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by Amber WANG Agence France-Presse TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Vicky Chen is a laid-back 14-year-old with an easy smile, but the Taiwanese actress is already a force to be reckoned with, nominated for two major awards at the Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars. Chen could make history on Saturday as the youngest ever contender to be crowned best actress at the Golden Horse film awards in Taipei. Local media have dubbed her a “prodigy” able […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) – Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen said Thursday that the end of China’s landmark party congress signals an “opportunity for change,” as she called for dialogue with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Tsai was speaking publicly for the first time since Xi was handed a second term during the 19th Communist Party meeting that concluded this week, which cemented the Chinese president’s grip on power. Ties between Taiwan and China have become increasingly frosty […]
(Eagle News) — Filipinos can now enjoy a visa-free entry to Taiwan starting Nov. 1. In a statement on Monday, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office said Philippine nationals can stay for up to 14 days, during the 9-month trial period that will last until July 31, 2018. TECO said those who intend to stay in Taiwan for more than 14 days, however, will have to secure visas prior to their entry. “Those who entered […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC said Thursday it was selling part of its smartphone business to US technology giant Google for $1.1 billion. The deal includes intellectual property licensing and half of its research staff, or around 2,000 people, and is expected to be completed in early 2018 pending regulatory approval, HTC said. “For Google, the deal will further strengthen its investment in and committment to smartphones and its hardware business… […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) — Taiwan has appointed the Mayor of Tainan William Lai as its new premier President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday (September 5), as she moved to shore up declining public support. A reshuffle to replace the premier had been anticipated for months as Tsai’s approval ratings dropped below 30 percent by August, a private foundation survey showed, from nearly 70 percent soon after her 2016 inauguration. Lai’s appointment comes a day after the […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) — A Taiwanese company is aiming to make laser engraving available to anyone by creating a device that comes at a fraction of the costs of conventional laser engraving tools. Cubiio, the name of a device which resembles a small Bluetooth speaker rather than a tool for shooting lasers, is currently able to load images from a memory card and engrave them onto various objects. According to its inventor, a future update […]
by Amber Wang TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A samurai sword-wielding attacker carrying the national flag of China slashed a military police guard outside Taiwan’s presidential office Friday, authorities said. The Taiwanese man who was arrested at the scene said he was expressing his political views and had stolen the sword from a nearby history museum, police told AFP. The presidential office in the center of the capital Taipei is the headquarters of Taiwan’s Beijing-skeptic President […]
PINGTUNG COUNTY, Taiwan (Reuters) — Typhoon Haitang, the second storm to hit Taiwan in 24 hours, battered southern and central parts of the island on Monday (July 31) after Typhoon Nesat injured more than 100 people and shut businesses at the weekend. Some cities in southern Taiwan remained closed on Monday with Typhoon Haitang bringing torrential rain, flooding and landslides. Typhoon Haitang made landfall in the south and southeast on Sunday (July 30) afternoon, the government […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan braced for its second storm in two days on Sunday after Typhoon Nesat battered the island, leaving at least 103 injured while causing flooding and widespread power outages. Much of Taiwan came to a standstill on Saturday after Nesat made landfall in eastern Yilan county, whipping up massive waves of over 49.2 feet (approx 15 meters) and dumping rain of up to 23 inches (58 centimeters) in the southern region […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Gorio is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Sunday morning (July 30), as it heads towards Taiwan, according to PAGASA’s latest weather bulletin. As of 10 a.m. today (July 29), the eye of typhoon Gorio was located at 335 kilometers north of Basco, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 180 kph. By Sunday morning, it […]
(Eagle News) — Expect rains in parts of the country over the weekend, as Gorio continues to enhance the southwest monsoon and it moves toward northern Taiwan on Sunday. Renato Paciente, assistant weather services chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, said in the next 24 hours, strong rains are expected over the western part of Luzon, including Subic and Clark. Paciente said this is because Gorio–which as of 10 a.m. was […]
by Joanna Chiu Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — The new United States ambassador to Beijing, known for his friendship with China’s president, said Wednesday he wanted terminally-ill dissident Liu Xiaobo to get treatment abroad, as Taiwan offered to care for the Nobel laureate. Ambassador Terry Branstad arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, one day after Liu’s lawyer revealed that prison authorities granted the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate medical parole after diagnosing him with […]
