/ Reuters, BEIJINGThe Chinese military has become alarmed by what it sees as US president-elect Donald Trump’s support of Taiwan and is considering st
KMT SQUABBLES: The vice chairman said that the leader of the party must work to ensure ‘rationality, democracy and tolerance of plurality’ in its syst
BETTER THAN NOTHING: The NPP welcomed the bill, even though it had proposed removing all the thresholds, as it felt a simple majority would better rep
COMPANY CRASHES: The firm’s chairman blamed the declining number of Chinese visitors, rising fuel prices and a strengthening US dollar for its steep l
HEDGING BETS: For Penghu to continue developing the central government needs to amend flaws in the Offshore Islands Development Act, the county commis
By Sean Lin / Staff reporterTaipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday said he had decided to give Taipei Dome contractor Farglory Group (遠雄集團) “another c
MOVING FORWARD: Minister of Labor Kuo Fong-yu said that all laid off toll workers would be eligible for subsidies and compensation before the next Lun
HEART OF GOLD: Weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching said she plans to donate a portion of her NT$30 million prize money to the high school she graduated from
GETTING THINGS DONE: The KMT chairwoman said that the DPP had blocked the passage of draft legislation through a boycott when the KMT was the ruling p
郭豐州看到新聞登載「我國網球職業女將因沒有分配到教練名額而拒打奧運」的消息,不禁讓我懷念起業餘奧運的年代。業餘運動員在工作之餘,把個人休閒時間全數投入訓練,必須在克服工作與訓練間的掙扎、協調與家人相處時間與練習時間的衝突、訓練資源匱乏等難關,不斷超越自我之後,在全國錦標賽中得到冠軍,成績又夠水準,才
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Taitung County, where more than 20,000 households were still without power yesterday, suffered losses amounting to NT$2 billion
‘EMPATHY AND RESPECT’: Photographer Lee Tien-he, holding his first solo exhibition, said victims receive criticism that they deserve their injuries fo
PRIME PROPERTY: Premier Lin Chuan said Taoyuan’s location between Taipei and Hsinchu made it an ideal location for the government’s ‘Asian Silicon Val
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕在2009年喬丹(Michael Jordan)入選名人堂時發表演說,因懷念父親而流下眼淚,但這個哭臉原是感人的畫面,現在卻時常成為網友們惡搞的素材。而外媒今日整理出幾張「有趣的」照片,讓網友們製圖時除了有「哭泣喬丹」外,還能有更多能代替的創意發想。
WORD COUNT: One KMT lawmaker questioned Tsai’s ‘faith’ in the Republic of China, which she mentioned five times, while bringing up Taiwan more than 40
DEEPLY GRATEFUL: The premier said that he thought highly of the Cabinet and its performance as he thanked its members for staying the course during di
/ Staff writer, with CNAPresident Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday reiterated during a meeting with a visiting Japanese politician that Taiwan hopes to se
Beethoven has beaten Mozart for the first time to take the title of the most popular composer in the annual poll conducted by Classic FM, with 19 plac
CHINESE INTERFERENCE: A legislator said that Beijing was trying to stop Malaysia from sending 52 Taiwanese fraud suspects back to Taiwan. Last night,
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe fallout from Kenya’s deportation of Taiwanese to China led to angry confrontations at a legislative committee meeting