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As China's property crisis deepens and Chinese homeowners across 100 cities refuse to pay their mortgages, some local government officials are taking

SINGAPORE, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The region's leading NGO Enterprise Asia is pleased to confer the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2022 to 72 outstanding award recipients for championing ESG to build a resilient world and a sustainable future for all. Widely regarded as the gold standard for CSR and sustainability practice, the AREA is the most prominent CSR recognition program across Asia initiated by Enterprise Asia. The AREA aims to recognize and honor Asian businesses a...

Teacher-turned-conservator brings centuries-old Chinese rock carvings to global stage-

Taipei, May 16 (CNA) A heavy rain advisory has been issued for 14 cities and counties Monday due to a stationary front, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

SOCIETY <strong>Pangolins debut in Prague</strong> Two Formosan pangolins on loan from Taipei Zoo on Sunday debuted at Prague Zoo, with Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib praising the cities’ ties. Prague Zoo named the male and female pangolins Hugo and Fazolka respectively, following the results of an online poll, Hrib said at a welcoming party. Representative to the Czech Republic Ke Liang-ruey (柯良叡) joined Hrib and zoo director Miroslav Bobek at a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the...

Depending on who you talk to, beach cleanups are valuable opportunities to build environmental awareness, or well-intentioned yet Sisyphean attempts to reduce ocean pollution. There are also cynics who dismiss such events as nothing better than backdrops against which virtue-signaling millennials can take selfies. Ryan Hevern is in no doubt where he stands. “We can’t clean it all up, and there’ll be trash there again tomorrow. We know that, we aren’t naive. But if we can help people bec...

Taipei, May 1 (CNA) Cool weather is forecast in the northern regions of Taiwan for the whole day Sunday with northeasterly winds strengthening, while central and southern Taiwan could get cooler in the afternoon, according to the Central Weather Bureau.

Taipei, April 3 (CNA) The weather in Taiwan will be wet and colder on Sunday due to a continental cold air mass and the effects of a moist weather system moving east from southern China, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) forecast.

Taipei, March 31 (CNA) Several local governments in Taiwan on Thursday published details of places visited by COVID-19 infected individuals, urging anyone who has been to those locations to get tested if they develop symptoms of the disease, as the country sees another surge in COVID-19 cases.

Hydroelectricity is the lowest-cost clean energy source that can be started up quickly, generating electricity as easily as turning on a tap. This is critical to the stability of the nation’s power system, especially when coupled with pumped-storage hydroelectricity. The Dajia River (大甲溪) in central Taiwan is the nation’s only river with a series of reservoirs and hydropower plants, from upstream to downstream, making full use of the energy of flowing water to generate electricity. The...