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BACK IN THEATERS: After Tencent dropped out of the project, for fear of provoking Beijing’s ire, a patch with the ROC flag from the first ‘Top Gun’ was added back in/ Staff writer, with CNA

Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to Tom Cruise’s 1986 box office hit about jet pilots, had generated NT$453 million (US$15.24 million) at the box office in Taiwan as of Friday, making it the US actor’s highest-grossing film in the domestic market. The film, which opened at local theaters on May 25, surpassed Cruise’s record-grossing 2018 movie Mission: Impossible — Fallout, which earned NT$447 million, the film’s distributor said yesterday. Top Gun: Maverick is to be shown in IMAX and 4DX...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Dec 24, 2020 01:58 PM EST The giant China-based company, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., faces a probe into suspected monopolistic practices. Ant Group Co, their partner, was summoned to a high-level meeting over financial regulations, intensifying inspection over Jack Mas internet empire, the billionaires twin pillars. On Thursday, the inquiry was announced, which marks the formal start of the Communist Partys squelching of Alibaba, Mas crown jewel sprawling territor...