Taiwan

Taiwan's all-volunteer military could leave garrisons short

6 Mar 2013

Kuomintang legislator Lin Yu-fang said the embarrassing situation was due mainly to Taiwan's introduction of an all-volunteer military, which had made it difficult to recruit servicemen for...

Outgoing commerce minister won't say if he'll lead Taiwan talks

6 Mar 2013

Outgoing Commerce Minister Chen Deming would not confirm yesterday that he will take over as head of the mainland body responsible for negotiations with Taiwan in the upcoming leadership reshuffle...

DPP urges 'yes' vote to block nuclear plant

5 Mar 2013

Taiwan's main opposition party has urged people to back a referendum on halting construction of a fourth nuclear power plant. "All people must stand up at this historic moment to demonstrate their...

Short Sport, March 3, 2013

3 Mar 2013

Golf officials denied rumours of a malaria outbreak on the LPGA Tour yesterday after Natalie Gulbis and Pak Se-ri pulled out of the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore due to illness and staff...

Taiwan to stage live-fire exercise at Spratlys

2 Mar 2013

Taiwan's coastguard will stage a live-fire exercise next month in disputed South China Sea islands, a move that could raise regional tensions. The drill will take place on Taiping Island between...

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Xi's talk of cross-strait dream 'aimed at political talks'

Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's appeal for people across the Taiwan Strait to forge dreams together is being seen as a new approach by the party's new leadership to make the prospect of cross-...

'Major progress' in cross-strait ties accords with wishes of both sides: Hu Jintao

President Hu Jintao yesterday told the visiting honorary chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang, Lien Chan, that cross-strait ties had made "major progress" since 2005. Analysts saw Hu's comment as an...

'Hsieh's Sina case shows lip service'

People have been unable to access former Taiwanese premier Frank Hsieh Chang-ting's newly opened account on the mainland's popular Sina Weibo microblogging site since last Wednesday due to an "...

CROSS-STRAIT AFFAIRS

Xi vows to push for 'peaceful reunification' with Taiwan

Communist Party leader Xi Jinping told the visiting honorary chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang, Lien Chan, on Monday that his team would continue to build cross-strait ties and strive for "peaceful...

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CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS

Top Taiwan official Lien Chan to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing

Speculation is rife in Taiwan media that Xi, who is poised to become president in March, might propose strengthening co-operation between Taipei and Beijing in exploiting maritime resources in the...

Taiwanese police arrest tomb raider

Police in Taiwan have arrested a suspected grave robber thought to have stolen gold jewellery worth more than half a million dollars from hundreds of tombs across the island, a report said on...