Taiwan will send four chartered flights to Chongqing to bring back all its nationals stranded in Sichuan, where the devastating earthquake hit Monday, Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said yesterday. National > National News |
Taiwan has provided rival China satellite images showing some areas devastated by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in the mainland's southwest, officials and academics said Thursday. National > National News |  |
Taiwan is sending its first Red Cross rescue team to Sichuan today to help locate victims still buried under rubble after the worst earthquake in a century. National > National News |
 | Taiwan's new leader Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that unification with longtime rival China is unlikely "in our lifetimes" because Taiwanese oppose the mainland's authoritarian rule. National > National News |
 | A China Airlines (CAL) cargo jet brought last night a planeload of 110 metric tons of life-saving aid materials from Taiwanese people to China's Sichuan Province hit by a devastating earthquake in the first ever direct flight service from the island to southwestern China in nearly 60 years. National > National News |
 | With the election only two days away, Tsai Ing-wen, former vice premier, is favored to become the Democratic Progressive Party's first chairwoman. National > National News |
A child safety foundation executive yesterday upbraided the government for allegedly neglecting child safety over the long term, given the poor budget appropriated for the issue. National > National News |
A Norwegian pedophile was extradited to Oslo from Taiwan yesterday.
Harry Larsen was the first European extradited from Taiwan, a spokesman for the Criminal Investigation Bureau said. Two Norwegian agents took Larsen under custody at Taoyuan International Airport in the evening. National > National News |
The Chinese American Press Institute (CAPI) in the United States has announced the 2008 winners of its Tsai Tung-yu Journalism Scholarship, including Chen Ya-ting studying at the Department of Journalism of Taipei-based Chinese Culture University (CCU). National > National News |
The RTC (resolution trust company) fund designed to deal with financially-troubled banking institution will have a balance of only NT$6.5 billion by the end of May, compared to its full amount of NT$234.3 billion, according to Hu Sheng-cheng, chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said yesterday. Business |
