New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, yesterday said that Chinese spouses would be able to obtain Taiwan’s identification cards in four ...
Cardinal sentenced to 5.5 years for fraud
A Vatican court on Saturday sentenced a once-powerful Italian cardinal to five years and six months in jail for financial crimes at the end of a historic trial. Angelo Becciu, 75, a former adviser to ...
Taiwan’s embrace vs China’s push
Taipei’s MRT subway signs have recently been internationalized ... increasing local government debts and a continued slump in the Chinese property market. Wasting little time, the agency on Wednesday ...
KMT says its survey shows it ahead of DPP
The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential ticket topped their Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rivals by 0.8 percent in an internal poll, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱) ...
Hou proposes aid for young home buyers
New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, on Friday outlined his housing policy, with a focus on making it easier for young people to buy a ...
How much trouble is Xi really in? Outgunned Taiwan may be about to find out
Cracks are appearing in China’s monolithic regime – and its leader might decide a military adventure will strengthen his grip on power ...
China Won’t Invade Taiwan – For Now
China is turning inwards, the U.S. is building deterrence, and Taiwan is committed to maintaining the status quo – all these factors will help keep the peace.
Property transactions in six special municipalities surge
Property transactions in the six special municipalities climbed ... as improving infrastructure and relatively affordability continued to lend support. Transactions in Taipei advanced 8.1 percent from ...
Gallagher launches insurance broker in Taiwan
The new unit will be a part of Gallagher's Asia operations, which has expanded to include Japan and Hong Kong in the past 18 months.
Hong Kong’s Choiceless Elections: A Cautionary Tale for Taiwan
Taiwan. Officials tout Hong Kong’s “stability and prosperity,” but people decry, along with the democratic deficit, economic troubles, a sinking property market, weakening judiciary, rising crime ...
Substantial contribution factor in determining inventorship: insights into key ruling in Taiwan
Chiu-ling Lin of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices explains the threshold for an inventor making a substantial contribution after a Taiwanese Supreme Court decision in a patent infringem ...
The ‘Wall St Goddess’ tragedy of wealth
Calling herself the “Wall Street Goddess,” Chen Li-ting (陳莉婷) allegedly helped her mother, surnamed Hu (胡), kill her aunt. It appears very likely that they will be accused of attempted murder, and did ...
Analysis: Taiwan’s New Envoy to the United States Has Big Shoes To Fill – TaiwanPlus News
Taiwan's former envoy to the EU and Belgium ... Russia’s air defense reshuffle may signal Moscow is overstretched Govt explains status of missing persons Austria property giant Signa to file for ...
With Terry Gou officially dropping out, Taiwan presidential race will be a 3-way contest
Billionaire Terry Gou has confirmed that he will not run in the upcoming Taiwan presidential election. Gou, who founded Foxconn Technology Group, withdrew from the race just hours before the deadline ...
Taiwan’s Hou, Ko Pick Running Mates as Alliance Talks Collapse
An alliance between Taiwan’s main opposition parties has collapsed, with both sides announcing plans to launch separate bids in January’s election, weakening their chances of taking on the ruling ...
Main Taiwan opposition party announces vice presidential candidate as hopes for alliance fracture
Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party announced its vice presidential candidate Friday as hopes for a cross-party alliance ...