Memorial Service Honors 17 Taiwan Quake Victims

HUALIEN, Taiwan — A memorial service is being held for the 17 people who died after a strong earthquake hit Taiwan's east coast last week. The magistrate of worst-hit Hualien county spoke at Monday's noon ceremony at a local funeral parlor. Members of ... ( read original story ...)

Foxconn shareholders approve plan to list unit in Shanghai

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, said on Wednesday its shareholders had approved a plan to list its subsidiary, Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd (FII), on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. ( read original story ...)

JHL Biotech’s Final Trading Day on Taipei Exchange

HSINCHU, Taiwan and WUHAN, China, Feb. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- JHL Biotech, Inc. (TPEx: 6540) announces that today, Monday, February 12, 2018, is the final day for trading of JHL shares on the Emerging Stock Market of the Taipei Exchange ("TPEx"). ( read original story ...)

OFWS in Taiwan raising funds for quake casualty

TUGUEGARAO CITY — Displaying the “bayanihan” (mutual assistance) spirit, a group of overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan had started to raise funds ... but also from customers of her online retail business. “They said they have started to pool ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan quake: Search ends as toll rises to 17

Rescuers today ended their search of a Taiwan building partially toppled by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake as the last trapped pair were presumed dead, bringing the final death toll to 17. Thousands of emergency workers had combed through rubble at the foot of ... ( read original story ...)

Hotel Review: W Taipei – Unbeatable Views of Taipei 101

There are hotels that are cool without even trying really hard and W Taipei in the city’s Xinyi District is a fine example. Even as Taipei is experiencing a boom in hotel construction in recent years, this property dating from 2011 is still as iconic as ... ( read original story ...)

2 Canadian citizens among the dead in Taiwan earthquake

Hopes of finding additional survivors from this week's earthquake in Taiwan were fading Friday after two more bodies were found in a partially collapsed hotel and no signs detected of a missing family of five. Rescuers broke through to a room in the Beauty ... ( read original story ...)

Property market flashes ‘blue light’ in January: survey

Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) The local property market flashed a 'blue light' in January, pointing to contraction with an index gauging the state of the market falling from the previous month, according to a survey conducted by the real estate magazine My Housing. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Earthquake Toll Rises to 14 Dead

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Search and rescue workers found the bodies of two people believed to be members of a Chinese family trapped in a partially collapsed hotel in Taiwan on Saturday, bringing the death toll from this week's earthquake to 14. Taiwan's Central ... ( read original story ...)

(Taiwan quake) State says no thanks for China aid offers

in the wake of a magnitude 6 earthquake which struck Hualien County in eastern Taiwan late Tuesday, causing loss of life and serious property damage. Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang said Taiwan has sufficient rescue personnel and supplies at its ... ( read original story ...)

China says U.S. bill on Taiwan ties threatens stability

BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. bill that encourages reciprocal visits by U.S. and Taiwanese government officials threatens stability in the Taiwan Strait and the United States must withdraw it, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The bill passed the U.S ... ( read original story ...)

2 Canadian citizens missing in Taiwan earthquake

Rescuers were searching Friday for seven people missing in this week's deadly earthquake in eastern Taiwan that tilted a 12-story building on a 45-degree angle. The seven are a couple from Hong Kong who hold Canadian citizenship and five members of a ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan rescuers search building for 7 missing in earthquake

HUALIEN, Taiwan -- Rescuers were searching Friday for seven people missing in this week's deadly earthquake in eastern Taiwan that tilted a 12-story building on a 45-degree angle. The seven are a couple from Hong Kong who hold Canadian citizenship and five ... ( read original story ...)