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Female couple becomes Taiwan’s first same-sex Buddhist newlyweds
Two women tied the knot on Saturday in Taiwan’s first same-sex Buddhist wedding, a move rights groups hope will help make the island become the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage. Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both wearing traditional white bridal gowns, said “I do” in…
Taiwan wants to settle U.S. beef on imports
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou Monday called for the resumption of stalled trade talks with the United States after the island recently lifted a six-year-old ban on some U.S. beef imports. “We hope the Taiwan-U.S. economic and trade negotiations can be placed back on the right track as soon as possible,”…
New Taiwanese center to probe origins of universe
LUNGTAN, Taiwan — Taiwan opened a space research control centre Tuesday, as part of an ambitious international project aimed at exploring the origins of the universe. Facilities at the Payload Operations and Control Centre in the northern Lungtan township started monitoring signals transmitted from the International Space Station immediately after…
5.7-magnitude quake jolts Taiwan: USGS
TAIPEI — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck at sea off southeastern Taiwan Wednesday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The tremor struck at 9:08 am (0108 GMT) 49 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of Taitung at a depth of five kilometres…
World’s oldest surviving Chinese sailing vessel returns to Taiwan
The world’s oldest surviving Chinese junk returned home to Taiwan on Thursday, nearly 60 years after it set sail on a historic voyage to the United States, organisers said. The Free China arrived in the northern port of Keelung aboard a cargo ship from San Francisco. It will be restored…
Taiwan president fined for Facebook campaigning
Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou has been fined Tw$500,000 ($17,000) by electoral authorities for urging his Facebook followers on polling day to vote for him, the Central Election Commission has said., the Central Election Commission has said. Taiwanese election law forbids any form of campaigning on voting day. Elected in 2008, Ma won a comfortable re-election victory on January 14. He is due…
Taiwan to step up checks on U.S. beef after mad cow case
TAIPEI — Taiwan plans to step up checks of US plants that process beef exported to the island, the government said Sunday, following the discovery of a new mad cow disease case in the United States. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week reported the country’s fourth-ever case of…
Taiwan launches drill simulating Chinese invasion
Taiwan kicked off its biggest annual war game Monday, testing its ability to defend of the capital Taipei against a Chinese attack and ward off a blockade of its main naval base. Thousands of reservists reported for the five-day drill, which is codenamed “Han Kuang (Han Glory) No 28″. Hundreds of troops were also deployed…
Taiwan plans to lift ban on most drug-treated U.S. beef
TAIPEI — Taiwan said it plans to lift a ban on most US beef containing a controversial growth drug in an apparent bid to facilitate trade talks with Washington, triggering a protest from opponents. The plan, pending parliament’s approval, will allow import of beef treated with ractopamine, a feed additive…
Panic after powerful quake rocks Taiwan
TAIPEI — A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake sent panicked people fleeing onto the streets in Taiwan’s second-largest city of Kaohsiung as rail services were temporarily suspended. The quake struck 57 kilometres (35 miles) east of the city at 10:34 am (0234 GMT) on Sunday, at a depth of just four kilometres,…
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