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  • Tainan dragon boat race draws record number of teams

    Tainan dragon boat race draws record number of teams

    A record number of teams will take part in the 2012 International Tainan City Dragon Boat Race Championship, including for the first time a team of visually impaired rowers, the government of the ...

  • Stargazers in Taiwan to witness rare transit of Venus

    Stargazers in Taiwan to witness rare transit of Venus

    Stargazers in Taiwan may get a chance to witness the transit of Venus on June 6, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not occur again until the year 2117, according to the Taipei Astronomical Museum. ...

  • Taiwan-China film festival begins in Taipei

    Taiwan-China film festival begins in Taipei

    The Taipei segment of a Taiwan-China film festival kicked off Sunday night with the aim of improving the appeal of Chinese films to Taiwan audiences, according to the organizers.The festival, which ...

  • Taiwan Gourmet Month starts June 1

    Taiwan Gourmet Month will begin June 1 as part of efforts to promote Taiwanese cuisine to the international community, a government official said Thursday. The event is scheduled for June because an ...

  • Shanghai film festival to feature more than 300 movies

    Shanghai film festival to feature more than 300 movies

    More than 300 domestic and foreign films will be screened at 33 cinemas during the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival, which will run from June 16 to 24.They include Oscar-crowned The Artist, ...

  • Taiwan's orchids win gold at Chelsea Flower Show

    Taiwan's orchids win gold at Chelsea Flower Show

    Taiwan's orchids earned a gold medal in the Great Pavilion Awards at the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show in London on Tuesday, the second consecutive year in which the flowers have received the honor.The ...

  • World's largest student-based design expo opens in Taipei

    World's largest student-based design expo opens in Taipei

    The world's largest fair for design students and new graduates kicked off in Taipei on Friday, with a record total of local and foreign young talent displaying their work, the organizers said that ...

  • Taiwan's museums free for International Museum Day

    Taiwan's museums free for International Museum Day

    Local museums in Taiwan are celebrating International Museum Day on Friday by opening their doors for free and holding events to bring themselves closer to the public. As the main theme of this ...

  • Salt sculpture of Taiwan athletes debuts at festival preview

    Salt sculpture of Taiwan athletes debuts at festival preview

    A salt sculpture of famous Taiwanese athletes was unveiled at an exhibition at Cigu salt mountain Saturday ahead of a sand and salt sculpture festival that will be held in Tainan in June. The salt ...

  • Taiwan's Fulong sand sculpture festival to open May 5

    Taiwan's Fulong sand sculpture festival to open May 5

    A sand sculpture festival set to open May 5 at a beach on the northeastern coast of Taiwan will feature popular movie characters and sports icons, as well as an array of sculptures featuring dragons ...

Who's Who

  • Zhou Qiang (周強)

    Zhou Qiang (周強)

    Zhou Qiang is the party secretary of Hunan province.Born: 1960Birthplace: Huangmei county, Hubei provinceCountry of Citizenship: ChinaProfession: ...