Temples and shrines, art treasures, shopping, peaceful lakes, spectacular scenery, hiking, beaches, food, deep-sea fishing, gardens and scuba diving and snorkeling are among the chief attractions of Taiwan. It has beautiful landscapes, rugged mountains and ancient temples, many within a day's journey of Taipei.
Flow of imported foodstuffs to be subject to stricter control Taiwan Headlines Taipei, Stricter measures will be taken to prevent contaminated food imports from hitting domestic store shelves, an official with the Consumer Protection Commission under the Exectuive...
Angkor Airways stops Taipei-Angkor flights due to financial crisis Taiwan Headlines Taipei, The Taiwan branch of Cambodia's Angkor Airways Corp. announced Friday that it was temporarily suspending all of its flights between Taipei and Siem Reap, home to the world famous...
Publisher decides to reintroduce Chinese literature textbooks Taiwan Headlines Taipei, Cheng Chung Books Co., which has authorized a Chinese publisher to introduce Taiwan's Chinese literature textbooks in simplified characters, is planning to reprint the classical...
Kaohsiung City urged to enhance marketing, offer evening shows Taiwan Headlines Tokyo, Japan, The Kaohsiung city government should step up its marketing of the southern Taiwan port city and organize evening entertainment to attract more tourists from Japan, Japanese...
DPP to probe Taiwan Headlines The Democratic Progressive Party's highest policy - making body apologized on Wednesday to Taiwanese citizens and supporters for the &grave error& in the failure of a secret attempt to establish...
President-elect exchanges views with U.S. think tank members Taiwan Headlines Taipei, President-elect Ma Ying-jeou exchanged views on cross-Taiwan Strait policy with members of a delegation from an influential U.S. think tank Friday. Ma spokesman Lo Chih-chiang...
Taiwan to launch intellectual property court July 1 Taiwan Headlines Taipei, The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will launch Taiwan's first-ever intellectual property (IP) court in a bid to further protect intellectual property rights (IPR) and...
2008 Taipei Diving Equipment and Marketing Action Fair opens Taiwan Headlines Taipei Diving Equipment and Marketing Action Fair opened Friday at the Taipei World Trade Center's Hall 2 for a three-day exhibition. Nearly 100 diving equipment...
Taiwan shares open marginally higher Taiwan Headlines Taipei, The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened marginally higher Tuesday. The weighted price index was up 15.13 points at 8,852.20 on a turnover of NT$3.88 billion (US$127.22...
U.S. dollar up in early Taipei trading Taiwan Headlines Taipei, The U.S. dollar was higher against the New Taiwan dollar in early trading in Taipei Thursday. The greenback was trading at NT$30.636 at 10 a.m. on the Taiwan Foreign Exchange, up...
Taiwan, China battle for pandas IOL Taiwan zoos are caught up in a ferocious competition to win a pair of pandas from China, now that their country has a new Beijing-friendly president. Four zoos and...
Prices lower on Taipei bourse Taiwan Headlines Taipei, Taiwan's share prices opened low and closed lower Thursday, with the weighted index, the market's key barometer, moving down 59.72 points, or 0.66 percent, to close at 8,866.62....
Chengchi University wins L Taiwan Headlines L'oreal e-Strat Challenge, an annual international online business strategy...
Academic wary of Chinese investment in housing market Taiwan Headlines Taipei, A well-known academic specializing in Taiwan's property market warned Thursday that allowing Chinese investment in Taiwan's housing market without complementary measures would...
Construction loans suffer first drop in 4 years in March Taiwan Headlines Taiwan's outstanding construction loans witnessed a monthly drop of NT$2.071 billion (US$64.72 million at US$1 = NT$32) to NT$1.026683 trillion (US$32.084 billion) in March of this year, the first...
Forex reserves may break US$300b mark in Q3 Taiwan Headlines Thanks to the inbound remittance of overseas investment gains by insurance firms, Taiwan's outstanding foreign exchange reserves increased by US$2.517 billion from March to US$289.377 billion at the...
Shares of industry and services in overall economy reverse course Taiwan Headlines Taiwan's service sector seems to have reversed trend and is in decline as a share of the overall economy. According to a recent survey by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics...
Shin Kong plans major inroads into telecom sector Taiwan Headlines Shin Kong Financial Holding has planned to invest NT$10 billion making major forays into the telecom sector, thereby creating a conglomerate spanning financial and telecom businesses, similar to...
Pineapple exhibition held in Taichung museum Taiwan Headlines Taipei, A special exhibition on the history of pineapple cultivation in Taiwan opened Friday at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung in central Taiwan, focusing on the...
Qimonda, Macronix end non volatile memory deal Taiwan Headlines German chipmaker Qimonda and Macronix International Co., Ltd. of Taiwan recently co-announced the end to their cooperation on a non-volatile flash-memory technology program.Macronix executives...
Taiwan zoos in fierce competition for China pandas Reuters Taiwan zoos are caught up in a ferocious competition to win a pair of pandas from China, now that their country has a new Beijing-friendly president.
Taiwan relief team departs for Myanmar Taiwan Headlines The first Taiwan relief team to obtain permission from the Myanmar military government to enter cyclone devastated areas departed for the southeastern Asian country on Thursday. The 10-member team...
Science council urges fast action on global warming Taiwan Headlines Climate change is throwing the global temperature cycles out of order and to circumvent the possibly dire consequences urgent strategies should be put into place to reduce carbon emissions, the...
Merrill Lynch gets OK to expand private wealth operations in Taiwan Market Watch ... amp;We believe Taiwan offers significant opportunities for the (Global Private Client) group and our other businesses,& Merrill Lynch's Taiwan Chief Executive Albert Lee said in a statement.
Legislature amends public welfare lotteries statute Taiwan Headlines Taipei, The Legislative Yuan passed an amendment Friday to the Statute Governing Public Welfare Lotteries that clearly defines how the profits from lotteries earmarked for social welfare...
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