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TAIPEI (Reuters) - A dispute with China over its opening of new air routes near Taiwan will determine future relations between Taipei and Beijing, Taiwan's government said amid a deepening disagreement that could strand thousands over an important holiday. ( read original story ...)

The Hsinta Power Plant competition invited international innovation in re-designing the Taiwan power plant location in Kaohsiung City. The project, referred to as the "Hsinta Plan", aims at realizing nuclear-free homes in Taiwan within the year 2025 ... ( read original story ...)

The company is already working on a side project for the city to create a palm-sized card with sensors that would detect light, temperature, humidity and pollution. The design is intended to give the citizens of Taipei up-to-date information about ... ( read original story ...)

a massive harbor city in Taiwan. The project, referred to as the "Hsinta Plan", aims at realizing nuclear-free homes in Taiwan within the year 2025 and addresses the overall need of the country's electricity supply system. The competition's goal is to ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China rebuffed Taiwan’s objections in a deepening row over the opening of new flight paths in the Taiwan Strait, saying on Wednesday that the space separating routes over the waterway was more than is mandated by international standards. ( read original story ...)

Indeed, a 2015 Google report cited in The Taipei Times reports that 66 percent of the population play games for at least 30 minutes a day, with an almost even balance between male and female gamers. Mobile devices are ubiquitous in Taiwan, and 92 percent ... ( read original story ...)

launched the project, the city has been put under the spotlight after now Premier Lai recently directed Taiwan's Ministry of Education in October to examine the feasibility of expanding the city's policy nationwide. Liu Shih-chung (劉世忠), who until ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window Two Chinese airlines have scrapped flights between China and Taiwan, amid a row between Beijing and Taipei over access to air routes. China Eastern and Xiamen Airlines had planned an extra 176 round ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The wife of Taiwan activist Li Ming-che, sentenced to five years in prison by Chinese authorities for subverting state power, was stopped from flying from Taiwan to China on Tuesday to visit him in prison, rights groups said. Li Ming-che ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Tens of thousands of Taiwanese working in China are at risk of being unable to return home for the Lunar New Year in mid-February as a result of an escalating battle over airspace in the Taiwan Strait. On Tuesday, the Chinese carriers ... ( read original story ...)

China Eastern Airlines Corp. and Xiamen Airlines Co. canceled 176 additional flights to Taiwan after failing to gain approval from the island’s authorities amid an escalating dispute between the two governments. The flights are a newest sticking point ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines said on Tuesday they had canceled 176 round-trip flights to Taiwan that had been added to their schedules to meet demand over the Lunar New Year, amid a row between Beijing and Taiwan over ... ( read original story ...)

A new US$1.1 billion hotel to be built in Taiwan’s capital Taipei will put the focus on user experience as it looks to deal with the growing threat to the traditional hospitality industry from private home rentals by Airbnb and similar platforms ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) Two of the five suspects from the Philippines believed to have robbed a Japanese exhibitor in Taipei last year were arrested by authorities at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport early Monday morning. The two suspects were later ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission said on Tuesday U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc will pay its first installment of a fine worth T$390 million ($13.35 million) for anti-trust violations. The commission made the comments at a news conference ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines said on Tuesday it has been forced to cancel 106 round-trip flights to Taiwan around the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday amid a row between Beijing and Taiwan over flight routes. The carrier said on its official ... ( read original story ...)