This could explain why Taiwan has a large number of small earthquakes, but rarely a major one.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Admiral Nimitz of the Navy wanted to capture the small groups of Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, then seize Taiwan,and finally attack Japan itself.

VOA: special.2011.06.23

Orchid industry sales are especially important to places like the Netherlands,Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The information they gathered suggests typhoons and slow earthquakes near Taiwan are linked.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Maggie Chen in Taiwan wants to know about fraternities in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Recently,scientists reported that typhoons striking Taiwan can cause slow earthquakes.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

These devices were placed in holes near eastern Taiwan.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Next came Taiwan,Mexico,Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

"As we're following the timber flow through countries like Singapore,Malaysia,Taiwan and China and back into the United States or Japan and European Union countries."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Markets that are showing strong gains include Taiwan, South Korea,Hong Kong,and Macau.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04