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Taipei, April 13 (CNA) Taipei City government has teamed up with local universities and businesses to offer an NT$116,000 (US$3,959) annual scholarship to Indian and Malaysian master's and PhD students studying information communications technology (ICT ... ( read original story ...)

SUAO, TAIWAN (Reuters) - At a time of rising tension with Beijing, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday presided over a military drill by the self-ruled island’s navy for the first time since she took office in 2016. The exercise, which involved no ... ( read original story ...)

We all know that Taipei is famous for its iconic toilet-themed restaurant. But beyond the poop-shaped ice-cream and toilet bowl hot pots are many other yummy dishes waiting to be devoured in the Taiwanese city. Night markets are great for affordable local ... ( read original story ...)

President Xi Jinping presided over the biggest naval fleet review since 1949 in the South China Sea and called on his nation to build a world-class navy, while the government scheduled a live-fire military drill in the Taiwan Straits for next week. ( read original story ...)

President Xi Jinping presided over the biggest naval fleet review since 1949 in the South China Sea and called on his nation to build a world-class navy, while the government scheduled a live-fire military drill in the Taiwan Straits for next week. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan hopes to tackle the most pressing of first-world problems through increased government intervention in people’s love lives. The interior ministry says it will organize more official match-making events in 2018 as part of a push to reverse a rapid ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday named a key ally to head her office and lead communications efforts aimed at shoring up her wilting approval ratings in the runup to local elections this year. The appointment comes a day after ... ( read original story ...)

With the World Health Organization’s declaration of achieving universal health care around the world as its top priority, we share Drs. P.G. Forest and Danielle Martin’s observation that any health-care reform must have people at the centre. Everyone ... ( read original story ...)

From tangy pineapple cakes to tea-infused cuisine, here are seven Taiwanese specialties to keep you fuelled beyond the city’s night markets. Make the trip to scenic Maokong – Taipei’s former largest tea-growing region – to partake in a traditional ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Taiwan’s business community on Tuesday to shun any idea of independence for their island and to promote peace and stable ties with the mainland, state media reported. Ties between Beijing and ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, April 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s exports rebounded in March to a record high in value terms, but escalating China-U.S. trade tensions pose a new risk to the island’s key technology sector. Taiwan’s factories are a key part of the global supply ... ( read original story ...)

planned for Taipei citizens in a combined effort between IOTA (MIOTA), and the Taiwan-based start-up BiiLabs, tailored to upscale the South-eastern capital into a modern smart-city. The innovative project relies not on blockchain- technology but on a ... ( read original story ...)

For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. With an incomparable collection of more than 600,000 ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks – of which only ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s government said on Tuesday that China was stirring up its media to threaten the self-ruled island after a major state-run newspaper said China should issue an international arrest warrant for Taiwan’s premier for his ... ( read original story ...)

To discover one of the reasons why Saskatoon had such a cold Easter weekend, we take you overseas to sunny, 28-degree Taiwan to meet our latest crew of SkyTrackers. The Grade 6 class at Morrison Academy in Kaohsiung have spent weeks learning how to ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, April 1 (CNA) Taiwan will submit a formal statement to the government of Turkey, voicing concern and asking for exemption from that country's recent increase in tariffs on a range of imports, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) said Sunday. ( read original story ...)