The Bureau warned about heavy rain in the southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County from Saturday to ... 06/15 TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL: Sugar railway extension project in southern Taiwan gets.. 06/15 TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL: Sugar railway ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Flags to be Permitted at Summer Universiade
Taipei 2017 will launch a promotional campaign to boost sales for the Closing Ceremony. Photo: Taipei 2017 Taiwan flags will be allowed at next month’s Summer Universiade in Taipei, organizers have confirmed. The host nation will welcome the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan starts storms cleanup
Financial markets and businesses opened in Taipei yesterday as the capital returned to normal. But the second- largest city of Kaohsiung, on the southern coast, remained shut with the second storm, Typhoon Hait... One person was missing in Taiwan yesterday ... ( read original story ...)
China’s military confident, prepared to safeguard sovereignty: paper
Adherence to the "1992 consensus" between Beijing and Taipei and opposition to Taiwan independence are the "political foundation of peace and development of cross-Straits relations", Chang said, according to the newspaper. The "1992 consensus" acknowledges ... ( read original story ...)
Apologizing mayors hit the circuit
The mayors of Tainan and Taipei found themselves apologizing for opposite reasons in the wake of twin storms. Tainan's mayor issued a public apology Monday for misjudging the severity of Typhoon Haitang and for announcing a very last-minute typhoon holiday. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s temples smoke out joss sticks
TAIPEI: The bearded deity Guan Yu, flanked by other deities who represent righteousness, brotherhood and victory in war, presides over worshippers who kneel before his altar at the Xingtian Temple. But devotees at the prayer grounds in the heart of Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
One missing after second typhoon batters Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - One person was missing in Taiwan on Monday after the island's second typhoon in 24 hours battered southern and central regions, taking injuries from both storms to 131, the government said. Financial markets and businesses opened in ... ( read original story ...)
On Heels of Typhoon Nesat, a Second Storm Hits Taiwan
HONG KONG — Taiwan was battered Monday by the second large storm in days, in the wake of a typhoon that flooded streets, injured scores of people and forced more than 10,000 to flee their homes. Tropical Storm Haitang struck Monday on the heels of ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon injures over 80 in Taiwan, traps dozens
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A strong typhoon swept across Taiwan on Sunday, injuring more than 80 people, forcing the capital to shut down essential services and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Forty people were trapped in the southern parts ... ( read original story ...)
Second typhoon batters Taiwan; financial markets open on Monday;
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The second storm to hit Taiwan in 24 hours battered southern and central parts of the island on Monday after Typhoon Nesat injured more than 100 people and shut businesses at the weekend. Financial markets and businesses will be open in ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon injures more than 80 people in Taiwan as another storm approaches
Taiwan's first typhoon of the year left 81 people injured and coastal towns flooded as the island braces for a second tropical storm. Much of Taiwan came to a standstill after Typhoon Nesat made landfall in eastern Yilan county, whipping up massive waves ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan is hit by SECOND typhoon in just two days after tropical storm battered the island, injuring 111
Taiwan was today hit by its second major storm after Typhoon Nesat battered the island with 112mph winds which left at least 111 people injured. Much of the island came to a standstill on Saturday after Nesat made landfall in the eastern county of Yilan ... ( read original story ...)
Aftermath of typhoon Nesat in Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei resident John Saboe surveys the damage left by typhon Nesat in Taiwan's capital Taipei on July 30. Although Saboe says the biggest damage he saw were uprooted trees and fallen branches, around 250,000 households lost power due to the heavy winds ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan and China to face more flooding as Haitang follows Nesat
After Nesat moved onshore and left more than 100 people injured, Haitang will exacerbate the risk for flooding and mudslides in Taiwan and eastern China through midweek. After barreling across northern Taiwan and leaving more than 100 people injured, Nesat ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon injures more than 100 in Taiwan as another storm approaches
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's first typhoon of the year left 111 people injured and coastal towns flooded as the island braced for a second tropical storm Sunday. Howling winds toppled motor scooters and hit people with flying glass, the Central Emergency ... ( read original story ...)
VN, Taiwan discuss renewables
HCM CITY — Việt Nam has great potential in renewable ... to train skilled engineers are also needed," he said. Karen Ma, director of Taiwan’s Green Trade Project Office, said demand for green and renewable energy had increased globally. ( read original story ...)