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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Taipei News.Net http://www.taipeinews.net/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 30 Taipei, July 4 (Xinhua) China and Taiwan launched their historic weekend charter flights with the first cross-Strait flight from mainland China landing at Taipei Taoyuan airport early Friday morning. http://www.taipeinews.net/story/378287 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:01:09 -0400 Taipei News.Net http://www.taipeinews.net/story/378287 Taipei, July 4 (CNA) All arriving Chinese tourists who took the first weekend direct cross-strait charter flights to Taiwan Friday were given a Taiwanese signature farm product as gift by the Council ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966224&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:17 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966224&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei - Taiwan and China, in a historic move toward reconciliation, on Friday launched weekend charter flights and allowed Chinese tour groups to visit Taiwan. The move paves the way for launching re... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966054&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:59 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966054&cat=0dd057261bcc461b > Taipei, July 4 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou met Friday with visiting former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, an economist-turned-politician who is well known for his achievement of attaining hig... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966233&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:22 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966233&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Vice President Vincent Siew traveled to Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan Friday to reach out to local government and party officials for the first time since assuming office Ma... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966235&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:13 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966235&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) China's top official in charge of tourism arrived in Taiwan on an Air China flight Friday to take part in the landmark launch of weekend direct cross-strait charter flight service... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966225&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:15 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966225&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Shen Fu-hsiung, whose nomination for Control Yuan vice president was rejected by the Legislative Yuan, said Friday he was not surprised at the outcome. Shen said instead of being ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966236&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:15 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966236&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Tainan County Magistrate Su Huan-chih is scheduled to visit Japan and South Korea July 7-13 to promote exports of farm produce from the southern Taiwan county, mangoes in particul... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966226&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:12 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966226&cat=0dd057261bcc461b > Taipei, July 4 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Office (MOFA) on Friday advised Taiwanese nationals who take part in the Australian working holiday program to obtain full insurance covering their stay ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966231&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:31:17 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966231&cat=0dd057261bcc461b in southern China. "Many people were fighting for seats on the inaugural flight." Ties between Taiwan and China have always been better than the public hostility from the two sides has ac... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966053&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:30:49 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966053&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Direct tourist flights began Friday between China and Taiwan for the first time in six decades, a sign of warming relations between the longtime foes. A China Southern Airlines flight carrying 230 pa... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966055&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:21:56 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15966055&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), Taiwan's No.1 petrochemical manufacturing conglomerate, recently began an across-the-board program to cut energy use-rallying all its divisions to achieve the set goa... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965397&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:34:41 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965397&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 2 (CNA) Prices on Taipei's stock futures market were lower Wednesday as the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Index for July fell 51 points to close at 7,245, with 74,191 cont... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965398&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:34:29 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965398&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) local government heads demanded Thursday that President Ma Ying-jeou carry out promises made by the former DPP government to local go... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965432&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:27 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965432&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taiwan High Court judges sentenced Taipei City Councilor Tsai Kun-lung (蔡坤龍) on Thursday to four years and six months in jail for vote buying during his successful 2006 election campaign. In ad... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965442&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:11 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965442&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Five Taiwanese city and county commissioners will take the weekend charter flight services to visit China on Friday, marking the first time high-ranking officials have taken non-stop flights to China ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965443&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:09 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965443&cat=0dd057261bcc461b More than 100 Chinese tourists arrived in Taiwan today on the first regularly scheduled direct flight from the mainland in nearly six decades. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963204&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:11:44 -0400 The News Tribune http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963204&cat=0dd057261bcc461b President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) met local government heads on Thursday and promised not only to forge closer relations between central and local governments but to help improve local governments' f... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965440&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:15 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965440&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taiwan-based automaker China Motor Corp. (CMC), in partnership with Mitsubishi Motors of Japan, will begin exporting locally assembled cars to new markets as Central Asia and Africa this year, accordi... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965401&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:34:38 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965401&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The United States and Taiwan's mutual relationships will continue to strengthen in the coming year, even though the two nations are in the midst of democratic transitions, said the U.S. de facto ambas... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965436&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:37 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965436&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The first scheduled direct flight from China to Taiwan for nearly six decades has landed at the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. Five Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, will now have direct ai... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963203&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:56:41 -0400 RTE http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963203&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Microsoft Taiwan recently announced it would tap the VoIP market by working with Chief Telecom Inc., a subsidiary of Taiwan's No.1 telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.The collaboration will hav... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965395&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:34:44 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965395&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI -- The inaugural flight of the first regular direct service between mainland China and Taiwan in almost six decades landed here on Friday, underscoring a dramatic recent thawing of ties. A grou... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963196&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:56:14 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963196&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Legislators from the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday strongly opposed a plan by the Executive Yuan to relocate the Sports Affairs Council (SAC) and the Fisheri... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965441&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:13 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965441&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Liu Shaoyong, chairman of China Southern Airlines, on Friday piloted a Chinese tourist flight to Taiwan, ending a six-decade ban that deprived the island of visitors from its closest neighbor. Passen... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15964951&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:38:21 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15964951&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The popularity of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) of the Kuomintang reached a new low on Thursday according to an opinion poll by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party that claimed that only ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965435&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:35 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965435&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fulltech Fiber Glass Corp., Taiwan's leading fiberglass maker, recently broke ground for its second fiberglass yarn plant at Huwei, Yulin County of central Taiwan, which will focus on the production o... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965396&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:34:46 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965396&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI (Reuters) - The embattled chairman of a major Taiwan securities firm was found dead in waters close to the island on Friday morning, the firm said, startling the financial community and sending... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963188&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:49:08 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963188&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened marginally higher Friday. The weighted price index was up 11.24 points at 7,405.34 on a turnover of NT$4.03 billion (US$132.61 millio... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963846&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:27 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963846&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The Cabinet decided on Thursday to withdraw two draft bills on the establishment of a national human rights memorial hall proposed by the former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. Exe... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965427&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:17 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965427&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Chang Chun-yen (張俊彥), the nominee for Examination Yuan president, denied on Thursday an allegation that he has received a big business financial sponsorship since 2004 when he was president of t... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965434&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:33 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965434&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The Cabinet on Thursday completely lifted a ceiling on the investment by Taiwan-based mutual funds in stocks listed in Hong Kong and Macao and eased a similar restriction on the size of stakes in comp... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963847&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:29 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963847&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 2 (CNA) The U.S. dollar rose against the new Taiwan dollar on the Taipei Foreign Exchange Wednesday, gaining NT$0.012 to close at NT$30.372. A total of US$755 million changed hands during... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963849&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:25 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963849&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Opposition lawmakers continued to demand an explanation from Minister of the Interior Liao Liou-yi Thursday as to how he obtained a master's degree in public administration from t... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965437&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:39 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965437&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Robert Dohner, deputy assistant secretary for Asia at the U.S. Department of Treasury, will arrive in Taiwan on July 6 (Sunday) for a three-day visit, when he will talk with Taiwanese financial offici... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965399&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:34:33 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15965399&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could bring large numbers of mainland Chinese... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963197&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:41:52 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15963197&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) The body of chairman of Polaris Group, Taiwan's second largest securities brokerage, was recovered from the water near the Cross-Sea Bridge in the outlying island of Penghu early ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961665&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:24:41 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961665&cat=0dd057261bcc461b BAKU -- Russian energy giant Gazprom forecast Thursday that the price of oil will "very soon" rise to US$250 per barrel, bringing higher gas prices for European customers. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961062&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:38:50 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961062&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A man has been arrested after he tried to use a credit card he had allegedly stolen to buy a mobile phone at a Taipei hypermart, a newspaper reported yesterday. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961742&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:33 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961742&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Two Taiwan sisters separated since childhood 40 years ago were recently reunited, virtually by a cup of coffee, a newspaper reported yesterday. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961739&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:32 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961739&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A 9-year-old boy, accompanied by his cousins, was caught stealing while trying to sneak 3 packs of instant noodles into his bag yesterday in a supermarket in Taipei, according to the... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961743&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:36 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961743&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 4 (CNA) A Xiamen Airlines plane with 109 Chinese tourists aboard landed at Taipei's Songshan Airport Friday, making it the first direct weekend cross-strait charter flight from China to a... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961664&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:24:43 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961664&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A remote-controlled model aircraft crashed into a high-rise building in Hsindian City, south of Taipei yesterday, causing a fire that left six people injured. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961744&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:44 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961744&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei/Beijing - For the first time in five decades, China and Taiwan launched regular direct flights on Friday, signaling a new direction in relations between the long-time rivals. A China Southern A... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15960611&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:34:13 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15960611&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An exclusive zone for street performers will be formally designated in the Chienkuo holiday market in Taipei this Saturday, the first of its kind in Taiwan, a Taipei City government ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961740&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:19 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961740&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The Cabinet will also remove the 10 percent investment limit on Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese companies, including Hong Kong-listed H shares and red chips. This means that the island's mutual fun... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961745&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:18 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15961745&cat=0dd057261bcc461b BEIJING (AFP) - Mainland Chinese tourists flew out for Taiwan early Friday on the first regular direct service in decades, a milestone that is part of a dramatic recent thawing in ties between the lo... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15960600&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:40:43 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15960600&cat=0dd057261bcc461b NEW: Flights will now run on weekends from Friday through Monday NEW: Charter service eventually could lead to regular commercial service Cross-straits talks between delegations began in 1993 Two side... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15960976&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:34:21 -0400 CNN http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15960976&cat=0dd057261bcc461b LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday announced plans to cut 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial, in a new effort to bring expenses into line with declin... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958606&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:37:44 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958606&cat=0dd057261bcc461b DALLAS -- In recent days, Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about US$100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring but are still near a five-year low. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958605&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:37:45 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958605&cat=0dd057261bcc461b > Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The Forestry Bureau under the Council of Agriculture announced Thursday that four new nature education centers will open to visitors nationwide in July, to provide the general p... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15959122&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:26:32 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15959122&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TOKYO -- The Nikkei 225 Stock Average's longest losing streak in 54 years belies its top performance among Asia's biggest equity markets as investors bet the end of deflation will lift the economy and... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958604&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:37:56 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958604&cat=0dd057261bcc461b MUMBAI -- India, the world's sixth-biggest corn supplier, banned exports of the grain to boost domestic supplies and curb inflation that accelerated to a 13-year high. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958603&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:37:58 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958603&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI, Taiwan : The first nonstop, cross-strait weekend flights from China landed in Taiwan on Friday morning, in the latest breakthrough in cross-strait relations that are rapidly warming under the ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958040&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:56 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958040&cat=0dd057261bcc461b By Reuters Historic flights between Taiwan and China began taking off on Friday, ushering in the first wave of what could become millions of Chinese visitors to the island as relations warm between th... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958046&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:42:16 -0400 CNBC http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958046&cat=0dd057261bcc461b SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity s... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958602&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:37:59 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958602&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) A Taiwanese fashion brand will present its spring/summer ready-to-wear collections on the runway of the Paris Fashion Week in September, becoming only the second local brand to be... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15959123&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:26:30 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15959123&cat=0dd057261bcc461b By ARTHUR MACDONALD MANAMA: A high-level Taiwanese business delegation is seeking to boost trade and investment with Bahrain. The delegation met Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro an... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958051&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:53:50 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958051&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI (Reuters) - Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could draw millions of Chinese visitors to the island. http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958045&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:42:06 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958045&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The first cross-Strait weekend chartered flight from China's mainland to Taiwan landed at Taipei Taoyuan airport early Friday morning. The historic flight, which took off at 6:31 a.m. from Guangzhou, ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958022&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:34:27 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15958022&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Entertainment programs featuring aboriginal Tsou tribal songs and dances will be presented everyday at the Alishan railway station in southern Taiwan's Chiayi County starting Frid... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954961&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:59 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954961&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Yunlin County in southern Taiwan will market chicken products recognized by an Islamic food certification to Muslims worldwide, a local official said Wednesday. The county's Agric... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954959&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:55 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954959&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The Keelung Customs Office has seized 82 kg of various illicit drugs during the first six months of this year, without relying on tipoffs from informants or law-enforcement agents, the office said in ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954958&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:53 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954958&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Panama City, July 3 (CNA) Panamanian authorities have repatriated the Taiwanese captain of a Panama-registered cargo ship convicted of leading to the drowning of two Dominican Republican stowaways fiv... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954955&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:12:03 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954955&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 1 (CNA) The Taichung City government decided Tuesday to suspend until October a regulation that would require drivers of business or public vehicles to turn off their engines while parked... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954957&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:50 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954957&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Two more severe enterovirus cases have been confirmed in Taipei City, bringing the northern city's total number of cases to three so far this year, a health official said Thursday... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954954&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:12:01 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954954&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The 2008 Taoyuan Lotus Festival is slated to open in the northern county's Guanyin township this weekend to allow members of the public to admire the beauty of lotus flowers, Taoy... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954960&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:57 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15954960&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Taiwan is set to take part in the 2008 Miss World beauty pageant slated to be held in Ukraine in October, the organizer of the Miss Chinese Taipei contest announced Thursday. Part... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15955264&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:04:56 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15955264&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei - Taiwan's parliament has restored the budget for mass-producing Hsiung Feng 2-E cruise missiles which reportedly can hit Shanghai and Hong Kong, a newspaper said on Friday. The parliament's Di... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15952502&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:34:58 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15952502&cat=0dd057261bcc461b TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) expects its second-quarter revenue, gross and operating profit margins to be in line with or slightly higher than the guidance it gave... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15949780&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:58 -0400 Smart Money http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15949780&cat=0dd057261bcc461b The first direct flights between Taiwan and China for six decades will take off tomorrow morning in the most visible move to date towards closer ties.Chilly relations between the two sides have thawed... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15946906&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:55:36 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15946906&cat=0dd057261bcc461b > Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Business in the first week of cross-Taiwan Strait direct charter flights is good, but the long-term outlook remains difficult to predict, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) President ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947573&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:28 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947573&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei - Taiwan said on Thursday it has a full understanding of China's military movements on the eve of the start of landmark weekend charter flights across the Taiwan Strait. "The military authoriti... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15946914&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:49:47 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15946914&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday that it will work hard to get a refugee law passed so that dissidents who flee China will be able to lead more normal lives in Tai... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947619&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:17 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947619&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) A total of 750 Chinese people, including 659 tourists, 60 reporters and 31 tourism officials, will be allowed to enter Taiwan by flying directly from China Saturday on board the J... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947621&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:21 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947621&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou called for all heads of the country's 25 cities and counties to join hands with the central government to strive for Taiwan's cause. In his first meeting wi... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947618&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:15 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947618&cat=0dd057261bcc461b > Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday in a press release that it is grateful for the release of a Taiwanese merchant ship captain who is serving a long prison ter... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947620&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:19 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947620&cat=0dd057261bcc461b > Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed Thursday that a fishing boat detained by Mauritius authorities belongs to Taiwan and that it has dispatched officials to assist ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947622&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:24 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947622&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The government offered subsidies of NT$45,000 (US$1,475) per hectare Thursday to encourage farmers to grow corn on fallow land so that they can earn more and help cope with a grow... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947571&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:26 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947571&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) A government-subsidized housing loan program and several campaign promises made by President Ma Ying-jeou are set to be unveiled or implemented by year's end, said Jiang Yi-huah, ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947625&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:12 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947625&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Panama City, July 3 (CNA) Chile became a new market for fresh Taiwanese litchis, as the first shipment of the fruit exported to the South American country turned out to be very popular in the Chilean ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947572&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:24 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947572&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Shipments of x86 servers reached 17,478 units in Taiwan for the first three months of 2008, marking a 12.8 percent drop from the previous quarter, according to the market research... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947570&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:30 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15947570&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Transportation authorities have promised to bring forward the completion date for a project to convert the railways between Hualien and Taitung into electric rail lines and thus i... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943634&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:12:20 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943634&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei - A romantic young man from Taiwan nearly burnt down a hotel when he lit dozens of candles to form the phrase "I Love U" for his girlfriend, press reports said Thursday. The man surnamed Lin, a... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15942709&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:09:08 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15942709&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Changhua Magistrate Cho Po-yuan said Thursday he is ready to promote agricultural products from the central Taiwan county when he lands in China's southeastern coastal city of Xia... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943636&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:12:22 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943636&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou called on China Thursday to end its isolation of Taiwan in the international community, saying such a move is essential to improving relations between the t... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943720&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:56 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943720&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Premier Liu Chao-shiuan asked all government agencies Thursday to turn the pressure of surging oil price into a boost for energy conservation and reduction in carbon dioxide emiss... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943719&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:54 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943719&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Taipei, June 3 (CNA) The Executive Yuan approved Thursday a proposed measure submitted by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) to relax the rules on visits to China by Taiwan's local government chiefs, ... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943718&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:52 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15943718&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Booking tours to Taiwan in Shanghai is a flourishing phenomenon. According to the Shanghai China Youth Travel Agency, the first tour to Taiwan on July 4 expected 50 people, but by now more than 500 pe... http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15942710&cat=0dd057261bcc461b Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:53:00 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.taipeinews.net/?rid=15942710&cat=0dd057261bcc461b