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TAIPEI (Reuters) - A court in Taiwan on Tuesday sentenced former president Ma Ying-jeou to four months jail over a leak of information related to national security, legal documents showed, but he vowed to appeal, and could avoid jail altogether by paying a ... ( read original story ...)

An Australian council painted over Taiwanese flags that some school students created for an art exhibition that was supposed to celebrate the students' diversity. In defending the move, the city mayor said the council was alerted to the "international ... ( read original story ...)

Mermaid Whispering has been nominated for Best Narrative Feature of Taipei Film Awards. Taipei, May 14 (CNA) The 40 films nominated for the 2018 Taipei Film Awards display a varying spectrum of aesthetics from filmmakers in Taiwan, Taipei Film Festival ... ( read original story ...)

Ex-Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou was sentenced to four months in jail for leaking details of a criminal investigation while still in office, although the former Kuomintang leader could still avoid jail time by paying a fine or winning on appeal. ( read original story ...)

TAICHUNG, Taiwan — Standing on his company's sprawling campus in central Taiwan, Lin Nan-juh says he's able to make any plane his island's threatened government calls for. "We can do whatever's asked," says Lin, president of Aerospace Industrial ... ( read original story ...)

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The maximum investment for a single production project will be $1m. The application process will ... projects and thereby increase the international visibility of Taipei City.” Earlier this week, TFC signed a memorandum of collaboration with San ... ( read original story ...)

The $100 million Taiwanese project has courted controversy throughout the decision ... the equivalent of the annual emissions of all the 1.6 million cars in Taipei City and New Taipei city combined. Any pollution emitted from the plant will affect the ... ( read original story ...)

Bombers and fighter jets from China's air force conducted encirclement drills around Taiwan on Friday. China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory, and its hostility toward the island has grown since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen from the pro ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI _ Five-star hotels are not hard to find in metropolitan cities around the world. They all offer the finest dining and quality room services to rich guests. Grand Hyatt Taipei is no different as it owns nine fancy restaurants and bars offering a ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI _ Five-star hotels are not hard to find in metropolitan cities around the world. They all offer the finest dining and quality room services to rich guests. Grand Hyatt Taipei is no different as it owns nine fancy restaurants and bars offering a ... ( read original story ...)

ROME (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic archbishop of Taiwan said on Thursday that he will invite Pope Francis to visit the country for a Church congress next year, a trip that would likely infuriate China. “No pope has ever landed in Taiwan,” Archbishop ... ( read original story ...)

It will be an epochal moment when Lin Hwai-min retires next year from Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, the company he founded in 1973. Not only was Lin among the first choreographers to bring contemporary dance to the Chinese world, he also established his ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan flag painted over with blue fish design on bull’s ... of a diplomatic row after the council removed the Taiwanese flag from a children’s art project ahead of a major international beef expo. ABC Capricornia reported that students from local ... ( read original story ...)

Foreign investors are pulling cash from Taiwan stocks as a range of concerns makes them skittish. Foreigners have sold a net $3.9 billion of the island’s stocks from end-March to Tuesday, in line for the most quarterly outflows since June 2012. ( read original story ...)

NADJA LO A colourful bull statue that has country flags in the shape of fish painted on it The blue and red Taiwanese flag was painted to represent the school's cultural diversity 1 An Australian city council has been criticised after it covered up ... ( read original story ...)