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Taipei Pavilion to provide virtual lift

Metro | World Expo
2009-10-31

TAIPEI will invite visitors to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo to enjoy the virtual experience of taking the high-speed elevator of the Taipei 101 Tower in its pavilion in the Urban Best Practices Area. Visitors will...

Arrests made as betting probe rocks Taiwan

Sports | Baseball
2009-10-28

AUTHORITIES in Chinese Taipei have detained six people on suspicion of accepting bets that prompted deliberately poor performances from baseball players, a prosecutor's spokesman said yesterday. The case, following...

Tripping out in tantalizing Taipei

Feature | Travel
2009-9-12

A TYPICAL city girl, I simply cannot get enough of traveling to other big metropolises, and Taipei has always remained on the top five of my list. So I was excited about my first trip to Taipei last month, where...

Virus Hits Forum

National
2009-7-30

MORE than 20 medical students attending a conference in Taipei have shown flu-like symptoms, with six of them testing positive to the H1N1 virus, Taiwan health authorities said yesterday. The students were attending...

Taiwan students protest

National
2009-7-13

MORE than 1,000 students and their parents marched in the streets of Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan Island, yesterday to demand the elimination of elite high schools to reduce the pressure on students trying to...

Taiwan chief negotiator to resign

National
2009-5-6

TAIWAN chief negotiator Chiang Pin-kung said in Taipei today he had submitted his resignation as chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF). Chiang, who is turning 77 this December, told media...

Taipei court to summon Chen Shui-bian's mother-in-law in corruption trial

National
2009-3-19

A district court in Taipei decided yesterday to summon Wu Wang-hsia, former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's mother-in-law, for further investigation of the corruption cases of Chen and his wife. The court said...

Wu's jewelry hidden by a friend

National
2009-3-14

PROSECUTORS in Taipei have impounded a large quantity of jewelry belonging to Wu Shu-chen, wife of former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian, who is charged with embezzlement, from the home of one of Wu's close friends. ...

Taiwan's Chen loses appeal to end detention

National
2009-3-4

A TAIPEI court yesterday rejected former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's appeal against his detention and ordered that he be held in custody for an additional two months. Under the island's law, a defendant whose...

Panda pair make outdoor debut on Valentine's Day in Taiwan

National
2009-2-14

THE pair of pandas sent by the Chinese mainland to Taiwan took their first outdoor steps at the Taipei Zoo today. Local visitors said the pandas were well adapted to their open-air environment and vigorously played...