France pledged to further secure Chinese safety after a violent attack on Chinese students in southwest France, a government official said Tuesday.
Two people died and 21 others were injured, including 3 severely, in an earthquake that shook Taiwan's Nantou County on Sunday afternoon, according to the island's disaster response authorities.
Taiwan's statistical authorities have slightly raised its forecast for the island's 2013 economic growth rate to 3.59 percent from 3.53 percent due to increasing private investment.