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[] | 2016-08-28T16:53:00 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | In the latest attack on religious minorities in mainly Muslim Indonesia, a knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church yesterday, police said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654107.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/29/thumbs/P04-160829-318.jpg | en | null | Indonesian priest stabbed; explosive device said to fail | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, MEDAN, Indonesia
In the latest attack on religious minorities in mainly Muslim Indonesia, a knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church yesterday, police said.
The priest, Albert Pandiangan was holding a mass in the city of Medan on the western island of Sumatr... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/29/2003654107 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/b3edd0ce501aac1f70ce4b1331c5644078e3f577f7dc932d75c0f6c04c0a0b4b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:55 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun on Wednesday defeated Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman in straight sets 6-4, 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour’s Winston-Salem Open. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653884.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/P16-160826-001.jpg | en | null | Taiwan’s Lu advances at Winston-Salem | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, LOS ANGELES
Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun on Wednesday defeated Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman in straight sets 6-4, 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour’s Winston-Salem Open.
Lu, who is into his fourth consecutive Winston-Salem quarter-final, fired nine aces and did not face a break point in the 62-minute match ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/26/2003653884 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/7a2ac968cf50079f932d6a531f05ee38ec6fbdd738618e3a802dfe9bfc3c220f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:46 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | In a church basement in a poor East Baltimore neighborhood in Maryland, a Johns Hopkins doctor enlisted residents to help answer one of the most fraught questions in public health: When a surge of patients — from a disaster, disease outbreak or terrorist attack — overwhelms hospitals, how should you ration care? Whose ... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653871.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/P09-160826-001.jpg | en | null | When disaster strikes, whose lives should be saved? | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Sheri Fink / NY Times News Service, BALTIMORE, Maryland
In a church basement in a poor East Baltimore neighborhood in Maryland, a Johns Hopkins doctor enlisted residents to help answer one of the most fraught questions in public health: When a surge of patients — from a disaster, disease outbreak or terrorist attack... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/26/2003653871 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/8df973382872886d8960519fbd62e4f5a0bef1471e636dc6d5aaa7563ddb2649.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:08 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Demian Maia on Saturday night backed up his calls for a welterweight title shot with an early submission victory over Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC Fight Night at Rogers Arena. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654090.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Maia dominates Condit, renews call for title bout | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, VANCOUVER
Demian Maia on Saturday night backed up his calls for a welterweight title shot with an early submission victory over Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC Fight Night at Rogers Arena.
Ranked third in the division, Maia said this week that with a victory over Condit, he should be in line for a fight for ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/29/2003654090 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/29515a98bf0e85fabb1b0c5eb605c46019ac507cb5594e301e0d6d71c787345a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:01:00 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | FINANCE | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653860.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Taiwan Business Quick Take | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff writer, with agencies
FINANCE
CTBC scuttles China deal
CTBC Financial Holding (中信金控) yesterday announced that it has scuttled a HK$2.35 billion (US$303 million) deal to wholly acquire China CITIC Bank International (China) Ltd (中信銀行國際中國). The decision was due to lengthy delays and lack of progress after a year-lo... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/26/2003653860 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/2e4ef7a31cc93d25e75e1c367b682832e904ca84965638126ef2c33f7e9e4c77.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:50:57 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Taipei Department of Rapid Transit Systems yesterday said that Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s (柯文哲) proposal to increase the number of train carriages on the MRT’s Line 1 (Wenhu Line) to alleviate traffic congestion in Neihu District (內湖) is not feasible, citing safety risks. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2F2003653962.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | More carriages unfeasible: Taipei | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Taipei Department of Rapid Transit Systems yesterday said that Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s (柯文哲) proposal to increase the number of train carriages on the MRT’s Line 1 (Wenhu Line) to alleviate traffic congestion in Neihu District (內湖) is not feasible, citing safety risks.
Department offic... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/27/2003653962 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/d4a624857da43359efb47c58fab1e3c458b8d5537c791000bfdbf3e445545604.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:52 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The world’s first self-driving taxis yesterday began picking up passengers in Singapore. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653861.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/P10-160826-305.jpg | en | null | Self-driving taxis debut in Singapore | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, SINGAPORE
The world’s first self-driving taxis yesterday began picking up passengers in Singapore.
Select members of the public can hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy Asia, an autonomous vehicle software startup.
While multiple companies, including Google and Volvo Cars, have b... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/26/2003653861 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/b1abbd5196868811a670b1bee068566e7ccb8ff997faaf5b28479a8194a66248.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:36 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Call it fate, or call it chance, but it certainly has been fitting and appropriate that the evaluation period of the first 100 days of the presidency of Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) would coincide with the recent visit of China’s Shanghai Municipal Committee United Front Work Department Director Sha Hailin (沙海林) at the Taipei-Sh... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654063.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Presidents and the will of the people | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Jerome Keating
Call it fate, or call it chance, but it certainly has been fitting and appropriate that the evaluation period of the first 100 days of the presidency of Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) would coincide with the recent visit of China’s Shanghai Municipal Committee United Front Work Department Director Sha Hailin (沙海林... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/29/2003654063 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/72afd1a230b4a1ef55e63f2d7ff71aa76b36f9197461de004e62b21ade40c784.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:39 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | People with diabetes can still eat mooncakes, if they learn to eat smart and properly control their blood-sugar levels, a physician said yesterday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654228.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Doctor says people with diabetes can still eat mooncakes | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
People with diabetes can still eat mooncakes, if they learn to eat smart and properly control their blood-sugar levels, a physician said yesterday.
As many people with diabetes or “the three highs” — high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure and high blood sugar — often ask doctors whet... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654228 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/004f0dd5d5a8b6306295e1bd3b3e2df05e5492b8bf752d7549a04fe71c6afc55.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:10 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Asian stocks fell to a two-week low, led by shares in Japan, as investors showed a reluctance to take on risk before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech that might provide clues on when the world’s largest economy would raise interest rates. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003653999.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Asian stocks fall as investors wait for Fed direction | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Bloomberg and staff writer, with CNA
Asian stocks fell to a two-week low, led by shares in Japan, as investors showed a reluctance to take on risk before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech that might provide clues on when the world’s largest economy would raise interest rates.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index sl... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/28/2003653999 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/8346fba39c8c997e60784c0faa9195a529f525d015f2c0bcd80871fab3d8d68c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:33 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday upheld a ruling by the Taipei High Administrative Court that said the Taipei City Government should lift a work suspension order on the Taipei Dome complex to allow project contractor Farglory Group (遠雄集團) to resolve public safety issues surrounding the beleaguered build-opera... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653879.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Court upholds ruling to end work halt on Dome | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday upheld a ruling by the Taipei High Administrative Court that said the Taipei City Government should lift a work suspension order on the Taipei Dome complex to allow project contractor Farglory Group (遠雄集團) to resolve public safety issues surroundin... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/26/2003653879 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/fa4f39ffd498f33cadd72d151f32bb1c77ca6b29b01f24e50ac537b0d1871f2e.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:46 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The Chungyuan Festival (Ghost Festival) is behind us, and the words of late poet Tu Pan Fang-ko (杜潘芳格) from her poem Chungyuan Festival come to mind: “You like to lose yourself in the turbulence of the crowd, while I only understand that I am lonely. The Chungyuan sacrificial pig holds an apple in its big mouth, as if ... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003654006.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Taiwanese culture has stagnated in oppression | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Lee Min-yung 李敏勇
The Chungyuan Festival (Ghost Festival) is behind us, and the words of late poet Tu Pan Fang-ko (杜潘芳格) from her poem Chungyuan Festival come to mind: “You like to lose yourself in the turbulence of the crowd, while I only understand that I am lonely. The Chungyuan sacrificial pig holds an apple in i... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/28/2003654006 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/d39d8f418d2c3e6b12241fb800e04941b67803c957a5d13eb0c0d532e4697e7c.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:20 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | People planning an overseas trip in the autumn or winter could consider Europe, following a report from the Travel Quality Assurance Association showing that overall prices for tours there are forecast to drop by NT$3,000 to NT$6,000 compared with last year. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654225.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | European trip expenses may fall | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
People planning an overseas trip in the autumn or winter could consider Europe, following a report from the Travel Quality Assurance Association showing that overall prices for tours there are forecast to drop by NT$3,000 to NT$6,000 compared with last year.
The association yesterday ma... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654225 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/561b5393610b3b469d91e7c9b4cecc4bce3b5381ea449c887f3e6de6b05d2784.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:58:00 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | BANKING | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653866.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | World Business Quick Take | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Agencies
BANKING
EU, Portugal reach deal
The European Commission and Portugal on Wednesday said they have agreed on a 5 billion euro (US$5.64 billion) deal to recapitalize the state-owned Caixa Geral de Depositos bank, including through a 2.7 billion euro injection of state funds. The deal was provisionally approved by... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/26/2003653866 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/5548cfa34a64f055a3e1cfd911a0780da3b8a9cab0b84038308e634736c12559.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:54:00 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | About 300 demonstrators from Yunlin County’s Mailiao Township (麥寮) yesterday protested in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei against the government’s plan to relocate the students of an elementary school due to pollution-associated risks, saying that relocation would not curb pollution, while the move would disrupt ... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654221.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P03-160831-2.jpg | en | null | Mailiao residents protest plan to relocate students | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
About 300 demonstrators from Yunlin County’s Mailiao Township (麥寮) yesterday protested in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei against the government’s plan to relocate the students of an elementary school due to pollution-associated risks, saying that relocation would not curb polluti... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654221 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/734b35a383eef4f249cb8a69e80c4937fb70b517e0b7f2f966a484b376b0eece.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:51:27 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn roared back to form with a superb eight-under-par 64 to claim a three-shot lead at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003654026.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/28/thumbs/P10-160828-324a.jpg | en | null | Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn takes Calgary lead | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, LOS ANGELES
Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn roared back to form with a superb eight-under-par 64 to claim a three-shot lead at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Friday.
British Open champion Ariya limped out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics last week after a knee injury derailed her bid for a medal after she had take... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/28/2003654026 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/469db8423c329a8817061029964363248810a03d67b5690a89e43eba0a88bfa7.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:08 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | A test flight of Japan’s new passenger jet was aborted yesterday for the second time in two days because of an air conditioning defect, its maker said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654058.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/29/thumbs/P14-160829-313.jpg | en | null | Japan’s MRJ aborts test flight for second time | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, TOKYO
A test flight of Japan’s new passenger jet was aborted yesterday for the second time in two days because of an air conditioning defect, its maker said.
A Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) on Saturday left Nagoya Airfield in central Japan for the US, but soon turned back due to air conditioning problems.
The plan... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/29/2003654058 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/fddab9281f21e6eb0f744eb37fcff3a87d719323ebb90ec9e0fc4c1967dca76a.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:46 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday criticized radio talk host Clara Chou (周玉蔻), saying that she engaged in “groundless and malignant slander” against him. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654222.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P03-160831-3.jpg | en | null | Ma accuses Clara Chou of ‘groundless slander’ | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Hsiang Cheng-chen and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday criticized radio talk host Clara Chou (周玉蔻), saying that she engaged in “groundless and malignant slander” against him.
Ma made the remarks during a hearing on his lawsuit against Chou at the Taiwan Hig... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654222 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/6a7078cbb486de03dea3b885537e005123371c25f3e1bfc579868c7fa5da390d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:30 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | China will be the “loser” if it does not recognize an international court’s ruling against its territorial claims in the South China Sea, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay said yesterday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654238.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Manila, Hanoi needle Beijing on South China Sea | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Reuters, MANILA
China will be the “loser” if it does not recognize an international court’s ruling against its territorial claims in the South China Sea, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay said yesterday.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague infuriated China last month when it ruled that ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/31/2003654238 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/db3a1788c5b2ce56970c79e0b002be8d32059191ddddbce3d082ee596fd53e3c.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:53:19 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) yesterday apologized again for his criticism of Hualien City voters after the party lost a mayoral by-election on Saturday, saying his remark hurt voters’ feelings and the party’s image. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654156.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | DPP legislator apologizes again after election remark | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) yesterday apologized again for his criticism of Hualien City voters after the party lost a mayoral by-election on Saturday, saying his remark hurt voters’ feelings and the party’s image.
“As someone who has worked in polit... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/30/2003654156 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/94b2424bb87018c5a045f0d1ab097e6b01e45c1c8ff0941baddfaec95bfbd1c0.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:51:58 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Japan’s household spending last month fell for a fifth straight month and retail sales also dropped, underscoring the weakness in domestic demand. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654195.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Japanese spending, unemployment down | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Bloomberg
Japan’s household spending last month fell for a fifth straight month and retail sales also dropped, underscoring the weakness in domestic demand.
The jobless rate was the lowest since 1995.
Household spending fell 0.5 percent in July from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said yesterday (forecast minus-1... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/31/2003654195 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/840e97d949960b3c6409746ad149c2396ccec353f28149482c81fb6e159c783d.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:56:45 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The nation’s chemical industry might continue to feel the impact of softening global demand for the rest of the year, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台灣經濟研究院) said yesterday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653853.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Demand to drag chemicals: TIER | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Kuo Chia-erh / Staff reporter
The nation’s chemical industry might continue to feel the impact of softening global demand for the rest of the year, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台灣經濟研究院) said yesterday.
“Sales this year might decline slightly from last year, dragged by lower-than-expected global d... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/26/2003653853 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/d7d45e66e815e2f059e5b55a7fee52f5b03bcaf351e93f3ea654251bc836259b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:42 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | SOUTH KOREA | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653919.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | World News Quick Take | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Agencies
SOUTH KOREA
Reparation funds detailed
Seoul yesterday said that surviving “comfort women” who served the Japanese military in World War II will be eligible to receive 100 million won (US$90,000) each from a foundation that is to be funded by the Japanese government. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that th... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/26/2003653919 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/fc95be2ec99813efd7a39f90b279d4af9672ae6d8bebc9f1b15c624c4737e52c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:11 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Nigel Farage, the divisive figure at the heart of Britain’s vote to leave the EU, on Wednesday threw his support behind US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653914.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/P07-160826-316.jpg | en | null | Trump finds an ally in Brexit’s Farage | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, WASHINGTON
Nigel Farage, the divisive figure at the heart of Britain’s vote to leave the EU, on Wednesday threw his support behind US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Farage, the outgoing leader of the UK Independence Party, was instrumental in Britain’s vote to pull out of the EU on June 23, painti... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/26/2003653914 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/1ad70b8968b3903cf86706cc9067aa466ae386a1eaff7fb196fc2339af741c7e.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:54:19 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Before National Freeway No. 5 was built, New Taipei City’s Pinglin had been a major midpoint between Taipei and Yilan going all the way back to the Japanese colonial era. The Pinglin Bridge, now called the Old Bridge, used to be a simple beam bridge spanning the Beishih River one hundred years ago. The Pinglin Tea Muse... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Flang%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654182.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P14-160831-001.jpg | en | null | Bridges of Pinglin | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Before National Freeway No. 5 was built, New Taipei City’s Pinglin had been a major midpoint between Taipei and Yilan going all the way back to the Japanese colonial era. The Pinglin Bridge, now called the Old Bridge, used to be a simple beam bridge spanning the Beishih River one hundred years ago. The Pinglin Tea Muse... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2016/08/31/2003654182 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/62309a62e5270064ada398f7ffb47c3b1415cce096043c01ebe1aa0cfaa6071d.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:52 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Nairo Quintana successfully attacked Chris Froome on the demanding summit finish of the Vuelta a Espana’s eighth stage to take the lead of the Grand Tour on Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654079.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/29/thumbs/P10-160829-328.jpg | en | null | Quintana takes lead at Vuelta as Lagutin claims eighth stage | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, LA CAMPERONA, Spain
Nairo Quintana successfully attacked Chris Froome on the demanding summit finish of the Vuelta a Espana’s eighth stage to take the lead of the Grand Tour on Saturday.
Russia’s Sergey Lagutin won the 181.5km stage from Villalpando, finishing at the category-one La Camperona summit in just over fo... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/29/2003654079 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/65a95abb3f6e9d52d71327e3bc78eefeb501c9806bf4dbf060c152239244ecca.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:53 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | One of the nation’s profitable cable television channels yesterday confirmed that it is laying off 67 employees as part of a restructuring plan amid rumors of plans for a larger downsizing. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653897.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | SET denies rumor of mass layoff | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
One of the nation’s profitable cable television channels yesterday confirmed that it is laying off 67 employees as part of a restructuring plan amid rumors of plans for a larger downsizing.
Sanlih E-Television (SET), known for producing popular TV series such as My Queen (拜犬女王), The Fie... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653897 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/37354e4c804bd40baeadd813aeb2ce9544ad5d45a14288808f63d5b305636e7b.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:57 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The government should not have let the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) lead an administrative investigation into Mega International Commercial Bank’s violation of US rules against money laundering, New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654218.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Lawmaker pans FSC probe on Mega | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
The government should not have let the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) lead an administrative investigation into Mega International Commercial Bank’s violation of US rules against money laundering, New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said.
People have been mo... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654218 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/4c0fa5ce03bc15a460f78d4c5102996c408cd96a0bf4e8d16104b05c2c3c8982.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:31 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The US dollar yesterday rose against the New Taiwan dollar in Taipei, gaining NT$0.129 to close at NT$31.801, as renewed fears over a US Federal Reserve rate hike pushed the NT dollar down to a one-week low, dealers said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654124.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | US dollar closes higher in Taipei on Fed rate fears | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff writer, with CNA
The US dollar yesterday rose against the New Taiwan dollar in Taipei, gaining NT$0.129 to close at NT$31.801, as renewed fears over a US Federal Reserve rate hike pushed the NT dollar down to a one-week low, dealers said.
The weakness of other regional currencies and selling by foreign institutio... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/30/2003654124 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/93f7a0eee9e9af31f65ece39419728a490d21a539b17ee422b2f9d06369cf682.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:54:08 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | EasyCard users can now donate money to the Huashan Social Welfare Foundation with a tap of their card. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654231.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | EasyCards ease donations | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Chen Ping-hung and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
EasyCard users can now donate money to the Huashan Social Welfare Foundation with a tap of their card.
A machine at MRT Taipei City Hall Station’s Exit 2, decorated with a family of cartoon bears and a large heart, allows commuters on the ci... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654231 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/b939456126c768d042b2a36157e7cfff482a3eb07625a0a472c65b9776f3c218.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:02 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | During the febrile, topsy-turvy days after Britain voted to leave the EU, there were plenty of tough messages from European leaders. However, few sounded more uncompromising than the EU trade commissioner. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654204.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/p09-160831-gp.jpg | en | null | Swedish politician ready to play hardball with the UK on Brexit | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Jennifer Rankin / The Observer
During the febrile, topsy-turvy days after Britain voted to leave the EU, there were plenty of tough messages from European leaders. However, few sounded more uncompromising than the EU trade commissioner.
A week after the result, Cecilia Malmstrom, Europe’s lead trade negotiator, said... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/31/2003654204 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/3838f8c0caf80db408b9d51612b2cf58568d803aee131698746f4554c280716e.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:53:44 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Dabajian Mountain, which borders Miaoli and Hsinchu, is known for its unique geographic features. According to Atayal and Saisiyat legend, it was from this mountain that their ancestors originally came from. The Forestry Bureau has recently renovated the hiking trails in the area. Upon their completion, the Shei-pa Nat... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Flang%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654117.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/30/thumbs/P14-160830-001.jpg | en | null | Shei-pa National Park: Renovated trails and blessing ceremonies | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Dabajian Mountain, which borders Miaoli and Hsinchu, is known for its unique geographic features. According to Atayal and Saisiyat legend, it was from this mountain that their ancestors originally came from. The Forestry Bureau has recently renovated the hiking trails in the area. Upon their completion, the Shei-pa Nat... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2016/08/30/2003654117 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/1524d58d713d83e50edf2849d8c8b5aba785e8b9b66baec87b6c67eae5a89412.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:29 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Amid heated criticism, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) yesterday apologized for his remarks directed at Hualien City voters after the party lost a mayoral by-election on Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654071.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Lawmaker apologizes for criticizing Hualien voters | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Amid heated criticism, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) yesterday apologized for his remarks directed at Hualien City voters after the party lost a mayoral by-election on Saturday.
“I can pretend to respect the election’s result, but I cannot pretend not ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/29/2003654071 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/5c5f8684c78998284aa3d86c8992cdc8627ad257a52b5c92f2a2dd3349216bf3.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:07 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Kenyan security guard Michael Douglas Ongeri has a dream — and will not be daunted by poverty, a 13-hour workday or training in Qatar’s searing heat, far from his family. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654089.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Security guard in Qatar overcomes heat, poverty in quest to fulfill running dream | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, DOHA
Kenyan security guard Michael Douglas Ongeri has a dream — and will not be daunted by poverty, a 13-hour workday or training in Qatar’s searing heat, far from his family.
Nor will he let the 11km he has to walk from work to the track then back home slow him down.
“You get used to it,” Ongeri said matter-of-fa... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/29/2003654089 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/17574805c1253479ffb88226bef6f141c2821a197bc8d5d6dca594a6cf995f69.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:38 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Nostalgia is too big a force in pop culture to belong to any one institution. But Netflix owns a bigger percentage of it than most, simply because the past is built into its business model. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffeat%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654141.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/30/thumbs/P13-160830-301.jpg | en | null | Tickling the memory center | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By James Poniewozik / NY Times News Service
Nostalgia is too big a force in pop culture to belong to any one institution. But Netflix owns a bigger percentage of it than most, simply because the past is built into its business model.
“If you liked that, you’ll like this” is the watchword of the streaming service’s algo... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/08/30/2003654141 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/9e9fe5ab25dddec4dacbf2cab445af03c8410c22aa4ec777e74704740a91bcea.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:29 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of kilograms of meat that normally goes to a program run by state troopers that gives it to the needy and others willing to butcher the carcasses, officials said on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653916.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Alaska roadkill thieves target moose meant for charity | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, ANCHORAGE, Alaska
Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of kilograms of meat that normally goes to a program run by state troopers that gives it to the needy and others willing to butcher the carcasses, officials said on Wednesday.
Two moose killed re... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/26/2003653916 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/bb94f8cf0f4fe7344f4351a6bd7b3b9828a53cad249cff61e1fcdf9b0bf52221.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:51:54 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Explorers last year discovered only about a tenth as much oil as they have annually on average since 1960. This year, they will probably find even less, spurring new fears about their ability to meet future demand. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654194.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Oil discoveries at a 70-year low | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Bloomberg
Explorers last year discovered only about a tenth as much oil as they have annually on average since 1960. This year, they will probably find even less, spurring new fears about their ability to meet future demand.
With oil prices down by more than half since the price collapse two years ago, drillers have cu... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/31/2003654194 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/aaa06e77577f745cfd89f332a98d57a9f960f2835c0e69076fad84084b3516a5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:40 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Jason Roy overcame a dizzy spell to lead England’s charge to a 44-run win under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-marred first one-day international (ODI) against Pakistan in Southampton on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653886.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/P16-160826-324.jpg | en | null | Dizzy Roy sets up ODI win for England | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, SOUTHAMPTON, England
Jason Roy overcame a dizzy spell to lead England’s charge to a 44-run win under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-marred first one-day international (ODI) against Pakistan in Southampton on Wednesday.
Surrey opener Roy’s quickfire 65 fired England toward an initial victory target of 261.
Ho... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/26/2003653886 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/9670b31b0694aa6b805c7c74a1237233a0e2fc2bd242bedd060ca06edbec6162.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:21 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | EVA Airways Corp (EVA, 長榮航空) was ranked the world’s third-best-loved airline in a review of 420 airlines conducted by air travel Web site Skytrax. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654051.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | EVA ranks third among ‘best-loved airlines’: Skytrax | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
EVA Airways Corp (EVA, 長榮航空) was ranked the world’s third-best-loved airline in a review of 420 airlines conducted by air travel Web site Skytrax.
Garuda Indonesia came in first and South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc placed second, according to the review.
Skytrax said in a statement tha... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/29/2003654051 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/be97773a61550d6e56228898457294be3cd921d34cbb32118179eec634966eef.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:43 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Liberty Times (LT): How would you diagnose the symptoms of Taiwan’s economic ills? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654095.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/29/thumbs/P03-160829-1.jpg | en | null | INTERVIEW: Taiwan needs to attract investors: premier | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Liberty Times (LT): How would you diagnose the symptoms of Taiwan’s economic ills?
Premier Lin Chuan (林全): Comparing Taiwan’s economic growth with those of Southeast Asian nations over the past 20 years, Taiwan has really not performed very well.
This is related to inadequate structural growth, particularly in the form... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/29/2003654095 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/088bd270b2eb5c4225124f6e07c0f3e70a63a401836dc76fdaf611dc9490e0c0.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:00 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Facebook Inc on Friday said that it is further automating its “trending” stories feature, a move that will scale back human input to prevent personal bias from influencing which stories get highlighted. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654059.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Facebook to make trending news more automated | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, SAN FRANCISCO
Facebook Inc on Friday said that it is further automating its “trending” stories feature, a move that will scale back human input to prevent personal bias from influencing which stories get highlighted.
The social media giant will rely more heavily on an algorithm to operate the feature — which lists... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/29/2003654059 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/90e1acc8b4ef181dda7b1a5e6e8f030d46b0bebb656c795b86b1ac29555e15d1.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:52:05 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The US Marine Corps’ new commander for the Pacific said he aims to advance his predecessor’s work helping allies and partners develop their skills storming beaches and moving forces ashore. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003654043.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | US Marines’ Pacific leader vows to keep up assistance | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii
The US Marine Corps’ new commander for the Pacific said he aims to advance his predecessor’s work helping allies and partners develop their skills storming beaches and moving forces ashore.
Lieutenant General David Berger made the comments on Friday after assuming command of US Marine Corps Forc... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/28/2003654043 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/286597330a84ed71627f163bdb7d10704831fe33f301869f3f8e148279b935e1.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:31 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed a case of enterovirus 68 (EV68) in a five-year-old child, who has also been diagnosed with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), the first time that combination of diseases has been reported in Taiwan. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654229.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | CDC confirms enterovirus EV68 case in five-year-old | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed a case of enterovirus 68 (EV68) in a five-year-old child, who has also been diagnosed with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), the first time that combination of diseases has been reported in Taiwan.
The centers said it received a repor... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654229 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/f9558049423403a01e1ca07bdcfda7dbdd8f479754cb8a1b9e85cdf29ca18656.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:52:12 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | French resort towns were defiant after a ban on the Burqini in a Riviera town was overturned, vowing to keep the restrictions in place and continue imposing fines on women who wear the full-body swimsuit. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003654042.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | French towns defiant after court repeals Burqini ban | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, MARSEILLE, France
French resort towns were defiant after a ban on the Burqini in a Riviera town was overturned, vowing to keep the restrictions in place and continue imposing fines on women who wear the full-body swimsuit.
In a judgement expected to lead to bans being overturned in about 30 coastal towns, the Stat... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/28/2003654042 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/02917917bb9851f2c8f2949103862c930f08429bcf36f3aaaad4c32676cef4e1.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:17 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The objections of military personnel, public-school teachers and civil servants have been the loudest since the National Committee on Pension Reform convened in June to tackle the problems plaguing the nation’s various pension systems, most of which are likely to go bankrupt within a few decades. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654135.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | EDITORIAL: Working and caring for the nation | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | The objections of military personnel, public-school teachers and civil servants have been the loudest since the National Committee on Pension Reform convened in June to tackle the problems plaguing the nation’s various pension systems, most of which are likely to go bankrupt within a few decades.
A group of former mili... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/30/2003654135 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/4e6ab04f76e2ab6941202fe50a80d9b17527acafde8878a42cc31ac00a57c3a0.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:51:36 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The government is not afraid of controversies, as “they could help us face the core of the problems,” President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, as she acknowledged that the administration over the past three months has been encountering disputes on various fronts. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003654029.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/28/thumbs/P03-160828-1.jpg | en | null | Government can take controversy: Tsai | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
The government is not afraid of controversies, as “they could help us face the core of the problems,” President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday, as she acknowledged that the administration over the past three months has been encountering disputes on various fronts.
Tsai attended a sem... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/28/2003654029 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/9a68d14ade53ed365bc8890dcb1207254137d049630a4eafc42dddc71021c104.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:40 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | A record-high 24 female green sea turtles laid eggs on Orchid Island (蘭嶼, Lanyu) this year, with 83 hatchlings counted as of Wednesday evening, a National Taiwan Ocean University research team said, calling the development “heartening.” | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654102.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Record number of laying green turtles counted on Lanyu | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Chang Tsung-wei and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A record-high 24 female green sea turtles laid eggs on Orchid Island (蘭嶼, Lanyu) this year, with 83 hatchlings counted as of Wednesday evening, a National Taiwan Ocean University research team said, calling the development “heartening.”
The univer... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/29/2003654102 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/950be3bf54c16b1343fdfeb8db52d1463dcaf68ff9e36ff0cb24b74ccdc22a4b.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:40 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Fiji has ramped up overtures to rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan, giving him land and a chiefly title to keep the popular Englishman in the South Pacific island nation. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654217.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Fiji offers land, title and passports to try to keep coach Ryan | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, SUVA
Fiji has ramped up overtures to rugby sevens coach Ben Ryan, giving him land and a chiefly title to keep the popular Englishman in the South Pacific island nation.
Ryan has become the most venerated person in Fiji since guiding them to their first Olympic medal when they won the rugby sevens gold medal at the... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/31/2003654217 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/68ad54996470a381cf6750606d5fe111730f373d4f2f74170f3d977c75513a2c.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:54:05 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday pledged to increase the government’s budget for food safety by 50 percent next year to improve the nation’s food safety management and inspection system. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654223.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P03-160831-1.jpg | en | null | Tsai pledges to increase spending for food safety | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff Writer, with CNA
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday pledged to increase the government’s budget for food safety by 50 percent next year to improve the nation’s food safety management and inspection system.
Food safety has become an important issue worldwide and her administration has made it one of its top pr... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654223 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/412fea3a68272a60422c40bd21196a93a7f1d4ed1afc8bc85141c4853d315388.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:23 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | China’s influence in the global metals markets just stepped up a gear after the owner of its top supplier of aluminum products agreed to buy Aleris Corp of the US for US$2.3 billion, marking the nation’s biggest-ever overseas purchase of a metals processor. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654189.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Chinese firm snaps up US metals processor Aleris | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Bloomberg
China’s influence in the global metals markets just stepped up a gear after the owner of its top supplier of aluminum products agreed to buy Aleris Corp of the US for US$2.3 billion, marking the nation’s biggest-ever overseas purchase of a metals processor.
The purchase of the Cleveland, Ohio-based company by... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/31/2003654189 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/7c0fe1c34c841fa54ddca3ca4c682a4887ab387e9690208ac3ba502054121a44.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:22 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Bruce Lee (李小龍) was 14 years old, and on the losing end of several street fights with local gang members, when he took up kung fu. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffeat%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654068.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/29/thumbs/P08-160829-321.jpg | en | null | Exit the dragon? | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Charlotte Yang / NY Times News Service, HONG KONG
Bruce Lee (李小龍) was 14 years old, and on the losing end of several street fights with local gang members, when he took up kung fu.
It was 1955, and Hong Kong was bustling with schools teaching a range of kung fu styles, including close-combat techniques and a method ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/08/29/2003654068 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/2bd39abcf95589932bfaf331082b7d71778ae8d4242053f6f9ef1aee84e9c523.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:53:16 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, which is to open on Sept. 30, will likely run a considerable deficit, the National Audit Office said, drawing the ire of city officials. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654165.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/30/thumbs/p04-160830-aa1.jpg | en | null | Taichung Opera House faces big deficit | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Huang Chung-shan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, which is to open on Sept. 30, will likely run a considerable deficit, the National Audit Office said, drawing the ire of city officials.
The Taichung City Government on Thursday last week donated the ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/30/2003654165 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/40a0e60220d1c89b5bbb65926dbcb0f8f7c5ec5d70385cd23a74c75212af7638.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:44 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | A Facebook-based survey found Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) to be the most unpopular Cabinet member, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus said yesterday in its appraisal of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration’s first 100 days in office. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653891.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Defense chief least popular: survey | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
A Facebook-based survey found Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) to be the most unpopular Cabinet member, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus said yesterday in its appraisal of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration’s first 100 days in office.
The caucus sai... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653891 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/c9880cf15599bce82c01b22c96c8b43fb21ff6efa61be6c728841222bb2234a1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:49:04 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | E.Sun Financial Holding Co (玉山金控) expects to post higher earnings growth in the second half of the year, as macroeconomic conditions in Taiwan and internationally continue to improve. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2F2003653923.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | E.Sun forecasts profit growth on economic pickup | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Ted Chen / Staff reporter
E.Sun Financial Holding Co (玉山金控) expects to post higher earnings growth in the second half of the year, as macroeconomic conditions in Taiwan and internationally continue to improve.
“We believe the nation’s sluggish economic growth reached a trough at the end of the first half of the year... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/27/2003653923 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/ce0e501b1cd5bef7c20ffe6da0611748aba16b8a26dbe92ccd93eae2ddb5521d.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:16 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | TENNIS | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654092.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | SPORTS BRIEFS | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Agencies
TENNIS
Busta wins at Winston-Salem
Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta won his first ATP World Tour title on Saturday, beating fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets in the Winston-Salem Open final. Busta, ranked 49th in the world, overcame dropping a first-set tiebreaker at the Wake Forest Tennis Center ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/29/2003654092 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/2ef9b408efa1a534838e9eb069627c652c52aac18da7e0266b3aa5072f82ec69.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:16 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Enterex International Ltd (英瑞國際), an auto radiator manufacturer, plans to further penetrate the European market this year while seeking to diversify its export markets. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654049.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Enterex seeking to boost European sales | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Kuo Chia-erh / Staff reporter
Enterex International Ltd (英瑞國際), an auto radiator manufacturer, plans to further penetrate the European market this year while seeking to diversify its export markets.
“We hope to raise Enterex’s product awareness in Europe by first cooperating with international distributors to meet l... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/29/2003654049 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/dffd2c0056ab4aa1cdf4161a690277b3711ff10a557562847f5acbc32b2e58e7.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:53 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | A British man who police say was seriously wounded when he tried to save a British woman being stabbed to death at an Australian hostel died of his injuries on Tuesday, authorities said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654236.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | British man dies after intervening in attack in Australia | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, SYDNEY
A British man who police say was seriously wounded when he tried to save a British woman being stabbed to death at an Australian hostel died of his injuries on Tuesday, authorities said.
Thomas Jackson, 30, died in a hospital in the northeast Australian city of Townsville, Queensland state police said.
Jacks... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/31/2003654236 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/51665b72f2c64c37708355bdac6f6931bd41b72253a1967abf4c3e64bdc33bd5.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:53:45 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday arrived in Bangladesh to offer help as the government confronts growing extremism that has resulted in deadly attacks against locals and foreigners and raised concerns the Islamic State is putting down roots in the country. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654171.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/30/thumbs/P06-160830-310.jpg | en | null | Kerry to offer help on security in first trip to Bangladesh | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Bloomberg
US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday arrived in Bangladesh to offer help as the government confronts growing extremism that has resulted in deadly attacks against locals and foreigners and raised concerns the Islamic State is putting down roots in the country.
In meetings with Bangladeshi Prime Minister... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/30/2003654171 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/f5120a53dc5bbebe8849c88714d9f42bfc5e34ee743c86b8bb8a7ad8f86bdc11.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:53:10 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | FRANCE | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654115.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | World News Quick Take | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Agencies
FRANCE
Militant’s relative charged
Investigators have handed preliminary terrorism charges to the brother-in-law of one of the extremists who attacked the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last year. Mourad Hamyd, 20, was arrested on a French warrant in Bulgaria last month on suspicion he was trying to travel ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/29/2003654115 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/e265f0f667af46f608a1591b5873a49e9af7c6476196e744f13bb92316c52b82.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:52:20 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | At a seminar on the democratization of Taiwan yesterday, academics warned the government against its spontaneous response to civic groups and a plan to “co-opt” their strengths, which they said was what former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) tried to do. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003654030.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Be wary of civic groups: academics | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
At a seminar on the democratization of Taiwan yesterday, academics warned the government against its spontaneous response to civic groups and a plan to “co-opt” their strengths, which they said was what former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) tried to do.
At the event, several academics d... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/28/2003654030 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/3a27b8362c2e047bb27ff7cb673be217761094ebd690f8a095d716af0b129851.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:46 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | A 60-year-old man was diagnosed with benign prostatic hypertrophy causing the swelling of the prostate, hydronephrosis, numerous bladder stones and a suspected kidney cyst after he sought medical help due to slow urine flow and excessive urination at night. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654101.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Problem urinating leads to variety of conditions for man | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
A 60-year-old man was diagnosed with benign prostatic hypertrophy causing the swelling of the prostate, hydronephrosis, numerous bladder stones and a suspected kidney cyst after he sought medical help due to slow urine flow and excessive urination at night.
An ultrasound of the man’s urin... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/29/2003654101 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/25739a48bf7639a2deb4d0542daa2d2e088324775a1ee145d8a04075db1afedd.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:03 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Using brooms and their hands, soldiers and residents of an ancient city famous for its historic Buddhist temples yesterday began cleaning up debris from a powerful earthquake that shook the region, damaging nearly 200 pagodas. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653905.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/P05-160826-313.jpg | en | null | Cleanup begins after quake in Myanmar | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, BAGAN, Myanmar
Using brooms and their hands, soldiers and residents of an ancient city famous for its historic Buddhist temples yesterday began cleaning up debris from a powerful earthquake that shook the region, damaging nearly 200 pagodas.
At least four people were killed and at least 171 pagodas were damaged in ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/26/2003653905 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/7a2a64615e16e325dc1444d0b8aeb6836dbe251cb95a18f00946be292a838a2e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:31 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) was the nation’s largest carbon emitter in 2014, producing more than 37 percent of industrial carbon emissions, with Formosa Petrochemical Corp and China Steel Corp coming in second and third respectively, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) data showed. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653901.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Taipower tops carbon list | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) was the nation’s largest carbon emitter in 2014, producing more than 37 percent of industrial carbon emissions, with Formosa Petrochemical Corp and China Steel Corp coming in second and third respectively, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) data sho... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653901 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/f16c81dd9dc20c06ebed9ec14428789e8066f455ba019969b93c54b1c1b4f536.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:21 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | A plastic surgeon who is an amateur magician has brought home a gold medal from the UGM Magic Convention in Japan, the first Taiwanese to do so in the competition’s 32-year history. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653899.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/p02-160826-aa1.jpg | en | null | Taiwanese physician wins major magic prize | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Yan Yang-ting and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A plastic surgeon who is an amateur magician has brought home a gold medal from the UGM Magic Convention in Japan, the first Taiwanese to do so in the competition’s 32-year history.
Tsai Chih-tung (蔡之棟), 35, competed in Nagoya against magicians from... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653899 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/c19cdc5b0a09243b096284ae83d5ea32717d9c2a1eb888770d5b934255584d77.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:54:14 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | A historic ceasefire on Monday came into effect in Colombia, ending a 52-year war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government and taking a major step toward ending a conflict that has claimed more than 250,000 lives. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654243.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P07-160831-312.jpg | en | null | Colombia ceasefire ends half-century war with FARC | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, BOGOTA
A historic ceasefire on Monday came into effect in Colombia, ending a 52-year war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government and taking a major step toward ending a conflict that has claimed more than 250,000 lives.
The full ceasefire ordered by Colombian Presiden... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/31/2003654243 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/bcc792147d006e8aef6a3a07aa5c6fc33ec6eb8d9f1d152c062002801ead1215.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:21 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Taiwan has been named the world’s best place to live for expatriates in the latest InterNations Expat Insider survey, impressing foreigners living in the nation with quality healthcare and the ability to make a good living. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654230.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Taiwan best for expats: survey | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan has been named the world’s best place to live for expatriates in the latest InterNations Expat Insider survey, impressing foreigners living in the nation with quality healthcare and the ability to make a good living.
In addition to replacing Ecuador atop the overall ranking of 67 nations, ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654230 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/f4b2b0bd3b2bab1ae5f9e2001f8c536b1deaa2443ba0b62fafceffedc80f74e2.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:26 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | French schools are to hold three security drills per year — including one in which a mock assailant enters their premises — as the French government ramps up security measures after a string of deadly attacks. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653911.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | French schools to teach terror response | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, PARIS
French schools are to hold three security drills per year — including one in which a mock assailant enters their premises — as the French government ramps up security measures after a string of deadly attacks.
French Minister of Education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem and French Minister of the Interior Bernard Caze... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/26/2003653911 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/96de5d0c4f49a9d53fa6016242ed8a14212304eec8d9f6150938842c956f73a8.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:43 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Premier Lin Chuan’s (林全) June order to reactivate the fallow No. 1 reactor at the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Shihmen District (石門) was prompted mainly by a power shortage “crisis” engineered by Taiwan Power Co (Taipower), according to former national policy adviser Rex How (郝明義). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654160.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Taipower manufactured supply ‘crisis’: Rex How | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff writer, with CNA
Premier Lin Chuan’s (林全) June order to reactivate the fallow No. 1 reactor at the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Shihmen District (石門) was prompted mainly by a power shortage “crisis” engineered by Taiwan Power Co (Taipower), according to former national policy adviser Rex How (... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/30/2003654160 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/8540e8b4edb36e07a8c89c54492fc4dfaff870ca0aeca0f18e65cab07eb7346d.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:13 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | None of the five Chinese cities invited to an international forum organized by Kaohsiung have said whether they plan to attend, Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Hsu Li-min (許立民) said on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653894.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Kaohsiung says no word from China on global cities forum | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff writer, with CNA
None of the five Chinese cities invited to an international forum organized by Kaohsiung have said whether they plan to attend, Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Hsu Li-min (許立民) said on Wednesday.
Kaohsiung sent out invitations to Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Fuzhou in June for the Global Harbor... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653894 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/5bf02217574a1e34439d706ec686576d393fc829c0bcf8065ac7fadc70395ad8.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:57 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | An investigation into Mega International Commercial Bank’s (兆豐銀行) contravention of money laundering regulations escalated yesterday, as prosecutors and regulators grilled a former minister of finance and the bank’s former chairman. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654145.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Prosecutors question former minister of finance, Mega Bank’s ex-chairman | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Ted Chen / Staff reporter
An investigation into Mega International Commercial Bank’s (兆豐銀行) contravention of money laundering regulations escalated yesterday, as prosecutors and regulators grilled a former minister of finance and the bank’s former chairman.
Prosecutors questioned former minister of finance Chang She... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/30/2003654145 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/d02808067533a982c302f109ec248c9318c81026325e5f457560bb46b59070c3.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:46 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Juventus won 1-0 at SS Lazio on Saturday in a Serie A match dedicated to the victims of the earthquake in central Italy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fsport%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654085.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/29/thumbs/P11-160829-325.jpg | en | null | Juventus down Lazio as quake victims honored | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, ROME
Juventus won 1-0 at SS Lazio on Saturday in a Serie A match dedicated to the victims of the earthquake in central Italy.
Fans held aloft banners to mourn the nearly 300 people killed in the earthquake on Wednesday last week, and a minute of silence was observed before kickoff.
Also, Lazio’s shirts featured a m... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2016/08/29/2003654085 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/f6d7466f573ff692e31ccf5d774f4e4d83b7cfb51ec5b04c92fe8dcd98d828da.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:37 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Traffic on the streets near the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei was held up for about three hours yesterday morning as hundreds of drivers protested regulations imposed after a deadly tour bus fire last month. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653880.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/p01-160826-aa1.jpg | en | null | Buses clog Taipei road as drivers rally | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Traffic on the streets near the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei was held up for about three hours yesterday morning as hundreds of drivers protested regulations imposed after a deadly tour bus fire last month.
Members of the New Taipei City Tour Bus Drivers’ Unio... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/26/2003653880 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/6b7b34abbcbb9654fd1da2c8754845a0ab78d8c38ea870127ad11ea9868516c4.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:52:58 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Turkey on Saturday said the military suffered its first fatality in an unprecedented four-day campaign inside Syria, blaming Kurdish militia in an increasingly combustible contest for control in the border region. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654103.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Turkish soldier killed in Syria attack | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, KARKAMIS, Turkey
Turkey on Saturday said the military suffered its first fatality in an unprecedented four-day campaign inside Syria, blaming Kurdish militia in an increasingly combustible contest for control in the border region.
The Turkish army on Wednesday launched a two-pronged cross border offensive against ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/29/2003654103 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/8d57748da75af5e8a043744456ae30ff9c9b7d2709f9dfee066c29648d34ef5f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:51 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Premier Lin Chuan (林全) yesterday confirmed that 35-year-old Audrey Tang (唐鳳), a tech prodigy and former adviser to BenQ and Apple, is to join the Cabinet in October as a minister without portfolio. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653890.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Programming expert to join Executive Yuan | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
Premier Lin Chuan (林全) yesterday confirmed that 35-year-old Audrey Tang (唐鳳), a tech prodigy and former adviser to BenQ and Apple, is to join the Cabinet in October as a minister without portfolio.
Cabinet spokesman Tung Chen-yuan (童振源) first broke the news yesterday morning, which Lin ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653890 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/359caebaf3a0c5e2bc9ff55d7c2bfe0577aa019fd156245d256cc0d135c50ea6.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:25 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The US Department of State in October last year released the International Religious Freedom Report for 2014, which strongly criticized Beijing for persecuting Christians, Muslims and Falun Gong practitioners. According to last year’s report, which was released this month, the Chinese government’s crackdown on religiou... | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654137.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Vatican’s decision on China will be critical | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Parris Chang 張旭成
The US Department of State in October last year released the International Religious Freedom Report for 2014, which strongly criticized Beijing for persecuting Christians, Muslims and Falun Gong practitioners. According to last year’s report, which was released this month, the Chinese government’s c... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/30/2003654137 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/441bd0b524b238e3aaf314e780525b5a42dbfa3eeb2e17e1045fcf73eb786424.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:53 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) “honeymoon” period is ending, the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation said yesterday, citing its latest poll, which found a drop of nearly 20 percentage points in Tsai’s approval rating since her inauguration on May 20. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654144.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | President’s ‘honeymoon’ nearing end: foundation | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) “honeymoon” period is ending, the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation said yesterday, citing its latest poll, which found a drop of nearly 20 percentage points in Tsai’s approval rating since her inauguration on May 20.
The telephone-based survey showed that 52.... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/30/2003654144 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/f2282cd287b4b85f71ebe4cec2f4fad499983e2cf76559a6c6ae41514847c12e.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:02 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (中國石油化工), the world’s biggest oil refiner, posted a 22 percent decline in profit for the first half of the year as oil’s collapse overpowered the boost from cheaper crude used to make fuels and chemicals. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654061.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Sinopec profit slips as refining fails to counter oil crash | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Bloomberg
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (中國石油化工), the world’s biggest oil refiner, posted a 22 percent decline in profit for the first half of the year as oil’s collapse overpowered the boost from cheaper crude used to make fuels and chemicals.
Net income dropped to 19.9 billion yuan (US$3 billion), the Beijing-based... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/29/2003654061 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/560a452d8d84e69042cdd4d9e7c7bc998092d9bbd96e01c405408a25c38c75e7.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:53:01 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | All day the elevator operators in Brazil’s Senate take politicians on rides, but the senators, they said, are moving the country only in one direction — down. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654113.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | FEATURE: Senate elevator operators see lows of Brazilian politics | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, BRASILIA
All day the elevator operators in Brazil’s Senate take politicians on rides, but the senators, they said, are moving the country only in one direction — down.
Humble men literally rubbing shoulders with some of Brazil’s most powerful, the elevator operators have a unique window on the upper chamber, where... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/29/2003654113 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/03116d484a13e3a14d5485f699006ab316a8a68bff5b8badb72bd7f6978459a9.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:00 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Dispatch to London | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654203.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | [ LETTER ] | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Dispatch to London
In contrast to David Pendery’s complaint (“Taiwan, I love you,” Aug. 26, page 8) about the thinness of Chris Wood’s farewell trade-show brochure (“On leaving Taiwan: Britain’s role,” Aug. 23, page 8), I prefer to imagine what the outgoing representative’s valedictory dispatch back to London would loo... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/31/2003654203 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/b2f2460a71948f3531c75f3b437f349733b6a6fe766274c489c52f4068b2cbcd.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:14 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The government of South Sudan, whose economy has been ravaged by years of war, has adopted an ambitious budget for the 2016 to 2017 fiscal year of about US$1 billion, three times as big as the previous year’s. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2003653989.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | S Sudan wants big budget despite economy | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, JUBA
The government of South Sudan, whose economy has been ravaged by years of war, has adopted an ambitious budget for the 2016 to 2017 fiscal year of about US$1 billion, three times as big as the previous year’s.
“The purpose of this budget is to implement the peace agreement,” South Sudanese Minister for Parlia... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/28/2003653989 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/20cabdcee8da7e1c6cd08e07be9c3b0b348efa9ef63b18f68ce5da8668902acd.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:39 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | A judge on Wednesday refused to set bond for a Mississippi man accused of killing five people and a fetus, who were slain one by one with an axe and shot inside a home in rural Alabama. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653918.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Judge denies bond for suspect in five Alabama killings | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, MOBILE, Alabama
A judge on Wednesday refused to set bond for a Mississippi man accused of killing five people and a fetus, who were slain one by one with an axe and shot inside a home in rural Alabama.
The decision by Mobile County Judge Rick Stout came as Derrick Dearman, 27, made his first court appearance on mul... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/26/2003653918 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/7dc3a9afd404d7e8455729f9730df6ce8244d044a63c7d27da2f6ed6b3410520.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:30 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Ministry of Education has fined the National Taiwan University (NTU) NT$30,000 for an exam question from the mechanical engineering department that contravened the Gender Equality Education Act (性別平等教育法). It is the first such fine for a university in the nation’s history. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653898.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | NTU fined for bias in an engineering exam question | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
The Ministry of Education has fined the National Taiwan University (NTU) NT$30,000 for an exam question from the mechanical engineering department that contravened the Gender Equality Education Act (性別平等教育法). It is the first such fine for a university in the nation’s history.
In t... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653898 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/8aaa375950b5afb2a5af4d0daf56f9de3cdf6d382e2d5ef7042fc5c902613eb3.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:23 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Two senior North Korean officials were executed with an anti-aircraft gun early this month on the orders of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported, citing people it did not identify. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654235.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P05-160831-301.jpg | en | null | N Korean officials executed: report | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Bloomberg
Two senior North Korean officials were executed with an anti-aircraft gun early this month on the orders of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported, citing people it did not identify.
Ri Yong-jin, a senior official in the North Korean Ministry of Education — possibly it... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/31/2003654235 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/f21ea8c22dfeb42c71270a1ed2969d2f9eda61feaa7327f1f8a9d8027fbfe95f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:49:55 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Saudi Arabian Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Falih tempered expectations that the world’s major oil producers would look to freeze production next month, telling reporters on Thursday that the “market is moving in the right direction” already. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2F2003653935.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Saudi oil minister douses hopes of an output freeze | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Reuters, LOS ANGELES
Saudi Arabian Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Falih tempered expectations that the world’s major oil producers would look to freeze production next month, telling reporters on Thursday that the “market is moving in the right direction” already.
“We don’t believe any sig... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/27/2003653935 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/8ed945e1d8c4118e9db6b62ea37437f1f526aa9fb482090fea9981dd0e8a84f6.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:44 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The government has yet to find common ground with the Japanese government on the issue of reparations for Taiwanese “comfort women,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654220.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Taipei still at odds with Japan on ‘comfort women’ | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The government has yet to find common ground with the Japanese government on the issue of reparations for Taiwanese “comfort women,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.
Speaking at a routine news conference, Association for East Asian Relations Secretary-General Peter Ts... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/31/2003654220 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/796a04d49a1beb4271f6a27cd069e1dcfa0bbab4079a8672e9e34909becb4eb6.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:02 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Taiwan FamilyMart Co (全家便利商店) yesterday said e-commerce is to play a greater role in the company’s sales plans, with the aim of accounting for 10 percent of overall sales in five years. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654188.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P12-160831-1.jpg | en | null | FamilyMart joins forces with Eastern Home Shopping | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Kuo Chia-erh / Staff reporter
Taiwan FamilyMart Co (全家便利商店) yesterday said e-commerce is to play a greater role in the company’s sales plans, with the aim of accounting for 10 percent of overall sales in five years.
The nation’s second-largest convenience store chain said it has joined with TV shopping operator East... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/31/2003654188 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/67db37f60d4755822a3059a4a13e417ebf45ab97cdb4d957b8d355388583cbd7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:51:10 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Eleven Turkish police officers were killed and 78 people injured yesterday in a suicide truck bombing by suspected Kurdish rebels, three days into a two-pronged Turkish offensive in Syria. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2F2003653950.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/27/thumbs/P01-160827-318.jpg | en | null | Eleven police killed in suicide bombing in Turkey’s Cizre | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, ISTANBUL, Turkey
Eleven Turkish police officers were killed and 78 people injured yesterday in a suicide truck bombing by suspected Kurdish rebels, three days into a two-pronged Turkish offensive in Syria.
The early morning blast almost completely destroyed the police headquarters in the southeastern town of Cizre... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/27/2003653950 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/b8281d4e590d9efeed3d46fe4c32a9fa0dcfc3ac264d90ce20ed56a7a8eb238f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:51:28 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | A: Why are you looking at me like that? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Flang%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2F2003653921.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | EVERYDAY ENGLISH | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | A: Why are you looking at me like that?
B: It’s not you. I’ve got a crick in my neck.
A: Did you sleep in an awkward position last night?
B: Perhaps. But I also think it’s having the air conditioning on all night.
A：你幹嘛那樣看我？
B：跟你無關，我脖子痛。
A：是不是你昨晚睡姿不良造成的？
B：或許喔。不過我也懷疑是不是整晚吹冷氣才這樣的。
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[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:28 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | China will not invade Taiwan | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654065.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | [ LETTER ] | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | China will not invade Taiwan
In response to [US] Secretary [of the Army Eric] Fanning’s recent article (“US Army is laying the foundations of stability in Asia-Pacific,” Aug. 27, page 9), there is no need for a US military presence in the Pacific. There is the idea that if the US leaves the Pacific, China would invade ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/29/2003654065 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/8e3087897f74fe76874251abdc97f2424c2fbd959b0b12dd0ae7aa06b6735380.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:50:56 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is expected to take a 58 percent share of the global pure-play wafer foundry operating market this year, and retain the world’s No. 1 title, according to market information advisory firm IC Insights. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2F2003654052.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | TSMC seen as dominating pure-play foundry market | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is expected to take a 58 percent share of the global pure-play wafer foundry operating market this year, and retain the world’s No. 1 title, according to market information advisory firm IC Insights.
In a research note, IC Insights said that TSMC ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/29/2003654052 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/ec9d10a61474bcb573df9df2a5f0e88c74683114444a6456a6b8c740615e7685.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:54 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | He may be 88 and facing setbacks from failed deals in the UK and Australia, but investors bet against Li Ka-shing (李嘉誠) at their peril. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654133.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Li’s Italian job shows he still has his touch: Gadfly | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Nisha Gopalan / Bloomberg
He may be 88 and facing setbacks from failed deals in the UK and Australia, but investors bet against Li Ka-shing (李嘉誠) at their peril.
Hong Kong’s richest man is set to win approval as early as this week for 3 Italia’s buyout of a competitor that would create the country’s biggest telecom ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/30/2003654133 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/3065a8597df5798886e9ae8fe9b093aca31d55ac2a902de6188692d5c55874d5.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:49 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Taiwanese food and beverage chain La Kaffa International Co (六角國際) has opened a flagship outlet in New York, making it the first listed Taiwanese business to expand in the US city. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654126.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/30/thumbs/P11-160830-001.jpg | en | null | La Kaffa enters US market with outlet in New York City | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwanese food and beverage chain La Kaffa International Co (六角國際) has opened a flagship outlet in New York, making it the first listed Taiwanese business to expand in the US city.
The New York outlet, which was launched at the weekend, offers beverages under La Kaffa’s Chatime brand, fried pork ... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/30/2003654126 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/0e9f96b58d04cd9b7ba6b6fe343fd00ea35fa6c522716c2cf1d364f8988f90ed.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:01:56 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Monsanto Co has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its next generation of genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds in India, a major escalation in a long-running dispute between New Delhi and the world’s biggest seeds maker. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fbiz%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653863.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/P10-160826-312.jpg | en | null | Monsanto pulls GM cotton seed from India over technology-sharing dispute | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | Reuters, NEW DELHI
Monsanto Co has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its next generation of genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds in India, a major escalation in a long-running dispute between New Delhi and the world’s biggest seeds maker.
A letter sent by Monsanto’s local partner in India, the conglomerat... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2016/08/26/2003653863 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/41083ef599e3997d1b188821f04da46e47f26332425ae64641140ce57a480eb8.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:51 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | During the one-party state era, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) created a lot of myths to maintain its hold on power. One of the myths — and one that has been planted deeply in the minds of Taiwanese — is the idea that the KMT is better than other parties at dealing with the economy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Feditorials%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654201.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | The Liberty Times Editorial: Economy a test of government will | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | During the one-party state era, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) created a lot of myths to maintain its hold on power. One of the myths — and one that has been planted deeply in the minds of Taiwanese — is the idea that the KMT is better than other parties at dealing with the economy.
During the 2008 presidential ca... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/08/31/2003654201 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/4896b22e0334379959507be44f9a4556417965dbcc5e8d637c955a6cf47a31ec.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:51:04 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Taiwan Democracy Watch yesterday called for amending the Constitution to allow President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to directly shape and answer for her policies, amid declining approval ratings for Tsai. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2F2003653957.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/27/thumbs/P03-160827-2.jpg | en | null | Tsai needs power to push policies: democracy group | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Taiwan Democracy Watch yesterday called for amending the Constitution to allow President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to directly shape and answer for her policies, amid declining approval ratings for Tsai.
“Tsai wants to get to work, but cannot find a way to do so,” the organization’s president Chen... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/27/2003653957 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/db1ab9f46a725ff92579e1bcbed94067e4467faa1edbeb1c1620695770abe152.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:53:31 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is her Republican rival Donald Trump’s checkered business past: her dad. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2F2003654175.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | Clinton changes tack, invokes father | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, WARREN, Michigan
Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is her Republican rival Donald Trump’s checkered business past: her dad.
As Clinton works to undercut Trump’s economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is in... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/30/2003654175 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/d29b67e7ce49227045fb2950f5390c0abb1a14417452386f5073fcac8533bec6.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:54:01 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, a young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Fworld%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654237.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/P06-160831-311.jpg | en | null | Report details 72 IS mass graves | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AP, HARDAN, Iraq
Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, a young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die.
On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighboring villages were shot and then b... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/08/31/2003654237 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/be5da52daf3dbbdb76149e08985c4ebda10d3d9bdd2865c3680e03c7e85b8e63.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:16 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Apollo Chen (陳學聖) yesterday urged the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to take better care of the horses it has used to produce antivenom for snakebites. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ftaiwan%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653900.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/logo.gif | en | null | KMT’s Apollo Chen voices concern for antivenom horses | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Apollo Chen (陳學聖) yesterday urged the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to take better care of the horses it has used to produce antivenom for snakebites.
Earlier this month, the agency said that three horses that had been used to produce antiven... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/08/26/2003653900 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/5982d6eebc965a97fd19cd432aadde28421b5bb3a757169a4f9d91da4e505011.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:23 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Robert Montano may be known as the tattooed chef at Twinkeyz Tacos who sous-vides a killer carne asada, but he’ll be serving a five-course vegan meal at NakedFood on the evening of Sept. 3. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffeat%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2F2003653874.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/26/thumbs/p13-160826-sec1.jpg | en | null | Five courses of vegan | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | By Dana Ter / Staff reporter
Robert Montano may be known as the tattooed chef at Twinkeyz Tacos who sous-vides a killer carne asada, but he’ll be serving a five-course vegan meal at NakedFood on the evening of Sept. 3.
Montano, who is always greeting diners at Twinkeyz and asking them if the flavors are to their liking... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/08/26/2003653874 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/a20d59002d77e7b584d61108a8671bf7edb1b99309f5c5d3f03f095122a388b6.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:28 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | At least five people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a popular hotel close to the presidential palace in Mogadishu yesterday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2F2003654211.json | http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2016/08/31/thumbs/p01-160831-321.jpg | en | null | Car bomb attack kills at least five in Mogadishu | null | null | www.taipeitimes.com | AFP, MOGADISHU
At least five people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a popular hotel close to the presidential palace in Mogadishu yesterday.
“We have confirmed five people killed including security guards”, police officer Mohamed Abdulkadir said, adding that 10 others were wounded.
He said the vehicle ramme... | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/31/2003654211 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.taipeitimes.com/72d05f45d82894f3da24b200ebcfe4a206c206a539dcf79172dd875fea26354f.json |
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