 美拟修改台湾旅客入境卡国籍规定 不再填中国. VOA Chinese, July 22, 2012
www.voachinese.com/content/taiwa ... -china/1442682.html
(美国众议院外交事务委员会副主席伯曼众议员)

My comment: The last time I returned to US was 1992, 20 years ago. I never encountered any problem in filling out immigration form(s). I can not recall what I entered for country (Republic of China?). I assume the issue poped up recently, due to the computer use which did not list Taiwan or Republic of China.