TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: Not enough volunteers. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese companies have long viewed tech giant Samsung as a major threat and the battle has recently appeared to tilt in favor of the South Korean rival as Taiwan's smartphone, memory chip and display panel makers suffered... [Full Article]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A strong earthquake struck central Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at one person and injuring 19 as it damaged buildings on the quake-prone island. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 26-year-old Chinese immigrant who was convicted of being an enforcer for a Taiwan-based gang was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in a Nevada prison for killing one person and wounding two others in a bloody knife at... [Full Article]
DAKANUA, Taiwan (AP) - Her eyes lit bright with concentration, Taiwanese linguist Sung Li-may leans in expectantly as one of the planet's last 10 speakers of the Kanakanavu language shares his hopes for the future. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
While ties between China and Taiwan may be closer than at any time since they split in a civil war, the staid, formal Communist Party congress being held in Beijing highlights how far apart the two sides are politically. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
all societies rooted in Chinese culture - have developed very different ways of selecting their leaders and taking part in public affairs. The distinctions are highlighted as China undergoes its once-a-decade transition to a new slate of Communist Pa... [Full Article]
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp sees around a 14.5 percent fall in revenue in the fourth quarter from the previous three months, worse than analyst forecasts, while its margins will also decline, underlying the challenge it fac... [Full Article]
A nursing home resident upset about being ill with cancer confessed to setting a fire that killed 12 fellow patients, most of them bedridden and too frail to escape, authorities in Taiwan said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Police in Taiwan said a nursing home resident confessed to an early morning fire that ripped through the facility Tuesday, killing 12 people and injuring 60, many of them too weak to get out of their beds to escape. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
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