Taipei - Taiwan Monday issued a travel alert for Mexico, as the health minister stressed no human infections of the deadly swine flu have been reported on the island so far. "For their own safety, Taiwan's nationals are advised to suspend their planned trips to Mexico, 17 of whose states have already reported cases of infections," said Henry Chen, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry.
About 4,000 Taiwan people visit Mexico each year, mostly for business and sightseeing, according to the ministry.
Taipei - Some Taiwan lawmakers have urged the government to amend the law to lure foreign athletes by granting them Taiwan citizenship while allowing them to keep their own nationality, press reports said Monday.
The Central News Agency (CNA), in a report carried by the United Daily News, said that 17 lawmakers have submitted the proposal to the Parliament, so as to lure foreign athletes to win medals for Taiwan.
Parliament will debate the proposal Thursday, CNA said.
Beijing - Negotiators from Taiwan and China signed a series of agreements Sunday to increase cooperation and investment across the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's chief negotiator Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, met Chen Yunlin from the mainland Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in the southern city of Nanjing.
Taiwan agreed to clear the way for Chinese companies to do business on the island, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
Taipei- Some 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners rallied in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Saturday to protest ten years of persecution in mainland China, where the spiritual group was founded. Standing in front of a huge banner bearing the words Falun Gong Is Good, the Falun Gong members - in total silence - performed meditation rituals.
The protest, which was also held by Falun Gong members in major cities around the world, marked the 10th anniversary of Falun Gong's protest against China's persecution, as Beijing cracked down on the group and declared it a cult in 1999.
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Taipei - Taiwan Monday issued a travel alert for Mexico, as the health minister stressed no human infections of the deadly swine flu have been reported on the island so far. "For their own safety, Taiwan's nationals are advised to suspend their planned trips to Mexico, 17 of whose states have already reported cases of infections," said Henry Chen, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry.
Beijing - Negotiators from Taiwan and China signed a series of agreements Sunday to increase cooperation and investment across the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's chief negotiator Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, met Chen Yunlin from the mainland Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in the southern city of Nanjing.
Taipei- Some 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners rallied in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Saturday to protest ten years of persecution in mainland China, where the spiritual group was founded. Standing in front of a huge banner bearing the words Falun Gong Is Good, the Falun Gong members - in total silence - performed meditation rituals.
