TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines submitted on Friday an application with Taiwan's government to open a branch here, becoming the first Chinese company to apply to invest in the country, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA ...

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Former president Chen Shui-bian wrote a letter to President Ma Ying-jeou from the Taipei Detention Center last month, imploring him to help remove the overseas travel restrictions placed on his daughter Chen Hsing-yu . In response to the letter, Presidential Office Spokesman Wang Yu-chi said that not commenting on individual judicial cases has ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A health care products company has broken ground on a $3.28 million manufacturing facility in Bonneville County. Melaleuca Inc. is building the 38,000-square-foot facility that will be its manufacturing headquarters for the ...

All politicians seek a catch word or phrase to use for spin and glorification of their policies.

Wednesday was an historical day. It was the day the Taiwanese government started processing applications for Chinese investment in Taiwan and, coincidentally, the 12th anniversary of Hong Kong s official return to China and the beginning of one country, two systems.

Last week, two developments highlighted both the progress that has been made and the challenges remaining in improving local corporate governance.

Kao said that apart from encouraging Chinese enterprises to invest in Taiwan, he would also help to set up cooperation channels for companies on the two sides of the Strait and would explore feasible opportunities for Taiwanese businesses.

Taipei City s Department of Labor will hold a Philippines friendship day today, giving residents a chance to share in the festive spirit of the Philippines Sandugo Festival and its rich culture.

A group of gynecologists yesterday expressed concern that the average age of pregnant women in Taiwan was rising.

The central government has recently approved a proposal to designate a 4 hectare plot of land and coastal waters along Tainan City and Tainan County as the country s eighth national park.

TAIWAN S GIFT: The vessel is part of efforts to measure marine hydrocarbon and halocarbon emissions with help from China Airlines and various academics STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA Sunday, Jul 05, 2009, Page 2 Evergreen Marine s Ever Ultra is pictured at sea yesterday.

President Ma Ying-jeou has rejected a plea by his predecessor, Chen Shui-bian , to lift a court order that bars Chen's daughter from leaving the country.

The Democratic Progressive Party will announce this week its candidate for the Yunlin County legislative by-election as well as its candidates for the year-end mayoral and commissioner elections, Su Jia-chyuan , head of the party's nominating team, said yesterday.

Taiwan s travel industry is being forced to deal with many negative consequences X from damaged hotel equipment to delayed payments X coming from the influx of Chinese tourists, hotel operators and travel agencies said.

ODD OCCURRENCES: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega failed to show up at the airport to greet Ma, snubbed him at a dinner banquet and left him waiting in a car By Mo Yan-chih STAFF REPORTER Sunday, Jul 05, 2009, Page 1 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, holds hands with his Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-Jeou during a press conference in ...

The American President Richard Nixon has arrived in China at the start of a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries. His visit began with an unexpected audience with Chairman Mao Zedong at the leader's ...

Global private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts KKR.UL, MBK Partners and Affinity Partners are among the bidders for AIG unit Nan Shan Life, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News said, quoting identified sources. The report comes a day after ...

Wednesday was an historical day. It was the day the Taiwanese government started processing applications for Chinese investment in Taiwan and, coincidentally, the 12th anniversary of Hong Kong??s official return to China and the beginning of ...

Kao Koong-lian (?????G), secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), is scheduled to visit regions adjacent to the Bohai Sea in northern China from today until July 11 to promote Chinese investment in Taiwan. Kao said that apart ...

TAIPEI, July 4 (Reuters) - About 10 global and Taiwan financial firms have submitted bids to buy troubled AIG's ( AIG.N ) Taiwanese insurance unit, newspapers said on Saturday, in a deal that could fetch up to over $2 billion. Global private equity ...

Taipei, July 4 A Chinese delegation that will survey Taiwan's fruit market in preparation for an October visit by an official procurement group from China is slated to arrive Sunday.

Acer Inc., the world's second-largest supplier of laptop computers, said Taiwan prosecutors yesterday searched wholly owned unit Eten Information Systems Co.

Adimmune Corp. signed an agreement of seasonal flu vaccine production in this March 22, 2007 file photo.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou arrives in Honolulu today for an overnight stopover on his way home from Central America. Before leaving tomorrow night, he will meet with Gov. Linda Lingle at a private breakfast, attend a reception in his honor and ...

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A federal judge has granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's request to continue freezing the assets of a California financier charged in a fraud case involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

Vietnama TMs labour export sees signs of recovery in the remaining months of the year as domestic labour supply companies have secured recruitment orders from major labour importers after experiencing a standstill as a result of the global economic recession.

In the hot sun Fu Yongxian picked ripe watermelons on the farm. He looks so tan that people could hardly believe he was once a college student in Shanghai, China's most prosperous city.

Taipei - Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves rose to a record high in June on exchange rate and other gains, the Central Bank said Friday. 'Our foreign exchange reserves stood at 317.564 billion US dollars as of the end of June, up 4.922 billion ...

A federal judge has granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's request to continue freezing the assets of a California financier charged in a fraud case involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

A federal judge has granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's request to continue freezing the assets of a California financier charged in a fraud case involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

SECURITY ISSUE: The Taiwan Solidarity Union said Chinese state-run firms would invest in Taiwanese industry to steal advanced technology and take it back to China By Rich Chang Lu tells media in US of the perils Taiwan is facing STEP BY STEP :: The former vice president told news outlets in the US that the nation was steadily being turned into ...

A 48-year-old immigrant from Malta hangs out in New York City bars, but always on the floor, so he can enjoy his particular passion of being stepped on.

Tiger Woods misses a putt on the 10th green during the AT&T National tournament in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday.

Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c508d5/taiwan_cardiovascu : ) has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report " Taiwan Cardiovascular Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 : " to ...

Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3b3963/taiwan_diabetes_ca : ) has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report " Taiwan Diabetes Care Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 : " to ...

The Control Yuan yesterday impeached former secretary-general of the Executive Yuan Liu Shih-fang (?B?@??), former chief of the Hsinchu Science Park James Lee (??????) and former minister of the National Science Council Wei Che-ho (?Q?? ...

Taiwan will not open the median line of the Taiwan Strait to air traffic because the area is used for training by the country??s air force, President Ma Ying-jeou (???^?E) said on Thursday. At present, direct flights between Taiwan and China ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Recession-hit Taiwan has begun to depend so heavily on economic powerhouse China that the island's leadership risks being seen as beholden to Beijing and will have to tread carefully so as not to upset its political rival. China ...

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Global investors Carlyle CYL.UL and Primus are among the bidders for AIG's ( AIG.N ) Taiwan insurance unit, sources said on Friday, as the troubled U.S. insurer aims to get rid of some of its global assets. Friday is the ...

Rotary International 3520 District Governor, Chen Yau-Fang, led 3460 District Governor Chang Guang-Yau, 3470 District Governor Si Mau-Gen, 3480 District Governor Hsieh Yan-Sheng,, 3490 District Governor Lee Jing-du, 3500 District Governor Xu Bai-chou ...

Taipei - Taiwan will hold the second bidding round for the purchase of 5 million doses of flu vaccine after the first round failed because there were not enough bidders, an official said Friday. "The first bidding round flopped because there was only ...

Taiwan will have to revise chip-industry regulations before United Microelectronics (UMC) can invest in China, an official said Friday. UMC, the world's second-largest contract chip maker, announced a plan in April to pay US$285 million for an 85 ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Recession-hit Taiwan has begun to depend so heavily on economic powerhouse China that the island's leadership risks being seen as beholden to Beijing and will have to tread carefully so as not to upset its political rival. China ...

The China Daily has filed an appeal after the Government Information Office (GIO) decided to revoke the English-language paper's Taiwan publication license, which was due to be renewed on Tuesday, an official said. "We respect the decision reached at ...

The Government Information Office (GIO) must give permission for the Chinese cartoon Big-Ear Tutu to be broadcast in Taiwan before it can be aired, the National Communications Commission said yesterday. The cartoon features a three-year-old boy named ...

During his farewell speech, Stephen Young, director of AIT, said that there should be no rivalry between the Taiwan-U.S. relationship and Taiwan-China rapport: "Our strong ties need not be in competition with recently warming links between Taiwan and ...

The outgoing American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) director said that ties between Taiwan and the United States are "grounded in the most enduring foundation" and are not in competition with its cross-strait relationship, at a celebration of United ...

Taipei - Taiwan consumers on Thursday prepared to file a class action lawsuit against Dell, as the computer giant continued to refuse to sell monitors to shoppers who had ordered them at a misquoted price. The private Taiwan Consumers' Foundation ...