Taipei, Taiwan News

Taipei, Dec. 19 Zheng Lizhong, vice president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits , said Saturday that there is no reason to protest against next week's cross-Taiwan Strait talks because they are in the interest of people.

President Ma Ying-jeou's signature effort to boost ties with Beijing faces a key test next week when Taiwan's pro-independence opposition plans to take to the streets to protest the visit of a senior Chinese envoy.

NO SMALL FRY: The head of the fisheries agency said that with help from the US and other allies, Taiwan was able to join a regional body under the name Chinese Taipei STAFF REPORTER, WITH CNA Sunday, Dec 20, 2009, Page 2 Taiwan and the US have markedly improved their fishery cooperation in recent years, and thanks to US assistance, Taiwan succeeded ...

A large earthquake struck Taiwan on Saturday night, causing some injuries and damage in the capital of Taipei as well as damage near the quake's epicenter.

We left the wives to have their breakfast at the hotel's complimentary buffet while the two of us slipped out to have some local food.

The vice mayor of Taichung agreed with requests from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party Friday not to close off a key road in the city during protests against the visit by Chinese top envoy Chen Yunlin next week.

Israel yesterday took the first step in signing a taxation pact with Taiwan aimed at avoiding double taxation and preventing tax evasion.

Now that the opposition Democratic Progressive Party has won the important local elections, the beef war, triggered by the conclusion of a protocol signed on Oct.

With the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition expecting to attract some 8 million visitors from home and abroad, Taipei City Department of Economic Development has encouraged tourist hotels in the capital city to work jointly for their guests to realize that the eco-friendly exposition is striving to conserve precious ...

The United States will sell helicopters to Taiwan for military transport and rescue missions, possibly before Christmas, a report said Dec.

Even the 7-Eleven stores in Taiwan are light years more fun than ours! They sell Tea Eggs and hot Yong Tau Hu! Ryan had to stop for this.

Hong Kong retailer JUICE take their act to Taipei in their latest JUICE Stand Pop-Up Store concept.

The Taiwanese government on Thursday announced support for a new project based on Google's Android mobile operating system, one of a number of moves by Taipei this year to support Android.

A conference on RFID wireless technology opened today in Taipei promising to open the road to cooperation between China and Taiwan on how the two can further develop the technology and use it in products and services.

Taipei, Dec. 16 King Pu-tsung, who was recently named to serve as secretary-general of the ruling Kuomintang , arrived in Taiwan Wednesday after spending time in the United States.

A senior Taiwan negotiator Thursday pledged to ensure the safety and dignity for Beijing's top envoy when he visits the island for the upcoming cross-Straits talks.

Environmental activists in Asia literally beat the drum Saturday to pressure world leaders to reach a deal at the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen to combat global warming.

Council of Labor Affairs Minister Jennifer Wang yesterday reiterated that signing an economic cooperation framework agreement with China would not increase unemployment in Taiwan.

Taiwan-based China Airlines, which marks its 50th birthday this week, can look back at half a century of turbulence, but the future could bring even more formidable challenges, analysts say.

GUNS N' ROSES kicked off its first tour in three years earlier tonight Friday in Taiwan, marking the band's first gigs in support of its 2008 CD, "Chinese Democracy" . The band's setlist was as follows: 01.