Tag Archives: Taiwan

Monday, 31 July 2017 Taipei: Taiwan was hit by its second major storm in two days after Typhoon Nesat battered the island, leaving at least 111 injured while causing flooding and widespread power outages. Much of the island came to a standstill on Saturday after Nesat made landfall in the …

Monday, 3 July 2017 BEIJING: Bilateral relations between the United States and China have entered turbulent waters, with Beijing lodging a formal protest against Washington’s decision to sell US$1.42 billion in arms to Taiwan. The arms sales, announced on Thursday, was the latest in a series of US actions related …

Monday, 3 July 2017 BEIJING: Taiwan military jets scrambled to shadow a Chinese aircraft carrier passing through narrow waters separating the two sides en route to Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China. The Liaoning fleet will be open to the public …

Friday, 30 June 2017 BEIJING – China urged the United States to revoke immediately its “wrong decision” to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion worth of arms, saying it contradicted a “consensus” President Xi Jinping reached with his counterpart, Donald Trump, in talks in April in Florida. The sales would send a …

Friday, 30 June 2017 WASHINGTON – The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion (1.09 billion pounds) in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump and a move sure to anger China, whose help the president has been seeking to rein in North Korea. State …

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 TAIPEI: A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia’s largest tech fair kicked off in Taiwan 30 May with artificial intelligence centre stage. The annual Computex trade show in Taipei comes as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen seeks to boost the island’s economy with her “Asian Silicon …

Tuesday, 18th April 2017: Known locally as “The Fast and the Furious 8,” the film had scored some $67 million (RMB465 million) by 11 pm on its second day of release. That is a record for a single day, and beats the opening day record “Furious 8” set on Friday. The …

Monday, 17 April 2017 TAIPEI – Taiwan said on Monday it was prepared to review a petition for asylum from a Chinese activist who left his tour group in Taiwan without notice last week. Local media reported on Sunday that Zhang Xiangzhong, whose whereabouts remain unknown, has said he will …

Wednesday, 12 April 2017 Taipei – Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said on Wednesday, as pressure grows to improve animal welfare after a spate of cruelty cases that stirred public outrage. Parliament passed legislation to outlaw the consumption, purchase or possession of dog and cat …

Friday, 7 April 2017 :  The wedding ceremony of Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok and his Chinese girlfriend Moka Fang (pic) will be held soon, reported Sin Chew Daily. It will be a low-key ceremony and only close family members will be invited. The 51-year-old actor-singer returned to Hong Kong …