Taipei, Taiwan News

Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of "Jiangsu-Taiwan Week" held in Taipei, south China's Taiwan Province, Nov.

China is ready to sign an agreement on financial co-operation with Taiwan which would clear the way for each side to buy the othera s banking assets, an official said on Wednesday.

Taipei, Nov.10 The first batch of U.S. bone-in beef is likely to arrive in Taiwan within one week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued Quality System Assessment certifications to qualified suppliers, an official said Tuesday.

About 100 Tainan residents petitioned President Ma Ying-jeou at the Presidential Office yesterday to launch new negotiations with Washington on imports of US beef X or face a larger protest on Saturday.

A retired People's Liberation Army general yesterday said Taiwan could more effectively protect itself by embracing the one-China principle than by having its own army.

Thousands of Taiwanese Saturday marched in the capital Taipei to protest against the end of a six-year ban on the import of some types of US beef products- which they fear could spread the deadly mad cow disease.

Riding on its success in promoting Taiwan's creative industry in China at an annual cultural fair in Beijing in the past few years, Taipei will join forces with Shanghai to organize a similar event next year, an official said Wednesday.

China and Taiwan are poised to sign an agreement giving their banks, insurers and brokerages wider access to each othera s markets as relations between the two adversaries are at their best in 60 years.

Thanks to exorbitant realty prices in Greater Taipei areas, luxury residences in southern Taiwan are attracting people from the north with cash to spare, data from a realty agency showed.

International Air Transport Association issued the following news release: The International Air Transport Association today announced the dawn of a new era for the air cargo supply chain in Chinese Taipei.

Taipei, Nov. 12 The Ministry of National Defense is planning to establish a think-tank to facilitate studies on the cross-strait situation, and particularly on a proposed mechanism to foster mutual trust between the military on both sides, an MND official said Thursday.

Taipei, Nov. 11 The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened marginally higher Wednesday, moving up 10.19 points at 7,603.68 on a turnover of NT$2.38 billion .

TAIPEI a ' A 27-year-old policeman was stabbed to death in Taipei by a suspect he had failed to search and cuff, reports said Tuesday.

Renowned Israeli pipe-organ musician Roman Krasnovsky will stage two concerts next week in southern Taiwan to raise funds for those who were affected by Typhoon Morakot, which devastated the southern half of the country in August.

Taipei, Taiwan is my favorite friendly Asian city. I have traveled all over the world, and I have many favorite cities.

Revelations that Taiwanese Premier Wu Den-yih traveled abroad with a former gangster have excited great interest among this island's sensation-seeking media, but left few of its 23 million people gaping in surprise.

TAIPEI: A delegation from the Chinese mainland arrived here Monday afternoon, kicking off their 6-day tour of exchange and cooperation.

Taiwan's landmark building, Taipei 101, will undergo an 18-month energy renovation to become the world's tallest green building.

Malaysian food and cultural fair organized by the Taipei-based Malaysian Friendship and Trade Center opened yesterday in Taipei, showcasing the multi-cultural traditions and cuisine of Malaysia.

Taipei, Nov. 8 There is still some uncertainty about the exact time and place for the signing of a cross-Taiwan Strait memorandum of understanding on cooperation in financial supervision, but it will definitely be soon, a ruling Kuomintang legislator said Sunday.