Gloria Hotel Group (華泰大飯店集團) is to shut down its 50-year-old Gloria Prince Hotel (華泰王子大飯店) in Taipei’s Zhongshan District (中山) next month to pave the way for an urban renewal project and cut losses ... ( read original story ...)
Biden administration’s arms sale to Taiwan serves as dangerous midterm elections gambit: China Daily editorial
The arms deal worth $1.1 billion to Taiwan approved by the Joe Biden administration late last week, the sixth and the largest one since it took office, came one month after House Speaker Nancy ... ( read original story ...)
Housing market in north slows, but remains in ‘green’
Economic uncertainty and interest rate hikes are weakening sentiment, but the supply side refuses to lower prices,” My Housing Monthly research manager Ho Shih-chang (何世昌) said. However, developers ... ( read original story ...)
House purchases up 3.7% in largest cities
The sales rebound in Tainan came amid increased home construction in some areas — in Annan District (安南) — in particular, and a rebound in purchases in districts near the Southern Taiwan Science Park ... ( read original story ...)
China warns of ‘counter-measures’ as US announces $1.62 billion arms sale to Taiwan
Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said on Saturday China was "firmly opposed" to the sales, which "severely jeopardise China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," and ... ( read original story ...)
Land warning mulled over Hinnamnor
By Tsai Ya-hua, Cheng Wei-chi and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA A land warning is possible for Typhoon Hinnamnor as early as 2:30am today if the storm remains on ... ( read original story ...)
Police seek man after killings in Taoyuan
Police are looking for a man surnamed Su (蘇) in connection with the execution-style killing of two men in Taoyuan believed to be connected to a money dispute. Police yesterday said that preliminary ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shoots at Chinese drone after president warns of ‘strong countermeasures’
Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone which buzzed an offshore islet on Tuesday shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered Taiwan's military to take "strong countermeasures" ... ( read original story ...)
Applications open for renewal project
The National Housing and Urban Regeneration Center on Tuesday announced that it would start processing applications for a public urban renewal project in Taipei’s Xinyi District (信義) valued at NT$2.82 ... ( read original story ...)
High inflation, recession risk widen ECB dilemma
A customer shops in a supermarket in Nice, France, August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard ... ( read original story ...)
Morning mail: MP properties revealed, Dawson verdict explained, Taiwan fires at Chinese drone
MPs and senators own or part-own hundreds of properties, analysis shows. Plus: five things that led to Chris Dawson’s guilty verdict ... ( read original story ...)
New Taipei City ranked as No. 1 relocation destination
thanks to the MRT railway serving metropolitan Taipei, she said. Lang said Tainan and Kaohsiung are expected to become the next trending destinations for relocation, as the two cities have attracted ... ( read original story ...)
Seventy-year lie: China has never had a serious claim to Taiwan
China's temper tantrum over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan seems to have sparked a mini-boom in congressional tourism for the island nation. ( read original story ...)
Chinese economy has been hit by a perfect storm: Property shock, Zero Covid, climate, Taiwan
The world's second largest economy is in crisis, hit by lockdowns, impaired supply chains, slump in real estate sector and geo-political tensions. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to improve defences after soldiers throw rocks at Chinese drone
Video showing Taiwanese soldiers throwing rocks at a Chinese drone has prompted the territory's government to beef up anti-aircraft defences on outlying islands. Taiwan's military confirmed that ... ( read original story ...)
New office space demand rising despite obstacles
Permits for new office space construction totaled 612,000 ping (2 million square meters) in the first half of this year, up 91 percent from a year earlier, as demand for upscale offices remained ... ( read original story ...)