Taiwan News

Taipei, Nov. 16 Taiwan should make a greater contribution to the worldwide effort to cope with climate change, President Ma Ying-jeou said Monday.

Taiwana s government will decide by the end of the year whether high-tech investments with China will be relaxed.

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, shoes using recycled newspapers designed by Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin.

" New Vice Foreign Minister Shen Lyushun marked his debut appearance at the Legislative Yuan amid vehement verbal clashes with aides and lawmakers alike, reports said Friday.

Two articles caught my eye from the papers today: ECFA will reduce chance of war: Ma Contrary to almost all his previous statements, President Ma now wants the public to believe that a) the KMT/ROC is not that friendly with the CCP/PRC and b) that the ECFA is not a guaranteed outcome but one that will have to pass the legislature.

Jade Mountain, northeast Asia's highest peak and Taiwan's sole finalist for a "New 7 Wonders of the World" award, remains an alluring mystery due to its remoteness and tough permitting rules.

There's a persistent myth among KMTers and resentful PRC trollbots alike that the KMT stabilized the economy of Taiwan with the gold looted from China's treasury. WSJ featured a letter yesterday that sheds light on the gold issue.

Victims left homeless by Typhoon Morakot protested against government relocation plans in Kaohsiung County Thursday, 100 days after the disaster.

Taipei, Nov. 19 Vice President Vincent Siew said Thursday that the biotech and medical care industries will play a critical role in Taiwan's economic development.

This is not "free trade." This is trade that is managed, and at present, managed to keep it out of public scrutiny here in Taiwan, and apparently, in favor of China.

Before President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao released their joint statement , Obama's Asia trip was underwhelming.

The opposition Democratic Progressive Party warned yesterday that the acknowledgement by United States President Barack Obama of Washington's "respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China" had gravely compromised Taiwan's national interest.

A professor at Chinese Culture University in Taipei expressed worry Tuesday that the United States seems to have further "comprehended, affirmed and accepted the position of China, " while underscoring the importance of the Taiwan issue in U.S.-Taiwan relations.

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council and Google announced the signing of a a oeFree Try-out Plan of Googlea s Keyword Advertisements for Taiwantrade Membersa on October 28, 2009.

Resolution Seeks to Reinvigorate Congressional Oversight on Defense Consultation. In an attempt to pressure the Obama administration to expedite a decision on F-16C/Ds sale and notify Congress of the remainder of the defense services and articles for Taiwan that were approved by the Bush administration, the resolution requires the administration to provide detailed briefings to Congress on U.S. arms sale to Taiwan.

The final details were minor compared with the substance of the financial cooperation deal between China and Taiwan, but carried significance of their own.

PRISON POTENTIAL: An additional trial date has been set to decide whether to try the former legislator on more serious charges than fraud and forgery.

The upcoming meeting between the chief negotiators of Taiwan and China will herald the beginning of formal negotiations on a cross-Taiwan Strait economic cooperation framework agreement , Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Tuesday.

If the Beitou Public Library is seen as a fresh breath of air among Taipei's lifeless concrete buildings, three planned exhibition halls for the 2010 International Flora Exposition in Taipei may end up being seen as a strong gust of wind sweeping nature through the city.

There is absolutely nothing unethical about a businessman advocating a particular policy position, namely, that Taiwan be sold out to China so that he can make heaping amounts of cash in the China trade. FT would have done nothing wrong had it clearly identified Owens as connected to a number of firms currently expanding in the China trade. The ethical breach occurs when the knowledge of his investments in the region he is advocating policy for is withheld from the reader and instead he is presented as if he were solely an analyst.