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Taiwan-Phils Spat Ensnares Overseas Workers

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Feb 28, 2011
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Taiwan is threatening to freeze visas for Filipino workers as the result of a diplomatic spat sparked when the Philippine government recently deported Taiwanese and Chinese con men to China instead of Taiwan. That would mean the 77,000 who are in the island's economy now would not be replaced.

In December, Philippine authorities arrested 14 Taiwanese and…

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