Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Profits earned by Taiwanese listed and over-the-counter (OTC) companies from their investments in China decreased to a combined NT$20.8 billion (US$705 million) in the first quarter of the year due to rising labor costs and the European debt crisis, according to a Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) report released Tuesday.

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