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Worldwide Faith News - Fri Nov 20, 11:34 pm ET
> Taiwan Church News >3012 Edition >November 16~22, 2009 Taiwanese stage protest to pressure government on risky US beef imports >Reported by Lin Yi-ying >Written by Lydia Ma A mass protest spearheaded by Tainan County Mayor Su Huan-jhih took place on November 14 in Taipei.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 12:07 am ET
Chinese President Hu Jintao hailed U.S. President Barack Obama's recognition of sovereignty issues dear to China, after a bilateral meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 1:10 pm ET
Chinese President Hu Jintao called on Saturday for formal talks on a landmark economic pact with Taiwan to start by the end of the year, in a rare meeting here with a top politician from the island.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 13, 6:13 am ET
Taiwan's envoy to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit said Friday a wide-ranging trade agreement with China to bolster the island's competitiveness could be completed by the end of 2010.
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Nasdaq - Thu Nov 19, 4:47 am ET
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Strategic Holdings Ltd. (0235.HK) Chief Executive Raymond Or said Thursday the application by the company and Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. to buy Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. was returned, not rejected, by the Taiwan government because of missing documents.
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Bloomberg - Fri Nov 13, 1:23 am ET
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- China and Taiwan are poised to sign an agreement giving their banks, insurers and brokerages wider access to each other’s markets as relations between the two adversaries are at their best in 60 years.
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Nasdaq - Thu Nov 19, 2:17 am ET
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Strategic Holdings Ltd. (0235.HK) said Thursday the plan by the company and Primus Financial Holdings Ltd. to buy Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. hasn't been rejected by the Taiwan government, which has yet to make a decision on the proposal.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 21, 8:58 am ET
Taipei - International environment protection group the Greenpeace on Saturday accused the Taiwan government of tolerating illegal fishing and overfishing of tuna by the country's fishermen. At a news conference held in Taipei together with the Envir...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 3:32 am ET
Taiwan will probe if the buyer of the local unit of American International Group has violated a long-term investment commitment by speedily selling on part of the company, an official said Friday.
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West Liberty Index - Thu Nov 19, 12:45 pm ET
Shin-Shin (Athena) Yeh is battling the national economic downturn head-on. Yeh, a native of Taiwan, has created a unique business proposal that would unite certified teachers in the United States with Taiwanese students wanting to learn English.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 14, 3:58 am ET
Singapore - China is willing to start negotiations with Taiwan on cross-strait trade before the end of the year, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Saturday in a meeting with top Taiwan official Lien Chan in Singapore. We should continue to follow the...
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 21, 8:59 pm ET
Taipei - A Taiwan man who had staggered drunkenly into the road was killed by a car after 81 vehicles passed by without stopping to help him off the road, the Apple Daily reported Sunday. Lien Hong-hsin, 51, a retired man, got drunk while playing mah...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 12:04 pm ET
Leading Taiwanese movie director Chu Yen-ping plans a black comedy titled "Assassinating Chen Shui-bian" about a plot to kill the island's former president, a report said Thursday.
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Worldwide Faith News - Thu Nov 19, 2:19 am ET
> Taiwan Church News >3011 Edition >November 9~15, 2009 Taiwanese Christians speak out against “risky” US beef >Reported by Lin Yi-ying >Written by Lydia Ma “The way the Ma administration negotiated import of US beef was downright humiliating for Taiwan and completely forfeited Taiwan’s sovereignty!” exclaimed Taipei City Councilor and Wen-shan Presbyterian Church member Hsu Chia-ching ...
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Nasdaq - Fri Nov 13, 8:17 am ET
China Commerce Minister Chen Deming said Friday on the sidelines of the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that China is ready to have further talks with Taiwan on the planned trade and economic pact.