| Sun, 14 Mar 2010 TSU launches ECFA referendum
BOOTING MA OUT: Saying that President Ma Ying-jeou had staked his credibility on signing the agreement with China, the TSU called on the public to kick Ma out | The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) and 50 pro-independence groups yesterday launched a referendum drive agains... | China tries to calm Taiwan fears over ECFA
| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (·Å®aÄ_) said yesterday that a free-trade-style deal with Taiwan would spare the nation¡¦s much smaller economy, as China tries to calm fears the agreement could lead to a flood of cheap imports. | Wen, speaking at his annual news conference... | FEATURE: Parade honors memory of Tibetans 1959 uprising
¡¥NUTS¡¦: The parade route took in the Taipei 101 mall complex, which many Chinese tourists visit. Some Chinese took pictures, while others called them ¡¥nuts¡¦ | More than 1,000 people ¡X Taiwanese, Tibetans, Chinese, Americans, Europeans and Latin Americans ¡X took to... | FEATURE: Tibetans recount Himalayan escapes
| In the 51 years since China took complete control of Tibet, an average of 3,000 Tibetans have crossed the Himalayas each year ¡X each one embarking on an adventure in their quest for freedom. | Jamga, chairman of the Taiwan Tibetan Welfare Association, has not seen hi... | National Freeway Bureau mulls new freeway toll plan
| The National Freeway Bureau said recently it has yet to finalize a new freeway toll plan, noting that it was more equitable to charge motorists by the number of kilometers they travel rather than the number of toll booths they pass. | ¡§Each day, approximately 1.5 mil... | Bicycle lanes planned for entire northeastern coast
LOOP ROUTE: A section of trail will soon be finished connecting the Old Caoling Tunnel to Longmen and Yenliao, making the nation¡¦s first 26km loop route | The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) is planning to spend about NT$800 million (US$25 million)... | President speaks to opening of World Model UN meeting
| President Ma Ying-jeou (°¨^¤E) emphasized the importance of peace yesterday as he spoke to nearly 2,000 university students from around the world in Taipei to attend model UN sessions. | In his remarks to the opening ceremony of this year¡¦s World Model United Nation... | Weather roller coaster to continue this week: CWB
| The weather roller coaster will continue this week as the mercury is expected to dip to about 13˚C or 14˚C in the north as a cold air mass is forecast to arrive tomorrow, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said yesterday. | The bureau said a frontal system wou... | Alleged sexual assault shocks two universities
INVESTIGATION: National Chengchi University said it would conduct its own probe after one of its foreign students was arrested for raping a student at another school | National Chengchi University authorities were in shock yesterday after learning that a Taiwanese-Japan... | |
|
| |
