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Taipei is the capital of Taiwan – a tiny island with 23 million inhabitants. You guessed it – it is crowded – but Taipei still manages to feel like a big suburb. It’s the Houston of Asia, just more crowded. The Taiwanese are easily the friendliest ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan's exports in July expanded for a 10th straight month, as factories rushed to meet orders for Apple Inc's upcoming iPhone 8 and U.S. shipments surged. The stronger-than-expected performance bodes well for Taiwan's economy ... ( read original story ...)

Country Garden said it expects to open galleries targeting customers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan and Dubai between ... to slow down or stop the project,” said Yu. Country Garden’s Forest City development, which houses ... ( read original story ...)

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United States claimed a second successive World Baseball Softball Confederation Under-12 World Cup title with a 7-2 victory over Chinese Taipei at the Tainan Municipal Stadium today. It avenged their defeat to their rivals earlier in the tournament and ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Aug. 6 (CNA) Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) has selected Chaozhou Rolling Stock Depot in Pingtung to promote the development of solar energy, the TRA said on Sunday in a statement. The TRA is inviting tenders to install solar panels and ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Aug. 6 (CNA) Taiwan's first offshore wind farm off the coast of Miaoli County has generated 6.5MW as of late July since the launch of commercial operations in April, with capacity expected to grow to 120MW by 2019, according to local company ... ( read original story ...)

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has joined forces with the University of Taipei to launch a global sports innovation (SPIN) competition. They are working alongside the HYPE Foundation, a global platform that connects and invests in ... ( read original story ...)

USA beat (7-2) Chinese Taipei and stay on top of the U-12 Baseball World. The defending champions take the lead on a home run by Kai Caranto. The shortstop moves to the mound to pitch the last 2 innings and earn the save. Exactly as he did against Mexico ... ( read original story ...)

Group H includes the UK, alongside Germany Israel and Belgium. Group G includes the United States, Chinese Taipei, Brazil and New Zealand. The Overwatch World Cup final groups face off on August 11 - 13, details of which can be found below: “The Barker ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan billionaire Wu Chung-yi has left the board of Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding, one of Asia’s largest food and beverage businesses. Most of Wu’s fortune comes from the 2007 sale of a stake he owned in the Hong Kong-listed company, which is ... ( read original story ...)

Corpus Christi hosts students from Japan, Taiwan, France Corpus Christi is welcoming high school students from Japan, Taiwan and France for two weeks as part of the annual sister cities exchange program. Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim ... ( read original story ...)

Environmental action group Greenpeace is facing a fundraising crisis in Taiwan after it included the island in a map of China. Taiwan has been a self-ruling political entity since 1950, but China claims the territory and has pushed the international ... ( read original story ...)

The last day of Hong Kong’s first e-sports festival will see professional gamers from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan battle the winner of an earlier contest between Team China and Team North America, in a clash to be crowned kings of popular real-time ... ( read original story ...)

Bangkok, Aug. 5 (CNA) Four Myanmarese women were arrested in Yangon, Myanmar, early this week for attempting to smuggle drugs to Taiwan, officials at Taiwan's representative office in Myanmar said Saturday. The four, who are from Shan State in eastern ... ( read original story ...)

Tired of being cooped up in a Chinese medicinal product factory, San Huang gave up his manager job in 2015 to return to his hometown. The 33-year-old bachelor swopped his suits and computer for boots and the hoe to work on his father's orange farm in Dahu ... ( read original story ...)