Taiwan Politics News

The two sides of the Taiwan Strait have almost concluded their negotiations on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation in financial supervision, Taiwan's top negotiator with China said Friday. "Negotiations have almost come to a conclusion, " said Chiang...

Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) For years, prostitutes caught in police raids in Taiwan were punished under the law, while their clients walked free. However, this law was challenged as "unfair" by two judges in a recent case involving two elderly...

Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau says a moderate earthquake has struck the central part of the island...The earthquake struck at 5:32 p.m. (0932 GMT) Thursday and was centered in rural Nantou county, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of the capital,...

Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) Nine Taiwanese companies in the animation and comics industry struck a deal Wednesday to invest a combined total of NT$500 million (US$15.36 million) in an animation industry park being constructed in the city of Guangzhou, in...

Asked about Huang's Beijing visit, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said he was "not prepared to talk about it today or tomorrow" because "this is not the appropriate time."...President Chen Yunlin, which will take place in the first half...

Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) A Chinese expert on giant panda breeding, in Taiwan as part of delegation promoting trade and economic exchanges with Taiwan, will visit Taipei Zoo Nov. 8 to help two giant pandas that were given by China...

H SBC Holdings HBC-N is preparing to boost its China presence about 20 per cent next year, as it ramps up for an IPO in one of its fastest growing markets, a top company executive said. China, where it earned...

Nakakomi Shin, the Brother Elephants' former coach, was detained at Taoyuan International Airport yesterday in a failed attempt to leave for the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. He was sent to Taipei County's Banciao District Prosecutors Office for further questioning. Nakakomi claimed...