POLITICS
Taipei concerned about Manila's downgrading of Taiping Island
2016/02/02
The government is "highly concerned" about a case Philippines has brought against China in an international court in which it argues that the land features comprising the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea are not islands, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Feb. 2...
Recent PLA restructuring partially aimed at Taiwan: analyst
2016/02/03
China unveiled Monday five new military theater commands -- the East, West, South, North and Middle theater commands -- the latest move in a high-profile military reform program…
U.S. Senate committee approves bill on Taiwan's inclusion in Interpol
2016/01/29
The Committee on Foreign Relations in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 29 voted unanimously in favor of a bill to allow Taiwan's participation in the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)…
Taiwan rated free by Freedom House for 18th year in a row
2016/01/29
Taiwan was classified as a free nation for the 18th consecutive year by U.S.-based Freedom House in its 2016 Freedom in the World report released Jan. 27…
ECONOMY & INNOVATION
Taiwan to promote TPP bid according to schedule: acting premier
2016/01/29
Acting Premier Simon Chang (張善政) said Jan. 29 that government agencies must submit on schedule by the end of March a first batch of legal amendments needed to facilitate Taiwan's entry into the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bloc…
Taiwan retains 14th place in world economic freedom rankings
2016/02/01
Taiwan was ranked at the 14th place in the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom for 2016, the same position as it was placed in the previous year…
Taiwan placed 5th in BlackRock risk index
2016/02/02
Taiwan was ranked fifth in the 2015 BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI), up one notch from a year earlier, according to a report released Jan. 2 by investment risk analysis firm BlackRock Investment Institute…
Agriculture, fisheries losses hit NT$3.32 billion from cold wave
2016/02/01
Agricultural and fishery losses from the recent cold spell had increased to NT$3.32 billion (US$99.24 million) as of 11 a.m. Jan. 1, with half of the losses having taken place in Tainan, southern Taiwan, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said…
CULTURE & SOCIETY
Number of overseas students in Taiwan tops 110,000 in 2015
2016/01/30
There were more than 110,000 overseas students enrolled at universities in Taiwan in 2015, accounting for 8.27 percent of all university students in the country, the Ministry of Education said Jan. 30…
Taiwan’s Andre Chiang makes Le Chef top 100 list
2016/02/02
Taipei-born culinary maestro Andre Chiang is the toast of the town following his inclusion in Le Chef magazine’s world top 100 list for 2016…
Taipei ranks as 11th best travel destination in Asia: survey
2016/02/01
Taipei ranked as the 11th best travel destination in Asia last year among 167 cities rated in a MasterCard survey about, with visitor spending in the city totaling US$9.5 billion, the credit card company said Feb. 1…
86 percent of office workers want new job: survey
2016/01/28
Around 86 percent of Taiwan's office workers want to change their jobs after the Chinese New Year period, a record high number in a decade, according to the results of a recent survey…
