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Taipei is my favourite city in Taiwan. It has massive night markets, an easy-to-navigate MRT, and on good days, you can get to beaches, mountains, and hot springs in about an hour. But despite Taipei's vibrant atmosphere and metropolitan charms, I hardly ever stay there for more than a couple days at a time. Instead, I've chosen Taichung, the island's...

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Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Students from the United States won the top three prizes in a Mandarin public speaking contest in Taipei Tuesday, in which the contestants, all foreign nationals, described their experiences in Taiwan or shared other viewpoints.

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The Changhua District Court on Tuesday ordered a man to pay NT$1,654,308 (US$55,547) to Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) for using private electricity lines to power his cryptocurrency mining operation without paying energy bills. The ruling can be appealed. A Taipower inspector and police officers from the county’s Lukang Precinct in January last year found that the man, surnamed Cheng (鄭), had 20 cryptocurrency mining machines attached to two private power lines that were not connected to an ele...

Public construction and infrastructure were not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with construction bidding that year valued at more than NT$683.4 billion (US$23.15 billion) and building execution rates reaching 95.87 percent, the highest in 14 years, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday. Some projects failed to attract bids due to budgets being set without considering prices at the time, reasonable construction dates not being set, or bidding documents not meeting standard...

Tourism is a lopsided industry in most countries, and Taiwan is no exception. On some days, certain places are packed out with visitors, while others hardly ever see an excursionist. It’s probably true to say that tourism is even more uneven in Changhua County than in other counties or municipalities. Almost everyone has toured the famous temples and old streets of Lukang (鹿港), but how many readers of the Taipei Times have set foot in Jhutang (竹塘) or Sijhou (溪州), rural townships o...

Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan was the eighth most searched country on Google's Street View over the past 12 months, the U.S. technology company said as it marked the 15th anniversary of its map service which allows users to view street level images, on Tuesday.