PRESS DIGEST-Taiwan - Dec 25

TAIPEI, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Taiwan newspapers carried the following stories on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

CHINA TIMES

-- Hackers via an Internet address in China stole online transaction details of customers of eight Taiwan online gaming and shopping Web sites.

-- Diplomatic ties with Malawi and Panama appeared in danger as China relentlessly tries to lure them away.

UNITED DAILY NEWS

-- The first snowfall of the winter was recorded on the peaks of Jade Mountain.

LIBERTY TIMES

-- The Mainland Affairs Council said that, in a recent poll it conducted, 77 percent of respondents said they would not oppose a referendum on Taiwan's entry into the United Nations because of pressure from Beijing, which has been exerted via the United States.

COMMERCIAL TIMES