Honhui Guam LLC, a subsidiary of HongWell Group Taipei, has become the recent owner of the former Royal Palm Hotel property in Tumon, perhaps better known as the location of ... ( read original story ...)
Owners move to secure Tumon parking structure
Steps are being taken to secure the derelict Tumon parking garage as demolition approaches, but some homeless people are still living in the building. ( read original story ...)
Slow to start, China mobilizes to vaccinate at headlong pace
In the span of just five days last month, China gave out 100 million shots of its COVID-19 vaccines. After a slow start, China is now doing what virtually no other country in ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam seeking to supply COVAX program
Vietnam is seeking to buy COVID-19 vaccine production technology and wants to build a plant to supply the COVAX program, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health said yesterday. India and South Africa are ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan wants FTA with Australia amid rising tensions with Beijing
Taiwan is pushing for a free-trade agreement with Australia as it moves to reduce its exposure to China amid heightened military tensions in the region. ( read original story ...)
Portland Property: Should I Sell or Rent It Out?
When friends and family heard of our move from Portland to Taipei, one of the most common questions asked was, “Did you sell your house in Portland?” Did we sell the property or rent it out? Or did we ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei City Home
Please inform Taipei City Home of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your ... ( read original story ...)
IOI Prop eyes Taipei 101
PETALING JAYA: Property heavyweight IOI Properties Group Bhd (IOI Prop) is making a bold move into the Taiwan real estate as it proposes to buy a stake in iconic skyscraper Taipei 101 for RM2 ... ( read original story ...)
Association between stress and bilateral symmetrical alopecia in free-ranging Formosan macaques in Mt. Longevity, Taiwan
Since 2013, a high incidence of bilateral symmetrical alopecia has been observed in free-ranging Formosan macaques ( Macaca cyclopis) in Mt. Longevity, Taiwan. We hypothesized that stress induces ... ( read original story ...)
3 Lessons on Cars and Tax
That is a secondary car that I used mainly to do grocery shopping, send my son to drum lessons and school, and go hiking trails around the beautiful Northwest. I paid US$20,888. A brand new one is ... ( read original story ...)
John Cena Apologizes to China in Mandarin for Calling Taiwan a Country
Wrestler and actor John Cena offered one "very important" apology to China and the Chinese people after he called Taiwan a "country" during a recent interview in Mandarin. ( read original story ...)
Vonovia upends German apartment market
German residential property firm Vonovia SE has agreed to acquire rival Deutsche Wohnen SE for about 19 billion euros (US$23 billion) in the biggest-ever takeover in European real estate, a deal that ... ( read original story ...)
Environmental Impact Assessment: Cleaning up Taiwan’s contaminated soil
Taiwan’s extraordinary natural diversity extends to its soils. The US Department of Agriculture divides soils into 12 orders, and Taiwan is the only place in the world where a researcher can collect ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan denied access to WHA observer role
The 74th World Health Assembly, or WHA, approved on Monday a recommendation by its general committee not to include the proposal by a few countries for China's Taiwan to be an observer in the WHA ... ( read original story ...)
Global supply of computer chips in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccines
Having successfully sidestepped the first Covid wave, the Taiwanese government now faces a health emergency — only about 1% of its population is ... ( read original story ...)
Global supply of chips is in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccines
Taiwan is paying the price for a lack of vaccines, with a surge in virus cases that threatens to trigger a lockdown. Having successfully sidestepped the first Covid wave, the government now faces a ... ( read original story ...)