U.S. President Donald Trump says he had a positive phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday and plans to hold extended trade talks with him next week at the G20 meeting of the leaders of the world's biggest …
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To Resist or Engage Old Foe China: Focus of Taiwan’s Presidential Race
TAIPEI The Taiwan ruling party's expected nomination this week of Beijingwary incumbent President Tsai Ingwen for a second term in office will kick off a campaign season highlighted by the island's sticky, increasingly strained ties with China.
Tsai won't talk …
Read MoreTo Resist or Engage Old Foe China: Focus of Taiwan’s Presidential Race
TAIPEI The Taiwan ruling party's expected nomination this week of Beijingwary incumbent President Tsai Ingwen for a second term in office will kick off a campaign season highlighted by the island's sticky, increasingly strained ties with China.
Tsai won't talk …
Read MoreTAIWAN’S CPC SAYS NAPHTHA TANKER HIT BY SUSPECTED ATTACK IN MIDDLE EAST
An oil tanker carrying fuel from the Middle East for Taiwan's state oil refiner CPC Corp was suspected to have been attacked earlier on Thursday, the company said.
Oil tanker Front Altair was carrying 75,000 tonnes of naphtha, a petrochemical …
Read MoreTaiwan shares open higher
Taipei-The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened up 14.23 points Tuesday at 10,584.10 on turnover of NT$1.75 billion (US$58.13 million).
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel
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Read MoreTaiwan shares open higher
Taipei-The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened up 14.23 points Tuesday at 10,584.10 on turnover of NT$1.75 billion (US$58.13 million).
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel
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Read MoreChan sisters bag tennis doubles gold at Universiade
Taiwan sisters Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching snatched women's doubles tennis gold Aug. 28 at the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade.
The Chans claimed victory by defeating the Wongteanchai sisters of Thailand 6-1, 7-5. The straight-sets victory was made all the …
Read MoreChina Reopens Hotly Disputed Fishing Spot to Philippine Boats
MANILA � Beijing is letting Philippine-registered fishing vessels access to a disputed South China Sea shoal, once the centerpiece of a bitter bilateral dispute, in an apparent goodwill gesture that would help otherwise strained Chinese relations with Manila as well …
Read MoreFormoSat-5 begins contact with ground station
Taipei-Eighty-two minutes and 56 seconds after lift-off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday, the first Taiwan-made satellite FormoSat-5 started communications with planet earth, according to the Hsinchu-based National Space Organization (NSPO).
In a statement, NSPO said that …
Read More9 local brands to showcase products at Paris design exhibition
Nine emerging Taiwan cultural and creative brands are set to showcase their products at the upcoming Maison et Objet Paris, one of the largest interior design trade shows in Europe, according to the Ministry of Culture Aug. 23.
Led by …
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