TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A giant panda, one of a pair presented by China four years ago to mark warming ties with Taiwan, has given birth to a female cub at a Taipei zoo, officials said Sunday. The 9-year-old Yuan Yuan delivered the cub Saturday night, following artificial insemination given in March, the zoo announced. It was the seventh such attempt on Yuan Yuan in three years, they said. ...
Dissident Chen snubs free Taiwan
By Jens Kastner TAIPEI - Top officials of Taiwan's main opposition anti-unification Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), together with civic groups and think tanks close to the DPP, showered blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng with pleasantness on his arrival in Taiwan. Then he reciprocated by tearing up their dream. After touring a former Taipei prison where ...
GOLDEN MELODY Sandy Lams Gaia biggest winner of night
Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam emerged as the biggest winner of Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards Saturday, bagging four awards, including Best Mandarin Album for Gaia and Best Mandarin Female Singer. Gaia, which tied for the most nominations with six nods, also won Best Musical Arranger and Best Album Producer. Taiwanese aboriginal a cappella singing group O-Kai Singers, which also got six nods, ...
Lam Hsiao sweep top prizes at Chinese Grammys
TAIPEI, Taiwan -; Hong Kong pop diva Sandy Lam has won the best female singer award at Taiwan's Golden Melody festival, the Chinese-language equivalent of the ...
Mainland giant panda gives birth in Taiwan
The first cub of a pair of giant pandas given as a goodwill gift to Taiwan by the Chinese mainland was born at 8:05 pm Saturday in the Taipei Zoo, the zoo said.The newborn cub weighs only about one thousandth of its mother Yuan Yuan, and its gender has yet been identified as the mother has kept it around her since its birth, said Lin Huei-jhen, a spokeswoman of the zoo.According to the zoo, Yuan ...
Hsieh Becomes Taiwans First Grand Slam Title Winner
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Two firefighters killed in factory blaze
The firefighters, Chen Yi-jui, 26, and Peng Yi-hsiang, 30, from the Taishan fire station, had no pulses and had stopped breathing when they were found trapped under debris in the factory at about 4:15 p.m., the officials said. They were rushed to the Taipei Hospital, where doctors tried to revive them. But they were later pronounced dead. They were among the first group of firefighters who ...
Miaoli magistrate insists on demolition
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Miaoli County Magistrate Liu Cheng-hung (???) said the government will continue to negotiate with the Dapu village protesters in reaching a consensus, but added that if consensus cannot be reached, "demolition will ...
Hundreds brave the heat for Kaohsiungs 1st-ever hot air balloon carnival
KAOHSIUNG--Hundreds of people braved the heat in Kaohsiung on Saturday to line up for rides over the city during its first-ever hot air balloon ...
Mainland spouse reportedly eyeing legislative seat
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A political party formed by new immigrants from China reportedly is trying to strike a deal with the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) in return for a seat at the ...
Thousands flock to Yilan for annual summer folk festival
TAIPEI--Large crowds stormed into the venue of the 2013 Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival Saturday, the opening day of the largest summer activity in the Northeastern Taiwan county, one of the island's most popular tourist ...
Nearly 2-dozen hikers feel the sting of hornet attacks
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Almost two-dozen people were injured in two separate hornet attacks in Northern Taiwan yesterday, but they were all in fair condition, firefighters ...
Sluggish Android monitor sales blamed on low awareness
TAIPEI--Low consumer awareness is the main obstacle to growth in China's Android liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor market, according to the results of a recent ...
Sunny Banks leasing arm to set up shop in Shanghai
TAIPEI--The Taiwan-based Sunny Bank said Saturday it would open up a financial leasing arm in Shanghai on July 11, making it the fourth Taiwanese nonfinancial holding company to have branches in such service in ...
Hot weather likely to last well into next week CWB
TAIPEI--Taiwan could continue to experience hot weather throughout next week, with daytime high temperatures likely to hover between 33 and 35 degrees Celsius island-wide, the Central Weather Bureau said ...
Gambian graduates to boost farms back home
TAIPEI--A group of 23 Gambian students returned home after graduating with an agriculture degree in Taiwan, marking the first class of Gambian graduates from Taiwan's National Pingtung University of Science and ...
Tainan set to play host to music festival in mid-July
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Tainan will host its two-day Masago Music Festival at a seaside park on July 12 and 13, an event that aims to also showcase local culture and delicacies, the organizer said ...
TEEMA chairman lauds cross-strait service pact
TAIPEI, Taiwan --The service trade agreement (STA) signed between Taiwan and China in late June will bring Taiwan unlimited business opportunities, as the island will play an intermediary role between mainland China and international service markets, a Taiwanese business tycoon said ...
Comfort woman in Japan to talk on sex slavery
TAIPEI--A "Taiwanese comfort women" exhibition organized by the Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation (TWRF) and the Tokyo-based Women's Active Museum on War and Peace opened Saturday in Tokyo, running through June 29, ...
HTC achieves second-quarter sales target
TAIPEI--HTC Corp., one of the world's leading smartphone vendors, has achieved its objective by posting NT$70.7 billion (US$2.36 billion) in consolidated sales for the second quarter of this ...
Economic think tanks to cut 13 GDP growth to under 3 percent
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- All the major economic think tanks in Taiwan are expected to adjust downward their projections of Taiwan's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to under 3 percent for 2013 when they update their forecasts in mid- or late July, according to informed ...
Yuan Yuan gives birth to baby panda at Taipei Zoo
A female panda named Yuan Yuan given to Taiwan in late 2008 by mainland China together with a male panda, named Tuan Tuan, delivered a baby panda last night at Taipei Zoo, with Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin instructing the zoo to take good care of them, according to the Taipei City ...
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