Environment Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kuo Ying-chao and Chang Ching-hwa of Taipei-based Bioarch Formorsana architects are left with only 20 months to abide by their promise to design the green pavilions at the design expo. Until now, they’ve done good job in offering some truly...
PLoS ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Background In September 2007, an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) occurred in Keelung City and spread to Taipei City. In response to the epidemic, a new crisis management program was implemented and tested in Taipei. Methodology and Principal Findings Having noticed that transmission surged on weekends during the Keelung epidemic, Taipei City launched a multi-channel mass risk communications...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Taipei - A Taiwan man who had staggered drunkenly into the road was killed by a car after 81 vehicles passed by without stopping to help him off the road, the Apple Daily reported Sunday. Lien Hong-hsin, 51, a retired man, got drunk while playing mah...
webcastr (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taipei Beef Noodle Festival kicks off amid fears over the lifting of Taiwan's ban on U.S. beef imports.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taipei - International environment protection group the Greenpeace on Saturday accused the Taiwan government of tolerating illegal fishing and overfishing of tuna by the country's fishermen. At a news conference held in Taipei together with the Envir...
Paul's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well I’m writing this two and a half weeks after my last post. My lovely wife, Jo has come and gone and I’m left reflecting over the amazing time we have visiting various places in Taipei and the week we spent travelling around Taiwan, or should I say Formosa - the beautiful island. T52 was [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Taipei - Taiwan's La New Bears baseball team sacked five more players over alleged match fixing Friday, as the illegal betting scandal snowballs and implicates more players. In a statement, La Mew Bears said that after firing two players Thursday, it...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote bags for her environmentally friendly footwear company. Lin, 50, says they are now hot items in Taiwan as well as markets from the United States to Europe, finding a niche with green-minded customers who have a fondness for novelty....
SlashGear (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
We were only talking earlier on today about Pegatron’s Smartbook plans, and then along comes Shanzai with a quick hands-on report with one of the company’s first models. There’s no telling whether this is merely a prototype or something we’ll see in Q1 2010 with a brand-name plastered across it, but we do know it was featured at ARM’s “Technical Symposium 2009″...
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion des...
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion des...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Taipei - A majority of Taiwan residents have more trust in US President Barack Obama than in their own president or Chinese President Hu Jintao, an opinion poll showed on Friday. The telephone survey of 1,004 adults by the Global View monthly magazin...
Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion des...
Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion des...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Taipei - Twenty-three per cent of Taiwan's city children have considered suicide due to school pressure and family problems, a survey showed. The Child Welfare League Foundation surveyed 1,547 primary school pupils across Taiwan to find out the diffe...
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