Greenpeace Taiwan urges unpackaged shopping
Taipei, Greenpeace Taiwan on Tuesday reiterated its call for shopping for goods without non-recyclable packaging as its annual report shows that nine major retailers and…
Category: Governance
Scholars offer mixed views on ractopamine safety at local hearing
Taipei, Experts speaking at a public hearing at the Legislature offered little clarity on whether pork with trace amounts of the veterinary drug ractopamine posed…
Chinese warplanes make most median line crossings in 30 years (update)
Taipei, China has conducted 49 military aircraft sorties across the Taiwan Strait median line this year, the highest number in any year since 1990, Taiwan’s…
Chinese warplane again intrudes into Taiwan’s ADIZ
Taipei, A Chinese military Y-8 anti-submarine airplane entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday, the seventh intrusion since Sept. 16, the Ministry…
Fire at illegal Taipei nursing home leaves 2 dead, 1 critical
Taipei, A fire at an unlicensed “nursing home” in the Neihu District of Taipei City Tuesday resulted in the death of two residents and left…
Controversial ‘King & King’ storybook draws protests on both sides
Taipei, Several civic groups gathered outside the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Wednesday in competing protests on the issue of a gay-themed children’s book that…