CHINA and Taiwan have rung in the New Year with light shows in several major cities. In Beijing, celebrations were held at a former steelworks on the city’s western outskirts, while in Shanghai, crowds gathered to admire light displays along the world-renowned river promenade and other locations. The Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong … Read more
TAIWAN has firmly rejected South Africa’s demand to relocate its representative office from the capital, Pretoria, to Johannesburg, calling the request a breach of a long-standing agreement. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Jeff Liu, announced on Tuesday that this demand violated a 1997 arrangement between the two countries concerning the locations of their representative … Read more
THE death toll after a severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan has risen to seven, the Central Emergency Operation Centre, CEOC, said on Wednesday. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake centred about 25 kilometres south-east of Hualien in eastern Taiwan triggered several landslides in the rugged east coast region of the island. According to the CEOC, the … Read more