Ailing Taiwan paper avoids strike

One of Tawian's four largest newspapers, the Chinese-language China Times, came within five votes of a crippling strike last week. But the union, faced with the company's decision to cut 575 jobs, failed to persuade enough people to walk out. Publisher Chou Sheng-yuan said: ""We sincerely hope employees will empathise with the paper's dilemma." The Times is suffering from falling sales as people turn to the internet, a situation that saw the 2006 closure of its sister title, the China Times Express. (Via AsiaMedia)