Food scare highlights need for WHO entry CNA Wednesday, October 15, 2008 TAIPEI, Taiwan –– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday that the World Health Organization (WHO) took notice of Taiwan’s protests against the WHO’s handling of the Chinese tainted milk scandal and that t... Read more.
Typhoon Sinlaku kills 5 in Taiwan, heads to Japan (Agencies) Rescue workers look at the collapsed Houfeng Bridge across the Dajia River in Taizhong after the passing of Typhoon Sinlaku September 15, 2008. Three vehicles plunged into the river and six people were feared dead when the bridge collapsed... Read more.
Sanlu ordered to end tainted milk powder sales in Taiwan (Xinhua) BEIJING — China’s State Council, or Cabinet, on Wednesday said it had ordered mainland dairy giant Sanlu to immediately stop sales of powdered milk in Taiwan after announcing the group had sold products contaminated with m... Read more.
Passengers filling up weekend cross-Strait charter flights (Xinhua) TAIPEI - The weekend charter flights across the Taiwan Strait have carried more than 160,000 people since they began on July 4, according to figures from the Taiwan authorities. Over the 12 weekends till September 22, they carried a... Read more.
Panda pair off to Taiwan soon (China Daily) The mainland is preparing to send two pandas to Taiwan “soon”, following a three-year delay. The State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Li Weiyi told a press conference Wednesday panda experts were finalizing preparations for sen... Read more.
Mainland pandas to travel to Taiwan soon : official (Xinhua) BEIJING — The Chinese mainland is preparing to send two pandas to Taiwan “soon”, said a mainland official on Wednesday while refusing to be drawn into giving a date for their departure. Two giant pandas enjoy a stick of b... Read more.
Cross-Straits talks to cover food safety By Wu Jiao (China Daily) Food safety has been put high on the agenda of the second round of talks between the mainland’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) scheduled for late ... Read more.
