AUSTIN, Texas/TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Texan running a 3-D printed guns company who flew to Taiwan as police investigated an accusation he had sex with an underage girl was detained in Taipei on Friday an... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan police arrest Cody Wilson, gun rights activist wanted in U.S.
Authorities in Taiwan arrested the owner of a Texas company that sells plans to make untraceable 3D-printed guns who is wanted in the U.S. over an accusation that he had sex with an underage girl and ... ( read original story ...)
Cody Wilson, 3-D Printed Gun Proponent, Arrested in Taiwan on Sex Assault Charge
Cody Wilson, a leading proponent of 3-D printed guns, has been arrested in Taiwan after being charged in Texas with sexually assaulting a 16-year old girl there, Taiwanese officials said on Friday. Th... ( read original story ...)
China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after break with Taiwan
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - China’s most senior envoy inaugurated a new embassy in the Dominican Republic on Friday after the Caribbean country cut ties with Taiwan in a move that prompted U.S. concern ... ( read original story ...)
BAF win National Library Tainan, Taiwan
Sited in a town of 80,000 inhabitants and many Tainan City government offices, the project aims to transform a large ... providing preservation service for academic digital materials in Taiwan. The ce... ( read original story ...)
As U.N. Gathers, Taiwan, Frozen Out, Struggles to Get Noticed
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York, Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million people without U.N. representation, is making its case to be heard. To say it has its wo... ( read original story ...)
Cody Wilson rented apartment in Taipei, local media say, as manhunt continues
Taiwan officials said Thursday that they are searching for Cody Wilson, a Texas maker of 3D-printed guns whom authorities say has fled to Asia after being accused of having sex with an underage girl. ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan hair salon covers ‘swastika’ signs after outcry
A hairdressers in Taiwan has covered up its street signs, after it was criticised for having a logo similar to the Nazi swastika, it's reported. According to the Taiwan News website, the Berlin Hair S... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Grad Student Participates in Archaeological Project in Mainland
Wang Yufang, a graduate student from Taipei, has chosen an archaeological site in northwest ... Wang is undertaking work experience at the site of the seat of the ancient Beiting Old City, located at ... ( read original story ...)
Carlo Ratti and BAF Win Taiwan National Library Competition
Sited in a town of 80,000 inhabitants and many Tainan City government offices, the project aims to transform a large ... providing preservation service for academic digital materials in Taiwan. The ce... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan tracing owner of 3D-printed gun company accused of sex with minor
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan said Thursday it is looking for the owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3-D printed guns who is wanted on an arrest warrant tied to an accusation that he had sex w... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan Aug export orders show steady growth, those from US surge
* Orders from U.S. +14.9 y/y vs. 8.4 pct in July * China orders +7.3 pct y/y, down from July’s +12.5 pct * Value of orders from Apple is ‘high’ - government official * Ministry says expect Sept order ... ( read original story ...)
China Ramps Up Cyberattacks on Taiwan
Taiwan is bracing for an onslaught of cyber attacks from mainland China ahead of local elections in November intended to undermine a president who has defied Beijing’s efforts to bring the democratica... ( read original story ...)
Creator of 3-D printed guns flies to Taiwan amid U.S. sex assault accusation
(Reuters) - A Texas man at the center of a legal battle over his plan to make instructions available for 3-D printed plastic guns flew to Taiwan after learning police in Austin were investigating an a... ( read original story ...)
Reception held in Taipei for Tang Prize winners
Taipei, Sept. 19 (CNA) A cocktail party was held at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Wednesday evening to welcome the winners of the 2018 Tang Prize. Speaking at the reception, Tang ... ( read original story ...)
Buddhist Temple, Now a Communist Shrine, Plants China’s Flag in Taiwan
ERSHUI, Taiwan — It was bad enough, villagers thought, when the kindly Buddhist nuns were forced out of their historic temple and longtime home. But what began as a bitter property dispute took a biza... ( read original story ...)