Taiwan News

In Taipei, where the conventional wisdom that floats through the city like swamp gas above a moor is little more than a collection of KMT talking points, there is much criticism of the DPP for "objecting for the sake of objecting" or "only being able to object." This tripe is nothing but a KMT talking point meant for unthinking repetition.

Taiwan, which has earned an international reputation as a tech design center, is quietly reinventing an ancient industry - tea.

Hundreds of supporters of Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian protested outside court during an appeal against his detention on graft charges.

It is one more testimonial on the brutality imposed on Taiwanese by the late dictator Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). It is not an isolated incident but rather one of continued, innumerable cases of suffering and murder from that time. Despite that, there are still those who want to change the name of Taiwan Democracy Hall back to that of the dead dictator.

REDNECKS, PIRATES : The controversial nature of Kuo Kuan-ying s remarks require an explanation on why the Control Yuan didn t impeach him, Lu Hsueh-chang said By Flora Wang STAFF REPORTER Friday, Jul 10, 2009, Page 3 A senior Chinese Nationalist Party official yesterday called on the Control Yuan to explain why it did not impeach a former ...

Today's paper, On Hizen porcelain and the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade (Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin 26), by Takenori Nogami, looks at the trade in Hizen porcelain, which is not a Chinese but a Japanese porcelain exported from what was Hizen province in Kyushu until it was split between the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures after the Meiji Restoration.

The LAFA and Artists Dance Company, founded by two Taiwanese dancers, has received a rave review for its debut series of six performances in the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, one of the world's foremost arts festivals.

The European Chamber of Commerce Taipei has expressed great confidence in Taiwan's solar power development, especially following the passage last month of a statute aimed at promoting renewable energy development.

The outbreak of massive violence in Xinjiang has stunned international society and incurred nearly universal condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party-ruled People's Republic of China for its bloody suppression and failure to respect the human rights of the Uighur "minority" people in their own land.

Fifteen Taiwanese-American organizations are calling for the immediate release of former president Chen Shui-bian , calling his continued detention politically motivated.

Legislators across party lines yesterday expressed concern over national security after it was revealed that the daughter of a high-ranking official at the Military Intelligence Bureau is a college student in China.

The Ministries of Justice and National Defense presented their reports on corruption investigations Wednesday, but critics charged that the documents were "long on statistics and short on practical remedies." The presentation came precisely three months to the day after President Ma Ying-jeou called on the ministries to take action against ...

We ought to discuss now... ... when the year end elections produce a map stacked precipitously in favor of the KMT, to some degree or another, there will be a public outcry from some DPP supporters about how the democratic system in place is simply unfair.

Last week the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced new regulations governing Chinese investment in Taiwan. This latest move by the government is fraught with problems.

The United States Supreme Court has now been asked to answer the longstanding 'Taiwan question' that has haunted U.S. foreign policy since World War II.

Outside observers of the Taiwan government cannot help but wonder why so many major policy decisions are often first made known to the public, including the bureaucracy, in the Chinese Nationalist Party government through direct announcements by President Ma Ying-jeou. Former president Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party has been ...

Taiwan's pro-independence opposition called on the Beijing-friendly government on Tuesday to raise human rights in future talks with the mainland, following deadly unrest in China's Xinjiang region.

China Development Financial Holding Corp. surged in Taiwan after selling its 19.55 percent stake in the Taipei 101 building to a company controlled by the Ting Hsin International Group, a China company.

Local fabric manufacturer Singtex Industrial Co yesterday announced a breakthrough technology, dubbed "S.Cafe," which weaves waste coffee grounds into interlaced fibers to create textiles that offer fast drying properties, UV protection and odor control, as well as meet Swiss bluesign ...

Taiwan is seeing bicycling fever right now with the completion of more and more bike paths, more expensive transport costs and the new eco-friendly trend.