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DPP chairwoman optimistic about local elections
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
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Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) The chairwoman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) expressed optimism Thursday about the party's chances in the upcoming Dec. DPP is expected to retain its grip on the counties of Yunlin, Chiayi and Pingtung. Tsai...
Tags: local elections, DPP, Taiwan, Taipei, Tsai Ing-wen, Chen Chu, Pingtung City, Kaohsiung, Republic of China local elections, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan independence movement, Township, Politics, Taiwan Province, Hualien County, Ma Ying-jeou, Tainan City, Kuomintang
Share prices close marginally lower on local bourse
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) Taiwan's share prices closed lower Friday, with the weighted index, the market's key barometer, falling 77.01 points, or 0.99 percent, to close at 7,682.97. The local bourse opened at the day's high of 7,741.72 and reached a low...
Tags: Taiwan, Taipei, Business Finance
Travel Postcard: Hiking around Jade Mountain, Taiwan
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility 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. But even a hastily planned, permit-less weekend trip can take...
Tags: Jade Mountain Tataka, Taiwan, Alishan House, Taipei, Chiayi, Alishan Range, Yushan National Park, Yushan, Alishan, Chiayi Station, Hospitality Recreation
Premier Wu wants low-priced homes along airport MRT line
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility Premier Wu Den-yih wanted to counter expensive housing in Taipei by building homes for young people close to stations on the future Mass Rapid Transit line to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the government said yesterday. The idea was mentioned...
Tags: Taipei, MRT, Taiwan, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System, Taoyuan County, Administrative divisions of the Republic of China, Taipei Main Station
Taiwan hopes for religious exchanges with China: president
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that he hopes for religious exchanges with China when he received a special envoy from Pope Benedict XVI. Jozef Cardinal Tomko, who arrived here Nov. 18, was in Taiwan to attend the celebrations...
Tags: Taiwan, China, Taipei, Cross-Strait relations, Political status of Taiwan, Republic of China, Politics of the People's Republic of China, Hakka, Ma Ying-jeou, Religion Belief, Democratic Progressive Party, Politics, Kuomintang, TSMC, Thin-film transistor, Economy of Taiwan, Technology Internet
8. Chinese Oscars
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility Roll out the red carpet for the Golden Horse Awards. IT is the time of the year for the Golden Horse Awards (GHA), Taiwan�s version of the Oscars, which is regarded as one of the most prestigious Asian movie awards.
Tags: Taiwan, Taipei, Chinese films of the 2000s, Taiwanese dramas, Entertainment Culture, Human Interest, Sammo Hung, Zhang Ziyi, Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, July Rhapsody, The Home Song Stories, Hong Kong films, Hong Kong Film Award, Daniel Wu
Two players kicked out by Bears; 3 more under probe
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility The La New Bears baseball team expelled two of its players yesterday for their alleged involvement in a game-fixing scam. The management said it will also seek compensation from the duo in a civil lawsuit. The Bears kicked out Tsai Chung-you and Tsai...
Tags: Bears, Taiwan, Taipei, Sinon Bulls, Taiwanese aborigines, Chinese Professional Baseball League, Asia Series, Taichung City, allnews, Law Crime
Worried nations try to cool hot money
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility On Thursday Brazil, which surprised the markets a month ago by imposing a 2 per cent tax on the inflow of money destined for financial assets, said it would further tighten those restrictions. The finance ministry imposed a new 1.5 per cent tax on the...
Tags: Taiwan, Taipei, Cent, Thai baht, United States dollar, Currency, Economy of Indonesia, Indonesian rupiah, Tarisa Watanagase, New Taiwan dollar, Business Finance, Economy of South Korea, Finance in China, Central bank, Capital control, Currencies of China, Asian Financial Crisis
Taiwan denies rejecting Primus' bid to buy insurer AIG's unit
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility Taiwan's economics ministry denied a newspaper report that it rejected an application submitted by a group led by Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. to buy the local unit of American International Group Inc. The ministry on Nov. 13 asked for additional data...
Tags: Taiwan, AIG, Taipei, Chinatrust Commercial Bank, Chinatrust Financial Holding Company, American International Group, Business Finance, Political status of Taiwan, Republic of China
Enough G-2 Talk Already
Shanghai :: China | 6 days ago
Credibility In what ways do any of these descriptions really fit the situation? Soviet Russia and the United States could reasonably be spoken of as the Two Superpowers because they provided the dynamic ideological core of the cold war, the two fundamental and indispensable...
Tags: United States, China-America, Washington, Chinese, Americans, China, Shanghai, Taiwan, Zhonghua minzu, Han Chinese, Politics of the People's Republic of China, Political status of Taiwan, Republic of China, Politics
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