Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) pledged Sunday that his administration will make combating drug abuse among junior high school students its No. 1 priority next year. Speaking during an address at an anti-drug fair in the city, Ko ... ( read original story ...)
China has ‘overwhelming advantage’ in bringing Taiwan to heel, official says
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s growing economic, political and diplomatic power means it is achieving an “overwhelming advantage” in bringing self-ruled Taiwan to heel, and time is on China’s side, a senior official said in a comments published on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Nanya Completes Own 20nm 8GB DDR4 DRAM | CTIMES
Taiwan has great semiconductor technology. However, in the memory market, Taiwan lacks the economic scale to compete effectively against Samsung, SK Hynix (South Korean), and Micron (US). DDR4 DRAM technology is the latest RAM technology. "DDR4 is the best ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan turns its back on Chiang Kai-shek
Beijing venerates Mao Zedong; Taiwan is trying to forget its former leader. Cindy Sui - born under Mao but now living in Taiwan - on why they're getting such different treatment. Photo: Statues of the nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek at a park in Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Taipei bans sale of plastic shopping bags in select locations
Taipei, Dec. 22 (CNA) Taipei is rolling out a new ban at the beginning of next year that forbids the sale of plastic shopping bags at hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience stores. Lu Shih-chang (盧世昌), the deputy commissioner of Taipei's ... ( read original story ...)
Pop divas to be part of Taipei 101 New Year LED display
Michael Liu (劉家豪), spokesman for Taipei Financial Center Corp. which operates the landmark building, said A-mei and Anna have pre-recorded their performances and when the firework display starts, the T-Pad will feature virtual animations of the two ... ( read original story ...)
Experience the World’s Best VR Artwork in Taipei
The acclaimed American artist Laurie Anderson and Taiwanese new media artist Hsin-Chien Huang have joined forces to create La Camera Insabbiata, an eight-room VR experience at Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) that recently won Best VR Experience Award at the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Suspects Pro-China Party of Passing Information to Beijing
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan is investigating four members of a small political party that advocates unification with China, on the suspicion that they gave Chinese officials classified information related to an espionage case. Beijing said it was watching ... ( read original story ...)
FDA introduces guidelines for shutting down food product businesses
Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration ... an immediate order for a company to temporarily close can be issued if a business is found to have made NT$10 million (US$333,000) from selling products that violate the law or if those ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei metro to run 42 hours non-stop over New Year
Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) The Taipei metro will run for 42 hours non-stop from Dec. 31 to provide transport for the huge crowds expected to attend the city's New Year's Eve countdown party and fireworks display, the Taipei Rapid Transit Corp. (TRTC) said Thursday. ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Taiwan Central Bank Sees Current Inflationary Pressures And Future Outlook As Very Stable – C.Bank Governor
* TAIWAN CENTRAL BANK SEES CURRENT INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND FUTURE OUTLOOK AS VERY STABLE - C.BANK GOVERNOR Source text for Eikon: bit.ly/2BUYb2A (Reporting by Jess Macy Yu and Liang-sa Loh) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. ( read original story ...)
China sentences 44 Taiwanese to prison for telecom fraud
Taipei has in the past accused Beijing of "abducting" Taiwanese ... "We insist that Taiwanese suspects involved in cross-border telecom fraud cases should return to Taiwan to face investigation, trial and serve the sentence according to the law," he ... ( read original story ...)
Didi Chuxing Revs Engine for Taiwan
China’s largest ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is expanding into Taiwan, months after rival Uber quit then re-entered the market. Didi has awarded local company Ledi Technology Co. the exclusive rights to promote and use the Didi brand and platform in ... ( read original story ...)
China Airlines brings Airbus A350s to Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland
with Auckland-Brisbane-Taipei flights naturally being served by the A350 from the same date. China Airlines’ A350s sport 32 business class seats in a 1-2-1 configuration – based on the same design as Virgin Australia’s Boeing 777 The Business seats ... ( read original story ...)
China sentences 13 Taiwanese nationals for telecom fraud
China sentenced 13 Taiwanese to prison on Thursday for telecom fraud following their extradition from ... Taiwanese arrested abroad have become a sensitive diplomatic issue, with Taipei protesting that suspects should be returned to the self-ruled island ... ( read original story ...)
China jails 22 Taiwanese for telecoms fraud, Taiwan says evidence ignored
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Beijing court on Thursday handed down jail sentences of up to 15 years to 50 people deported from Kenya for telecoms fraud, including 22 from self-ruled Taiwan. Taiwan’s government criticized the case, saying China had ... ( read original story ...)