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A new law calls for removing landmarks honoring a former dictator, Chiang Kai-shek, whose Confucian-style rule on the island nation finds renewed favor within China’s ruling party. December 8, 2017 —On Dec. 6, lawmakers in Taiwan voted to rid the ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) Taiwan's exports for November rose more than 10 percent from a year earlier, marking the 14th consecutive month in which the country's outbound sales had grown on a year-on-year basis, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s Tsai administration scored a victory for the “New Southbound Policy” this week, as Taiwan and the Philippines inked an updated investment deal in Makati, the Philippines’ financial hub. Under President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan is pursuing ... ( read original story ...)

STONE SOUR has released a 360-degree performance video of the song "Taipei Person/Allah Tea", filmed live on June 29 at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California. Check it out below. During the same chat, Taylor said that he was still overjoyed at how ... ( read original story ...)

Panama and China will begin negotiations in June next year to sign a free-trade deal, the two countries’ trade ministers said on Thursday, consolidating a relationship that has strengthened after the Central American nation ditched ties with Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

However, at a time when countries like China, South Korea and Japan are trying to conduct maritime expeditions to establish their control of the ancient Silk Road and maritime route, India's ambitious 'Project ... passing through Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand ... ( read original story ...)

Photo: Panama Canal Authority PANAMA CITY, Dec 7 (Reuters ... a relationship that has strengthened after the Central American nation ditched ties with Taiwan. Panama’s June decision to end diplomatic links with Taiwan was a major victory for Beijing ... ( read original story ...)

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama and China will begin negotiations ... consolidating a relationship that has strengthened after the Central American nation ditched ties with Taiwan. Panama’s June decision to end diplomatic links with Taiwan was a major ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday it was seriously concerned about the Philippines signing a bilateral investment agreement with self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as its own with no right to any official foreign ties. Taiwan’s de facto ... ( read original story ...)

* FITCH- ‍BELIEVE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN‘S STATE BANKS WOULD BE PRIORITISED OVER LARGE PRIVATE BANKS IN CASE OF SYSTEMIC CRISIS * FITCH ON TAIWAN- ‍BELIEVE DEPOSITS ARE UNLIKELY TO SUFFER LOSSES IN A POTENTIAL BANK RESOLUTION DUE TO TAIWAN ... ( read original story ...)

Fewer than two months after Taiwan was taken off the U.S.’s currency watch list, some observers are suggesting that the island’s central bank is getting more active in the foreign-exchange market. Pronounced declines in the Taiwan dollar near the ... ( read original story ...)

Fewer than two months after Taiwan was taken off the U.S.’s currency watch list, some observers are suggesting that the island’s central bank is getting more active in the foreign-exchange market. Pronounced declines in the Taiwan dollar near the ... ( read original story ...)

Across Taiwan, his image and name are everywhere — on statues and street signs and at a lavish memorial hall in the capital. Chiang Kai-shek was long heralded as a national hero who worked to unify China and fought both the Japanese and the communists. ( read original story ...)

During his term as deputy mayor from Dec. 25, 2010 to June 30, 2014, Hsu served concurrently as chairman of New Taipei's urban renewal project screening committee and as deputy chairman of the city's urban planning committee. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s legislature has passed a new law that will review the legacy left by the former administration of the Chinese Nationalist Party. The history of authoritarian rule is to be "stripped of legitimacy." The "transitional justice" bill was passed by ... ( read original story ...)

A county in southern Taiwan has pledged to give its lonely traffic light men a girlfriend to cross the road with, and even propose to. Pingtung county police bureau have announced that they will introduce an additional female figure to pedestrian traffic ... ( read original story ...)