Residential property sales booming

A man stands near a construction site in New Taipei City’s Linkou District on Thursday last week. Photo: Hsu Yi-ping, Taipei Times Projects in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水) and Sanchong ...

China’s Economy in 3 Charts

Newsweek charts based on the latest data from China's National Statistics Bureau illustrate three key bellwethers of the world's second-largest economy. According to the new data, China's gross ...

New apartments getting smaller

New apartments in Taiwan’s major cities are getting smaller, while old apartments are increasingly occupied by older people, many of whom live alone, government data showed. The phenomenon has to do ...