mayor of New Taipei City. Leading the list ofwinners under the social empowerment category was Far Eastern Big City ShoppingMalls with their project “Co-hosting 8 th Vocal Asia Festival withKehua ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Travel: Yomi Hotel Review
I am a researcher by profession, I also graduated with honors Bachelors in Science in TOURISM. I used to dream to be a tour guide, a travel coordinator, an agent. That part of my dream did not happen ... ( read original story ...)
Tracking Taiwan’s black bear population
In the foothills leading to Dasyueshan National Park in eastern Taiwan, Mei-Hsiu Hwang points to the pear, tea and betel nut plantations patchworking the slopes. "All this used to be bear habitat," ... ( read original story ...)
Tens of thousands of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Taipei
Taipei, June 9 (CNA) Tens of thousands of Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the "festival of the breaking of the fast," at events in Taipei Sunday that were organized by various city government ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan slams Spain’s deportation of fraud suspects to China
Since the election of Taiwan's China-sceptic President Tsai Ing-wen in 2016, it has begun insisting fraud suspects should be deported to the mainland, where they often serve lengthy sentences. (This ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan used to be home to a huge number of bears. No one really knows how many are left
Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — In the foothills leading to Dasyueshan National Park in eastern Taiwan, Mei-Hsiu Hwang points to the pear, tea and betel nut plantations patchworking the slopes. "All this used ... ( read original story ...)
Tracking Taiwan’s dwindling bear population
In the foothills leading to Taishueshan National Park in eastern Taiwan, Mei-Hsiu Hwang points to the pear, tea and betel nut plantations patchworking the slopes. "All this used to be bear habitat," ... ( read original story ...)
Crowds rally in eastern Taiwan for Kaohsiung mayor’s presidential bid
If elected, Han said, he will push an improvement project for the Suhua Highway ... supporters from central and southern Taiwan to the city. The KMT is set to release a final list of candidates ... ( read original story ...)
Northern Taiwan property market improves further in May
Taipei, June 8 (CNA) The property market in northern Taiwan showed signs of improving further as transactions increased in May, but while an index gauging the market climate moved higher, it still ... ( read original story ...)
Housing transactions in 6 major cities up 15% month-on-month in May
Taipei, June 7 (CNA) Transactions of residential and commercial property in Taiwan's six largest cities rose about 15 percent from a month earlier in May with momentum extending from April on ... ( read original story ...)
94 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects extradited from Spain arrive in Beijing
Chinese authorities said on Friday that a plane carrying 94 Taiwanese suspected of telecom fraud had landed in Beijing from ... from Spain – is likely to heighten cross-strait tensions as Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
COLUMN-China president’s favourite general trips up over Taiwan: Peter Apps
LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - As head of Beijing’s strategic nuclear forces and its fastest rising general, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe had a reputation for “doing more and saying less”. It was a ... ( read original story ...)
Spain Deports 94 Taiwanese to Beijing for Telecom Fraud
SHANGHAI — Ninety-four people from Taiwan landed in Beijing on Friday after being deported from Spain as part of a joint operation against telecom fraud launched three years ago, the Chinese police ... ( read original story ...)
Regulator Calls Out Himself Over Taiwan’s Insurance Obsession
(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s chief financial regulator is urging people to stop using life insurance as a way to make money and he points to his own family as part of the problem. The widespread use of ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei cuts orders to key suppliers after US blacklisting
HSINCHU, Taiwan/TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies has reduced or canceled orders to top suppliers for components that go into its smartphones and telecom equipment following its U.S. blacklisting ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Administration Plans to Sell More Than $2 Billion of Arms to Taiwan
PARIS — The Trump administration is proposing to sell more than $2 billion worth of tanks and other military equipment to Taiwan, American officials said on Thursday. The sale would add to tensions ... ( read original story ...)