TAIPEI, Taiwan – Smart technology addressing the ever-evolving needs of 21st century life is today’s main focus of sports and fitness equipment design. The latest developments will be on display at the TaiSPO trade show next March. The re-scheduling of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Healthcare Experts Share Medical Excellence on Malaysian Patients
Taiwan not only provides world-class medical services ... and we look forward to receiving even more patients from Malaysia in the near future.” Bob Cooper is Canadian Business Tribune''s senior editor. He is also a nationally syndicated newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
‘A gift from the sky’: record-breaking nine-hour rainbow appears in Taiwan
A professor in Taiwan claims to have witnessed the longest ever visible rainbow, clocking in at nearly nine hours, and plans to submit it for a world record. The rainbow lasted for eight hours and 58 minutes in the mountains around the Taiwanese capital of ... ( read original story ...)
2018 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Program Revealed
On what will be the 50th anniversary of his assassination in 1968, down by the Riverside will also recall his most controversial speech, Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence at the Riverside Church in New York City on April 4 1967-one year to the day ... ( read original story ...)
Vincent Callebaut’s 5 farming bridges will feature thousands of 3D Printed housing units in Iraq
Vincent Callebaut Architectures' main concept is to rebuild them as inhabited bridges by building the new city over the old city ... Seoul's Yeouido Han River Park is also another eco-sustainable project of the architect. Vincent Callebaut runs his ... ( read original story ...)
samsung patent reveals palm recognition for password hints
schemata architects were challenged to design the blue bottle coffee cafe, which was supposed to serve as a connection between the city and the buildi ... the project offers a new ... forces traveled throughout taiwan for several weeks before teaming ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Victoria Dockside Reaches Major Project Milestone with Opening of its First Phase, the Unparalleled K11 Atelier Office Towe
New mixed-use commercial building makes waves in drawing global finance firms Mizuho Bank and Taipei Fubon Bank across the Harbour ... Hills and transforming New York’s Hudson Yards into the city’s most exciting new neighbourhood. ( read original story ...)
China Airlines lands in London for first time in five years
in addition to carrying business and leisure passengers. "This renewed direct flight between London and Taipei is another vote of confidence in the British economy," Hands said from Gatwick Airport. Guy Stephenson, chief commercial officer at Gatwick ... ( read original story ...)
These timelapse videos show a rainbow arching over Taiwan for a record-breaking 9 hours
A screengrab of a rainbow that arched over Taiwan for a reported eight hours and 58 minutes. YouTube A rainbow arched over Taiwan for almost nine hours last week. If confirmed, it would be the world's longest-lasting rainbow. The previous record was set in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Unfulfilled Promise of Marriage Equality
For Taiwan and much of East Asia, homosexuality has long been a taboo subject. In the influential 1988 novel Crystal Boys, directly translated from Mandarin as “sons of sin,” Pai Hsien-yung tells the story of growing up gay in 1970s Taipei: “As soon ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel in a Conflict with China Is Not What You Think
Undersea fibre-optic cable is the backbone of data transmission and intercontinental communications--and China could cut Taiwan off from the outside world. Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel in a Conflict with China Is Not What You Think Since September 2016 ... ( read original story ...)
Psychedelic noodles on offer in fictional futuristic small-town Saskatchewan
One of the inspirations for his film is how Saskatoon is changing and how the present-day city differs from what he ... whose parents moved to Canada from Taiwan in the 1970s. His film is part of a CBC project called Keep Calm and Decolonize. ( read original story ...)
10 things to do in Taipei
The “Made in Taiwan” moniker hardly does this breakaway Chinese state any favours as it belies the island’s hot-spring bubbling mountains, scrumptious street food, and a sassy capital. But last week’s launch of China Airlines’ first direct flight ... ( read original story ...)
NCSIST, private sector form company for defense technology transfers
Taipei, Dec. 4 (CNA) The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) and the private sector have formed a joint venture company to transfer technological know-how from NCSIST to the commercial market, Ministry of National Defense (MND ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan property sales celebrating end of year boost
Property transactions in Taiwan are currently enjoying a busy streak, with local government data showing a 10 percent increase since October due to peak season. In six of the country’s special municipalities, transactions of residential, retail and ... ( read original story ...)
Exhibition shows biodiversity of VN, Taiwan
“Now I know that the Formosan sambar deer is the largest native animal species in Taiwan and Dahanshan Cookeina sinensis fungus grows in clusters on the floor of humid forests,” Giang said. “At first glance, they resemble little white cups, adorable ... ( read original story ...)