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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen warned for the second time in a week that China’s escalating efforts to assert its authority over the island risked destabilizing the broader region. In a tweet Friday, Tsai cited Beijing’s approval of commercial ... ( read original story ...)

Meidinger relocates to the Taiwanese capital with more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. The 47-year-old was previously the resident manager at Grand Hyatt Taipei from 2006 to 2010. Most recently he was general manager of The ... ( read original story ...)

North Gate Square marks the latest project in the “western gateway” urban renewal ... and passed laws governing land-use and building codes. “By 1920, Taipei looked like a modern city,” said Su Shuo-bian, professor of Taiwanese literature at ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's chief financial officers have a problem. Their currency is among Asia's top performers, strengthening 8 percent against the dollar over the past 12 months. In July, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., with a 19 percent weight on the benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Prosecutors in Taiwan said they're investigating a man suspected of involvement in illegal oil sales to North Korea. In a statement late Wednesday, prosecutors said they questioned a man surnamed Chen before releasing him on bail of 1.5 ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A court in Taiwan has released on bail a man prosecutors allege to have made false declarations in the case of a Hong Kong-flagged tanker suspected of transferring oil to North Korea in violation of international sanctions. ( read original story ...)

... in making a donation for the construction of a mosque in Taipei City, according to Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) who will visit the country in a few weeks to discuss the project. Ko said during a press conference on Thursday that Turkey has ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Prosecutors in Taiwan said they're investigating a man suspected of involvement in illegal oil sales to North Korea. In a statement late Wednesday, prosecutors said they questioned a man surnamed Chen before releasing him on bail of 1.5 ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — It is an age-old arrangement, and one that is usually implicit: Parents pay for their children’s educations, and hope that in their old age the children will support them. But in a case that made its way to Taiwan’s highest court, a ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Netizens in Taiwan are abuzz with excitement at the hidden message contained within the 60-second countdown video shown on the Taipei 101 T-Pad at New Year's Eve. This was the creative collaboration between ... ( read original story ...)

After nearly 20 months of work, city officials unveiled the newly restored Qing ... Ko might also have pointed out that the North Gate marks the site of Taipei's first urban renewal project, which began in 1895 when the Japanese arrived and began ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's top court has ordered a man to pay his mother almost $1m (£710,000) for raising him and funding his dentistry training. The mother signed a contract with her son in 1997, when he was 20 years old, stating he would pay her 60% of his monthly ... ( read original story ...)

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co Ltd : * Says co’s unit Taiwan Cooperative Bank is imposed fine of T$2 million by Financial Supervisory Commission due to lack of prudent assess of the credit business conditions in a loan case ( read original story ...)

It suddenly dawned on me, after spending a couple of days in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, that I’d barely seen any other western tourists. I’d left the cold of London behind and touched down on the tiny tropical island, which is around four times ... ( read original story ...)

For someone who has spent an extensive amount of time in the United States, gentrification is a social phenomenon that I have been reading so much about in the past few years. However in Taiwan, this isn’t a topic that attracts much discussion simply ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Dec. 31 (CNA) This year's Taipei 101 countdown and fireworks display is again going to be broadcast to the world via satellite, to show the world Taiwan's creativity and promote tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Sunday. ( read original story ...)