The families of 19 Chinese mainland tourists missing after a landslide triggered by Typhoon Megi are scheduled to arrive in Taiwan at 8:55 pm Monday, according to the island's Travel Agent Association.
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), a shipping giant from the Chinese mainland, announced Sunday the establishment of its representative office in Taiwan, aiming to better coordinate with its counterparts in the island and jointly explore the international market.
Fire control authorities of Taiwan's Ilan County announced Sunday that rescuers had found a body along the Suao-Hualien Highway.
The families of 19 Chinese mainland tourists missing in the Typhoon Megi-triggered landslides in Taiwan are coming to the island, with a hope of miracles of life, sources with the mainland travel agencies said.
All 54 mainland tourists stranded in Taiwan Friday night after Typhoon Megi triggered landslides were lifted out of danger Saturday morning, but 20 other mainland tourists remained missing.
Missing tourists' families head for Taiwan
270,000 evacuated as typhoon makes landfall
More than 500 mainland tourists have been stranded in Taiwan by heavy rains brought by typhoon Megi since Thursday, with at least 19 of them out of contact and a tour bus stuck in a caved-in section of road, Taiwan tourism authorities said.
Taiwan dispatched helicopters Friday to rescue hundreds of tourists trapped on a coastal highway by massive rockslides unleashed by the torrential rains of Typhoon Megi.
The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief said Tuesday that seeking stable development of cross-Strait ties is the "main theme" in the next stage of cross-Strait relations.
Combo picture shows a robot produced by the electrical engineering department of the National Taiwan University mimicking the facial expressions of a human at the Taipei International Robot Show Oct 19, 2010. The yet-to-be-named robot, which consists of a life-sized head and torso, was designed to show basic emotions for improved interaction. The exhibition runs from Oct 19 - 22.[Photo/Agencies]
The Chinese mainland offered on Wednesday to open talks on military issues with Taiwan "in due course", a move that experts said could cool a potential flashpoint in the Asia-Pacific region.
Somali pirates have seized a Taiwan fishing vessel with 14 crew members onboard in the Indian Ocean, near Mauritius, an international maritime organization said on Friday.
Taiwan's disease control bureau said Monday it has detected its first case of a multi-drug resistant bacteria "superbug," a bacteria carrying the New Delhi metallo-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) gene, found in a wounded Taiwan cameraman just back from India.
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