telling CoinDesk that the effort was one of many proof-of-concept plans the city had. Taipei will specifically be using IOTA's Tangle ID service for several projects, he said, though he did not elaborate beyond the Digital Citizen project. The Digital ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei rejects Beijing’s offer of help with earthquake rescue mission – just before second quake
Taiwan turned down an offer from Beijing on Wednesday to send a rescue team to the island after a powerful earthquake hit the coastal city of Hualien on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and injuring 257 others. The magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers search tilted building in Taiwan as quake death toll hits 10
Emergency workers in Taiwan continued their search for survivors in a dangerously tilted building Thursday, more than a day after it was damaged in an earthquake that shook the island's east coast and killed at least 10 people. The Yunmen Tsuiti building ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan hit by aftershocks as 9 are confirmed dead from earthquake
Scores of aftershocks hampered rescue efforts on Thursday as emergency personnel combed through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people near Taiwan's tourist city of Hualien. The coastal city was ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan hit by aftershocks as 10 are confirmed dead from earthquake
Scores of aftershocks hampered rescue efforts on Thursday as emergency personnel combed through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake killed at least 10 people near Taiwan's popular tourist city of Hualien. The coastal city ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Earthquake Toll Rises to 9 Dead, With Dozens Missing
HUALIEN, Taiwan — Rescuers in Taiwan searched badly damaged buildings early Thursday, looking for scores of people missing after a powerful earthquake hit the island’s east coast. The magnitude-6.4 quake struck at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday and was centered 14 ... ( read original story ...)
Nine dead, 265 injured after two consecutive major earthquakes hit Taiwan’s east coast
A strong earthquake hit eastern Taiwan on Tuesday night. Another quake hit the island 24 hours later, along with more than 100 aftershocks. Nine people have died and and hundreds more injured. Rescuers fear dozens of people are stuck in collapsed buildings. ( read original story ...)
Aftershocks rattle Taiwan as quake toll rises to nine, 62 missing
HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Aftershocks hampered rescue efforts on Thursday as emergency personnel combed through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people near Taiwan's popular tourist city of Hualien. ( read original story ...)
Workers try to shore up tilted buildings after Taiwan quake
HUALIEN, Taiwan -- Workers have placed steel beams to stabilize a dangerously tilted building while rescuers on the other side try to pull survivors from their residences more than a day after a deadly quake in eastern Taiwan. The Yunmen Tsuiti building is ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s First China Fixed Income ETFs Adopt Bloomberg Barclays China Indices
Taipei – Bloomberg, the global index provider, announced today that two leading Taiwanese ETF providers, Yuanta Securities Investment Trust Company and Fubon Asset Management, have adopted Bloomberg Barclays’ China Aggregate Index as the underlying ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Earthquake Toll Rises to 8 Dead, With Dozens Missing
HUALIEN, Taiwan — Rescuers in Taiwan searched badly damaged buildings early Thursday, looking for scores of people missing after a powerful earthquake hit the island’s east coast. The magnitude-6.4 quake struck at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday and was centered 14 ... ( read original story ...)
New quake strikes off Taiwan as rescuers work to find people missing after Tuesday’s tremor
As rescuers work to locate dozens of missing people following an earthquake in Taiwan, the country has been hit with another quake on its eastern coast in roughly the same area where one struck just one day earlier. Taiwan's government said the magnitude ... ( read original story ...)
More than 140 people missing after Taiwan earthquake
Rescuers were working Wednesday to reach five people trapped and more than 140 people unaccounted for in several buildings damaged by a strong earthquake near Taiwan's eastern coast. The shallow, magnitude 6.4 quake late Tuesday night caused at least four ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan earthquake: Series of powerful aftershocks hit Hualien
Aftershocks continue to rattle Taiwan after a strong earthquake that killed at least four people and injured more than 200 others. The powerful 6.4-magnitude tremor struck at 23:50 (15:50 GMT) about 20km (12 miles) off the island's east coast. Multiple ... ( read original story ...)
People trapped as buildings cave in after Taiwan earthquake
Four people have died and dozens more are trapped in buildings after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook a city on the east coast of Taiwan. At least five buildings in Hualien City caved in and were shown dangerously tilting on their sides in the tourist port ... ( read original story ...)
Two dead, 198 injured after major 6.4 earthquake hits Taiwan’s east coast
A major 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's east coast shortly before midnight Tuesday (local time), killing two and injuring as many as 198 people. The quake originated about 13 miles (21 kilometers) northeast of the coastal Hualien City, where several ... ( read original story ...)