Ma Ying-jeou News

Former Control Yuan chief Wang Tso-yung yesterday received the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon from President Ma Ying-jeou.

Many leading Taiwan- and overseas-based businesses are having difficulty finding suitable land for use in Taiwan, according to government officials.

Shares in Taiwan closed higher Monday after trading within a narrow range, with large cap stocks such as two units of the Formosa Plastics Group and Largan Precision Co.outperforming the broader market.

The ruling Kuomintang and opposition parties failed to reach an agreement on an amended version of the stock gains tax yesterday, while IPO taxation remained the focal debate point.

President Ma Ying-jeou Monday expressed hope that Chunghwa Telecom, in addition to establishing cloud-based facilities, can also become one of the worlds' premier telecommunications service provider through competitive pricing.

Though the fracas with Philippines is currently occupying the news feeds in Taiwan, it is noteworthy that current Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Su Tseng-chang went to the US last week to open the DPP offices in Washington, DC, and hobnob with influential politicians on both sides of the aisle .

The president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, was scheduled to arrive in Taiwan Sunday evening to kick off his first state visit to the country since taking office in January, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After the shooting death of a fisherman and more than a month of diplomatic fury, Taiwan and the Philippines suddenly agreed to avoid violence when enforcing territorial rights in the ocean channel between them.

Show of commitment by Taipei's ruling KMT to the 'one China framework' reassures Xi Jinping of Ma Ying-jeou's peaceful stance, analysts say Beijing will maintain its policy of peaceful interactions with Taipei, following a high-level meeting between leaders of the Communist Party and Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang, analysts say.

The only likely opponent, little-known KMT Central Standing Committee member Hsieh Kun-hung, said he was close to obtaining the necessary 12,000 endorsements.

Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Wu Po-hsiung , after returning from China, yesterday rejected accusations that he has betrayed Taiwan.

The amendment of the act's Article 99-1 extended an exemption originally meant for the special allowance funds allotted to governmental organizations; preventing professors and legislators from being audited over research grants and special allowances as well.

Ruey-lan Chang, the head of New Tang Dynasty, Asia-Pacific, talks to a reporter about the successful renewal of the company's contract with Chunghwa Telecom, the largest telecommunications company in Taiwan.

The newly amended Act Governing Food Sanitation, designed to levy harsher punishments on violators, will take effect on June 21 after President Ma Ying-jeou signs it into law on June 19. Under the revised act, the penalties for violators may reach as high as NT$15 million, a jump from the previous highest figure of NT$6 million.

Taiwan's legislature rejected Thursday legal revisions it passed two weeks ago that would decriminalize acts by elected officials using public funds at entertainment facilities.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with a senior Taiwanese official in Beijing on Thursday, state media said, amid improving relations between the two sides.

One woman's chronicle of the death and suffering in Wuli has shed light on the grim plight of the Zhejiang 'cancer village', writes Hazel Knowles.

President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that he has requested that the Coast Guard Administration and the Ministry of National Defense establish a long-term plan to jointly protect Taiwan's fishing vessels.

A young European woman residing in Taiwan has posted an article on her blog complaining about the behavior of Chinese males she dated in what she calls a "cross-cultural social experience dint."

Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.