Sustaining economic growth by raising domestic consumption is one of the priorities for China's government this year ...
Lost in time: A look into Taiwan’s abandoned landscape
Half-formed houses abandoned by investors are slowly succumbing to the elements. Empty, save for the occasional explorer. Taiwan is full of these places. Factories, malls, hospitals, amusement parks, ...
Actor Lee Wei charged with manslaughter
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office today indicted actor Lee Wei (李威) and 12 others for the death of a woman at a Buddhist retreat. The 13 people are facing charges for manslaughter, coercion and ...
Homes in Taipei’s DNA-shaped tower go on sale
Taiwan Realty Co (台灣房屋) senior manager Chen Ting-chung (陳定中) said that although construction on the property was completed eight years ago, the limited supply of new luxury homes in Xinyi District — a ...
Former Taiwanese actor Lee Wei named suspect in murder investigation
In July 2024, a woman was found lying motionless at a property on Taipei's Siwei Road. Security footage later showed Lee, along with a few others, pushing the woman's body in a trolley from a ...
Taiwan (National) House Price Index
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation. Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in ...
Taipei’s Tao Zhu Yin Yuan prices estimated at NT$3 million per ping
Units in Taipei’s high-end residential building Tao Zhu Yin Yuan went on sale Wednesday, with suggested prices starting at NT$3 million (US$91,583) per ping (approximately 3.3 square meters). The ...
Taiwan university rejects NT$2 billion campus land donation
National Chung Cheng University cites NT$100 million cost of restoring aging infrastructure | Feb. 18, 2025 20:47 ...
SC Asset Hosts Exclusive Agent Briefing in Taipei to Unlock Thailand’s Real Estate Potential
SC Asset, one of Thailand's leading property developers, will host its first Exclusive Agent Briefing in Taipei on February 25, 2025, at Humble House Taipei, Orchid Room (5th floor). This event will ...
Spanish national fined for damaging historic Taipei temple
A Spanish national has been fined NT$15,000 for a 2023 incident in which he used lacquer thinner to damage a painting on the doors of the historic Cixian Temple (慈諴宮) in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林).
Darren Wang under investigation by Taiwan authorities for dodging military service
Taiwanese actor Darren Wang has reportedly been taken in for questioning by authorities over suspicions of evading military service, reported Taiwanese media on Tuesday (Feb 18). Liberty Times ...
Officials sent to the US to discuss Trump tariffs
Taiwan has sent officials to Washington to discuss possible tariffs that US President Donald Trump might implement, and has made preparations should they be imposed, Minister of Economic Affairs J.W.
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Despite this, Lee said Taiwan should not be overly optimistic when the first agreement under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade came into force in December. From this, Lee’s intent to sow ...
Why Taiwanese youth complain of becoming “housing slaves”
But Ms Jao is reluctant to become a wu nu, or “housing slave”, she says. That is slang for young homebuyers who feel trapped by their expensive mortgages. Taiwan’s youngsters are not exaggerating when ...
Taiwan’s BLF picks BlackRock, three other foreign firms for sustainable property mandate
The winning bidders are BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Bermuda-based Fidelity International, and two US investment firms CenterSquare Investment Management and RREEF America. BLF announced the ...
Taiwan’s GDP growth up on back of domestic demand
By bno - Taipei Bureau Taiwan's GDP growth for 2024 has been driven by strong domestic demand, although a larger-than-anticipated drag from net exports in the fourth quarter weighed on the overall ...