Carbon pricing options for Taiwan
Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Taiwan reached a record high in 2017. Although estimates indicate that annual emissions have fallen since then, stronger action is needed for Taiwan to reach its 2050
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CPC hopes to revive project with CNOOC
CPC Corporation of Taiwan, the state-owned oil company, said yesterday it hoped to resume joint oil exploration soon with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in the Taiwan Strait, which divides the self-governing island from the Chinese mainland. The plan reflects hopes that a warmer political climate between Beijing and Taipei could revive the sensitive project, which has been held up for years by tensions between China's Communist government and the island's democratically elected government.
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point of origin The first humans on the North and South American continents came from eastern Siberia, not Asia and Polynesia as is believed. Researchers at the University of Michigan, USA,
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Study meeting on quality and safety standards for fruit and vegetables: Taiwan country report
In recent years, the growing international trade in agricultural products has motivated farmers to pay close attention to pest quarantine problems and agrochemical residues in foods. Agrochemical residues in agricultural products are a major consumer health concern and can seriously damage trade between countries.
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Malaysia lifts ban on export of long tailed macaques
Malaysia has lifted a ban on the export of long-tailed macaques in a bid to thin its monkey population, which has become a menace in its cities. "The cabinet has decided to lift the ban which
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Taiwan agrees to shut down nuclear waste dump in Orchid Island
A 25-year-long battle in Taiwan between the area's government and indigenous people has culminated with the government agreeing to shut down a nuclear waste dump in Orchid Island by 2016. The island,
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Asian trauma
If the Doha Round of negotiations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is stalemated, a great part of it is because of the resistance of small farmers, including those in Asia. One of the terrible truths of the 20th century is that it was a blight on small farmers or peasants everywhere.
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Traffic halts in Taiwan to make way for butterflies
For the first time, Taiwan closed a busy motorway section to make way for butterflies. The effort was to create a safe passageway for swarms of milkweed butterflies that flit along its city roads
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Telecom in southeast Asia hit after earthquake in Taiwan
Telecommunications in Southeast Asia was badly affected after an earthquake hit southern Taiwan on December 27, 2006. Fixed-line and mobile international telephone connections were largely back on
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Bamboo shoot
It is rich in nutrition as well as flavour
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Hot on the poachers trail
Having made a mark as a valuable tool in human forensic studies, genetics will now solve the puzzle for endangered wildlife too. Teams of researchers from Taiwan's Central Police University and the