Taipei - The Taipei stock market rose nearly 2 per cent Wednesday on a Wall Street rebound overnight.

Taipei - Taiwan's rice exports surged 20-fold in the first half of 2008 due to a global rice shortage caused by main rice exporting countries' cutting or banning exports, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.

In the first half of the year, Taiwan exported 6,634 tons of rice, up from 229 tons in 2007 during the period, earning 8.2 million US dollars as compared to the 230,000 US dollars earned in the first half of last year, the United Evening News said, quoting the Council of Agriculture (COA).

Taipei - Taiwan is helping establish 41 digital opportunity centres in seven developing nations under a regional initiative to bridge the digital divide, a newspaper said on Sunday.

Taipei - Taiwan will join the United States and Japan in filing a complaint under the World Trade Organization's framework over a tariff dispute with the European Union, press reports said Friday.

Taiwan plans to pursue the WTO case to force the EU to eliminate tariffs on certain information technology (IT) products with pretrial consultations have achieved no resolution so far, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA).

Taipei- Taiwan, in another sign of improved cross-straits ties, said Thursday that it will allow more Chinese media outlets to post reporters in Taiwan.

Liu Teh-shun, spokesman for the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), said while there are already five Chinese news organizations allowed to post reporters in Taiwan, Taipei will allow five more Chinese news organizations to do so.

Taipei - Taiwan, taking advantage of the Beijing Olympic Games, will launch a month-long campaign in Beijing in August to promote Taiwan fruit, an official said Wednesday.

Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) will hold a news conference at Beijing's Chateau de Luze hotel to introduce pineapple, star fruit, guava and mango, COA Director Chen Wu-hsiung told reporters.

The four fruits were chosen as "designated fruits for the August 8-24 Beijing Olympics". Taiwan will supply 10 tons of them to the Olympic athletes' village.