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A carnival has been held in Taipei to welcome athletes and officials taking part in this year's Summer Universiade. The carnival was organised by the Taipei City Government, with over 30,000 people participating in activities in the city, where the ... ( read original story ...)

“FISU has been working with the Taipei Organising Committee from the very beginning on this complicated project. The final result will allow us to comfortably host athletes from all over the world in a wonderful Village, in addition to benefitting the ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese military aircraft carried out two rounds of drills around Taiwan at the weekend, flying past its southern tip and then around its north near Japan, the self-ruled island's defense ministry said. China has been increasingly ... ( read original story ...)

BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Aug. 10, 2017–Official sources from ... The report went on to reveal that Taiwan had financed previous phases of the project, but it did say how much the financing to Guatemala was. “The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity ... ( read original story ...)

Dance has had an uneven history at the Edinburgh fringe. For decades it seemed to be marooned within the official festival – considered either too posh or too delicate to survive elsewhere. But this year the situation has been entirely reversed, and ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Aug. 11 (CNA) The Taoyuan Aerotropolis Project, the biggest urban development plan in ... in the number of designated historic monuments in the area, the Taoyuan City government decided to cut short the scale of land expropriation by some 127 ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan is ramping up its efforts to rescue Lee Ming-che, a Taiwanese rights activist who has been imprisoned by China since March of this year. Taiwan’s government officials admitted that the previous low-key approach has not produced tangible result ... ( read original story ...)

Special Note: Kickstarter recently disabled remote embedding for images on project pages, so embedding code doesn't work on project pages (yet) - just everywhere else. ( read original story ...)

"Our Project, named Infinite Forest ... Landscape Design (Concept) - Eco- courtyard of City- a Green Corridor in Taipei City by Chi Lin "We try to redesign this urban poché with rich green quality and extend its publicity. The site is given with ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has called on mainland China to work with her government to establish “a new model of cross-strait interactions”. “We hope that both sides of the Taiwan Strait can work on a new model for cross-strait interactions ... ( read original story ...)

A late-summer heat wave, storm-damaged power lines and closed nuclear plants may force Taiwan to ration power for the first time in 15 years. State-owned Taiwan Power Co. has issued a red alert as electricity consumption hit an all-time high Tuesday and ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Ou-yang Nana may be the new 'it girl,' with a starring role in the next Jackie Chan movie, but she's returning to her roots and first love: cello. The 17-year-old actress just released her second cello album, "Cello Loves Disney," where ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) Two Taiwanese volunteer groups in the Philippines and Myanmar have been infected with dengue fever, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said Tuesday in Taipei. The group in the Philippines was hardest hit ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) Chunghwa Post Co., Taiwan's official postal service, said on Tuesday it will provide a wide range of products and services based on the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade which runs from Aug. 19-30. The company will issue commemorative ... ( read original story ...)

Did we just said that you can order good food direct to your doorstep and stand a chance to win return flight tickets worth hundreds of dollars? I think we did. And it’s only during the month of National Day can you get such good deals in Singapore. ( read original story ...)

Accelerator network SparkLabs Global Ventures is launching its Taipei program today, with Hong Kong next on its list. The network’s first accelerator set up shop in Seoul back in 2012, later expanding to the Songdo International Business District in ... ( read original story ...)