Taiwan's legislative authority passed new amendments to the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation after a third reading on Tuesday.
A record 19,762 candidates have signed up to run in Taiwan's 2014 local elections, with 11,130 local government positions expected to be filled on Nov. 29, according to the island' s electoral authorities.
Head of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhang Zhijun, and Taiwan's mainland affairs chief, Wang Yu-chi, on Wednesday agreed to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday attended a ceremony to commemorate the 148th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the ruling Kuomintang Party and a forerunner of China's anti-feudalism revolution.
Taiwan is in a good position to establish an offshore Renminbi (RMB) center, given its close economic ties with the mainland and ballooning yuan deposits, a mainland banker said Tuesday.
A Chinese mainland spokesperson Wednesday asked Taiwan's intelligence agencies to stop trying to recruit exchange students from the mainland.
Taiwanese academics and media are busy analyzing remarks made by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, to a visiting Taiwanese delegation of pro-reunification groups on Friday.
Taiwan has fined a cooking oil supplier 50 million New Taiwan dollars (1.67 million U.S. dollars) over its sale of tainted lard, the public health watchdog said Wednesday.
Hong Kong's secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing will depart for Taipei on Friday morning to attend the Fourth Hong Kong-Taiwan Cultural Co-operation Forum, the city's government news website said here Thursday.
Taiwan's administrative chief Jiang Yi-huah on Sunday accepted the resignation of senior economic official Chang Chia-juch, who insisted on quitting due to the island's deteriorating political situation.
Nearly 40 percent of surveyed hotels in Taiwan said mainland tourists have generated more than 20 percent of their total revenue, according to a report on Wednesday.
The bodies of 48 victims of Taiwan's crashed TransAsia flight GE 222 have all been identified, according to the the island's aviation safety council on Sunday.
Forty-eight people have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured in a plane crash on western Taiwan's Penghu Island, amid stormy weather, authorities confirmed on Thursday.
Forty-eight people have been confirmed dead and 10 injured in a Taiwan plane crash Wednesday, the airliner said in a statement Thursday morning.
More than 2,600 students from the Chinese mainland were admitted to Taiwan universities this year, a new high since a drive to enroll mainland students was launched four years ago, authorities said Tuesday.
More than 2,600 students from the Chinese mainland were admitted to Taiwan universities this year, a new high since a drive to enroll mainland students was launched four years ago, authorities said Tuesday.
Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief on Thursday expressed hope that New Taipei City would continue to deepen cooperation with mainland cities, so as to create a win-win situation.
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