Taipei ranked 21st in a Global Financial Centers Index report published by the City of London on Thursday, up four notches from 25th place in a similar report issued in September. Taipei was included in the survey last March for the first time with a ranking of 41....
FOOTPRINT SIZE: Travelers at certain MRT stations can use their EasyCards at electronic kiosks to see how much carbon emissions they saved by taking the MRT People who use public transportation in Taipei City could win free MRT rides and a range of other prizes starting...
LA Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez caused a stir in Taipei yesterday, with media and fans following the baseballstar as he traveled around the city. Ramirez arrived in Taiwan with the team on Thursday night and they are scheduled to play three friendly games over the...
A World Model UN (WorldMUN) meeting co-hosted by National TaiwanUniversity (NTU) and Harvard University will begin in Taipei tomorrow, marking the first time the meeting would be held in Taiwan. At a press conference in Taipei, Ami Nash, head of the Harvard host team...
The media are accustomed to talking about how support for the pan-blue camp surpasses that for the pan-green camp in Taipei, but when I lived in the city, there was never any talk about “blue” or “green.” Instead, there were only the ChineseNationalist Party (KMT) and...
Discreetly located in a quiet part of Taipei’s most fashionable district, Da-An, is Hotel Eclat, an eclectic, elegant new boutique art hotel which is the first new luxury hotel to open in the city for many years. The French word “Eclat” literally means...
THE WALLS HAVE EYES: Recent robberies at Taipei 101 and at jewelry stores gave the city government a sense of urgency in turning to the cameras for security The Taipei City Government will install 11,500 surveillance cameras around the city by the end of the year to...
In a sign that the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) nomination battle for the Taipei City mayoral election could become more crowded, former Taipei City deputy mayor Chen Shih-meng (陳師孟) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will join the fray. This comes after...
People in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei will on Tuesday be able to surf the Internet, watch Web TV, play onlinegames and more in 1000 taxis that have been equipped with Mobile WiMax wireless broadband service. Vmax Telecom, a WiMax network operator in Taipei, has put...
While most people are captivated by the imposing facade and grandeur of the garden when they visit Taipei Guest House, very few pay attention to a flower nursery inside the complex. There, more than 40 different plants and flowers are grown for state banquets and...
