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Taiwan hopes to tackle the most pressing of first-world problems through increased government intervention in people’s love lives. The interior ministry says it will organize more official match-making events in 2018 as part of a push to reverse a rapid ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday named a key ally to head her office and lead communications efforts aimed at shoring up her wilting approval ratings in the runup to local elections this year. The appointment comes a day after ... ( read original story ...)

With the World Health Organization’s declaration of achieving universal health care around the world as its top priority, we share Drs. P.G. Forest and Danielle Martin’s observation that any health-care reform must have people at the centre. Everyone ... ( read original story ...)

From tangy pineapple cakes to tea-infused cuisine, here are seven Taiwanese specialties to keep you fuelled beyond the city’s night markets. Make the trip to scenic Maokong – Taipei’s former largest tea-growing region – to partake in a traditional ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Taiwan’s business community on Tuesday to shun any idea of independence for their island and to promote peace and stable ties with the mainland, state media reported. Ties between Beijing and ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, April 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s exports rebounded in March to a record high in value terms, but escalating China-U.S. trade tensions pose a new risk to the island’s key technology sector. Taiwan’s factories are a key part of the global supply ... ( read original story ...)

planned for Taipei citizens in a combined effort between IOTA (MIOTA), and the Taiwan-based start-up BiiLabs, tailored to upscale the South-eastern capital into a modern smart-city. The innovative project relies not on blockchain- technology but on a ... ( read original story ...)

For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. With an incomparable collection of more than 600,000 ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks – of which only ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s government said on Tuesday that China was stirring up its media to threaten the self-ruled island after a major state-run newspaper said China should issue an international arrest warrant for Taiwan’s premier for his ... ( read original story ...)

To discover one of the reasons why Saskatoon had such a cold Easter weekend, we take you overseas to sunny, 28-degree Taiwan to meet our latest crew of SkyTrackers. The Grade 6 class at Morrison Academy in Kaohsiung have spent weeks learning how to ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, April 1 (CNA) Taiwan will submit a formal statement to the government of Turkey, voicing concern and asking for exemption from that country's recent increase in tariffs on a range of imports, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) said Sunday. ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, March 31, 2018: Believe it or not, with tourist revenues of over 11 billion dollars annually, Taipei, Taiwan ranks as the ninth largest economy in the world. That’s the most for any Chinese-speaking city. The city also welcomes more than ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — People who know the 18-year-old Taiwanese exchange student charged in the U.S. with threatening to shoot up his school say he liked guns and flamethrowers and also had dreams of a police career. An Tso Sun, who has been jailed in the ... ( read original story ...)

Recent weeks have seen significant developments in the awkward three-way relationship between Taiwan, China and the U.S. First, President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act, which made it American policy to encourage greater high-level contacts ... ( read original story ...)

Project partners TOPOTEK1 ... The design for a new art museum and cultural center in Taoyuan, Taiwan is inspired by the city's historic connection to the peach tree. ( read original story ...)

Taipei has accused Beijing of inconsistency between what it says and does after a Taiwanese film was banned on the mainland amid claims its lead actor Lawrence Ko supports independence for the island. It comes a month after Beijing introduced a raft of ... ( read original story ...)