
China’s latest budget sees its “restrained” military spending ballooning 12.7%, amidst reports that its actual spending is far higher than official figures.
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Taiwan’s substantial otaku population has been enthusiastically attending Fancy Frontier 17, Taiwan’s answer to Comiket, and despite the rain attendance seems to have been healthy, with a variety of seiyuu, cosplayers and companions in attendance alongside the creepy hordes.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, International, News
- Date: Feb 18, 2011 17:48 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Exhibitionism, Image Gallery, Nopan, Pantsu, Shimapan, Taiwan, Voyeurism

Scenes of notably underdressed young ladies greeted commuters in Taiwan recently, for the nation recently held its own version of “No Pants Day”:
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Microsoft Taiwan’s Silverlight mascot Hikaru returns to wish benighted users of Microsoft’s Flash clone a merry Christmas – complete with gorgeous wallpapers.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Nov 6, 2010 07:23 JST
- Tags: China, Fine Art, History, Loli, Mahjong, Military, Politics, Russia, Taiwan, USA

Recent events have prompted Chinese to re-examine the artwork shown above – not for its rather tasteful depiction of naked young girls, but instead for its hidden allegorical subtext, showing as it does with some clarity the power struggle over the future of Taiwan and the wider East Asian region.
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Hinomoto Oniko, the moe personification of the “Japanese devil” racist epithet so popular in China of late, has been picked up by a Taiwanese newspaper.
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China’s efforts to intimidate Japan into submission have seen such trust of China as there is amongst the Japanese collapse, with as many as 90% of Japanese surveyed saying China cannot be trusted.
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After introducing adorable Windows 7 mascot Madobe Nanami, Microsoft has followed up with an official mascot for Silverlight, Hikaru. She is being hailed as even more charming than Madobe…
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The humble fisherman who allegedly rammed a Japanese coast guard ship and then became a pawn in China’s plots to extend its borders into Japanese seas was treated to a hero’s welcome on his release and return to his hometown.
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China’s response to Japan releasing its captain is to continue the confrontation and further humiliate Japan by demanding money and an apology.
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The crisis over Japan’s detention of a Chinese fisherman accused of ramming a Japanese coast guard ship in a remote group of Japanese islands claimed by China has ended with Japan releasing the captain, after China’s threats culminated in the possible execution of 4 Japanese captured as “spies,” but widely considered innocent hostages.
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The anime industry has completely run out of ideas of its own and is being forced to plunder manga at an ever increasing pace to make up for it, runs a recent critique.
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