Taiwan News

A Chinese envoy yesterday toured a southern Taiwan city, in a rare visit by a top mainland official to the area known for its vehement anti-China sentiment, officials said.

Soon, your computers and personal data may no longer need an overly complicated or easily deciphered password to protect, only your beating heart.

Business representatives from Taiwan and Japan will sign a memorandum of understanding today in Taipei with the aim of boosting their countries' economies, according to Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research .

The International University Sports Federation will hold the 2012 FISU Forum from March 26 to 31 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Prosecutors have formally charged the alleged head of a vast smuggling ring, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday, a man once dubbed China's most wanted man and deported by Canada last year after a decades-long legal battle.

A tearful Lin Yu-chun yesterday joined the chorus of fans and celebrities mourning the death of 48-year-old Whitney Houston.

Addressing a spring gathering of the representatives of the nation's transportation and communications businesses, the president said the targets he has set for his first and second terms were being achieved step by step.

Former Tainan County Magistrate Su Huan-chih announced his bid for chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party yesterday.

The Democratic Progressive Party is seeking to form an alliance with other opposition forces to better monitor parliamentary operations, a report said yesterday.

Linpus Technologies, Inc., a Linux software solutions provider based in Taipei, Taiwan, just announced that they have ported Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest edition of Android, to run on x86 tablet, netbook and notebook computers.

HAVING trouble remembering your password? Perhaps you need to use your heart instead of your head.

Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng decided to give all newly elected lawmakers one more week off so that they may discuss and eventually make a decision on when to go back to work for the people who voted them into the parliament.

Compared to South Korea, Taiwan is more demanding on the U.S. over American beef imports, said Dale W. Jieh of the Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday.

Taiwan has taken a step forward in promoting human rights by launching the country's first-ever journal specifically devoted to the cause, the publisher said yesterday.

Taiwanese actor Mark Chao reacts to questions during a media event in the lead up to the premiere of his new film entitled "Love" in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb.

Taipei, Feb. 10 An inter-ministerial committee meeting on the issue of beef imports from the United States commenced Friday for the first time, paving the way for a decision by the Taiwan government on the issue.

Statins, a class of drugs used to manage elevated blood cholesterol, may also play a role in fighting hepatocellular carcinoma -- a form of primary liver cancer -- among people with chronic hepatitis B, according to a report in the Over years or decades, chronic hepatitis B virus infection can progress to advanced liver disease including fibrosis, ... (more)

The average working adult may occasionally indulge in a shopping splurge, but for many kids born to financially disadvantaged families in Taiwan, new clothes are considered an impossible luxury.

"Linpus Technologies, Inc., a Linux software solutions provider based in Taipei, Taiwan, just announced that they have ported Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest edition of Android, to run on x86 tablet, netbook and notebook computers.

TAIPEI - The Presidential Office on Friday rejected an alleged statement by a retired general that the armed forces of Taiwan and , on February 8, the Chinese-language Liberty Times daily reported.