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TAIPEI — Authorities in Taiwan have ordered markets, businesses and schools to close on Friday as a super typhoon approaches the island, forcing flight cancellations and landslide warnings shortly ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING — Internet users on the Chinese mainland have blacklisted popular bubble tea brands from Taiwan after a Hong Kong franchise urged solidarity with street protesters in the Asian financial hub. ... ( read original story ...)

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Malton said if the JV unit fails to sign an investment agreement for the project with the Taipei city authorities by tomorrow (Aug 9), its qualification as the ... ( read original story ...)

Bubble tea, a flavoured milk tea topped with chewy tapioca balls, was invented in Taiwan, a self-ruled island considered by Beijing as a renegade province. Photograph: STR/REUTERS Internet users on ... ( read original story ...)

To recap, Nan Hai received a letter from the Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government that they had to sign the investment agreement for the project with the Taipei City authorities ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)Residents in Taiwan and Japan are bracing for Typhoon Lekima, which could become a super typhoon by the time it hits a Japanese island chain on Friday. Currently barreling northwest across the ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) The tuned mass damper in the Taipei 101 skyscraper moved 15 centimeters due to an earthquake early Thursday, the second-biggest movement ever recorded in the building during a ... ( read original story ...)

A powerful typhoon will hit Taiwan later on Thursday, bringing the risk of landslides and high seas, weather forecasters said, hours after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the island. Typhoon Lekima, ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake caused minor damage in northeastern Taiwan early on Thursday morning as the island braced for the arrival of a severe typhoon. Taiwan's earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon will hit Taiwan later on Thursday, bringing the risk of landslides and high seas, weather forecasters said, hours after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the ... ( read original story ...)

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast on Thursday, the island’s weather bureau said, shaking buildings and cutting power to around 2,000 buildings. A Reuters witness said ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Thursday, the island’s weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage. A Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

China’s film regulator on Wednesday said it was blocking the mainland movie industry from participating in Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards without a giving a reason, in the latest sign of rising tensions ... ( read original story ...)

China's film regulator has banned mainland Chinese movies and stars from participating in an annual awards ceremony dubbed the "Chinese Oscars". The China Film Administration did not given any reason ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING - China said Wednesday it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry’s most prestigious honours, as Beijing ramps ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China’s film regulator on Wednesday said it was blocking the mainland movie industry from participating in Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards without a giving a reason, in the ... ( read original story ...)