1.   China has supplied Taiwanese gangsters with firearms in an attempt to cause social unrest on the island, a newspaper reported Monday.

2.   Officials say an underground foreign exchange market has been established for money laundering by Taiwanese gangsters, drug dealers and kidnappers fleeing to China.

3.   Taiwanese gangsters are smuggling the drug Viagra into the island from the United States to meet demand for its alleged benefits to male virility, a newspaper reported Sunday.

4.   Taiwanese gangsters are training new recruits by having them attack stray dogs with knives and acid, an animal rights group claimed Wednesday.