GenevaLunch » Taiwan http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:16:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no China, Taiwan mark 100 years free of emperors http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/china-taiwan-mark-100-years-free-of-emperors/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/china-taiwan-mark-100-years-free-of-emperors/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:47:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62378 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Double 10 holiday in Taiwan and China, to celebrate the 10 October 1911 Wuchang Uprising that ultimately led to the end of imperial rule in China had a special significance yesterday, as it marked the 100th anniversary of the event and drew a line under a very slight thawing in relations [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/11/china-taiwan-mark-100-years-free-of-emperors/feed/ 0 Taiwan and N Marianna Island residents no longer need Swiss visa http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/22/taiwan-and-n-marianna-island-residents-no-longer-need-swiss-visa/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/22/taiwan-and-n-marianna-island-residents-no-longer-need-swiss-visa/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:21:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=51557 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Residents of Taiwan and the N Marianna Islands in the Pacific will not in future need visas to visit Switzerland as tourists, the federal government announced 22 December. The change accompanies a change in the rules of the Schengen Area, of which Switzerland is a member. The new rule goes into [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/22/taiwan-and-n-marianna-island-residents-no-longer-need-swiss-visa/feed/ 0 Taiwan loses ISO name battle in Swiss courts http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/10/taiwan-loses-iso-name-battle-in-swiss-courts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/10/taiwan-loses-iso-name-battle-in-swiss-courts/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:58:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=46927 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Taiwan, in its first attempt to fight an international organization in court to keep the name “Republic of China (Taiwan)”, has lost its case in Swiss courts. A Swiss federal tribunal of the Supreme Court ruled 9 September that it would not hear an appeal from Taiwan after a lower court [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/10/taiwan-loses-iso-name-battle-in-swiss-courts/feed/ 0 China, Taiwan to sign major deal http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/29/china-taiwan-to-sign-major-deal/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/29/china-taiwan-to-sign-major-deal/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:27:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=44179 GenevaLunch.com China and Taiwan will be signing what looks like the most important agreement since they were separated 60 years ago. The Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is expected to significantly improve trade between the two, already an estimated $110bn a year. Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou has made reduced tensions with China a key part of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/29/china-taiwan-to-sign-major-deal/feed/ 0 Ipad comes to Switzerland, Apple overtakes Microsoft http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/27/ipad-comes-to-switzerland-apple-overtakes-microsoft/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/27/ipad-comes-to-switzerland-apple-overtakes-microsoft/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 20:26:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=42490 GenevaLunch.com But shadow cast by iPhone plant suicides Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Apple (Ah-pull’ in Geneva French, if you’re looking for the store) shop in the Rive district in Geneva was bustling Thursday, but it appeared to be busy business as usual, rather than buzz related to the new iPads that go on sale at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/27/ipad-comes-to-switzerland-apple-overtakes-microsoft/feed/ 0 WMO says early warning of extreme weather does save lives http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:10:31 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29782 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Eight countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus and five in Southeast Asia are implementing early warning systems to protect against weather-related events, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Today 14 October is International  Day for Disaster Reduction, and the agency is highlighting how early warning and disaster risk reduction [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/feed/ 0 Earthquake shakes Taiwan, Japanese islands http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/17/earthquake-shakes-taiwan-japanese-islands/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/17/earthquake-shakes-taiwan-japanese-islands/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:58:47 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=25132 GenevaLunch.com A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale shook eastern parts of Taiwan and Japan’s southernmost Ryukyu islands early Monday morning 17 August. No immediate injuries were reported. Taiwan is still suffering the aftermath of typhoon Murakot, which dumped 2.5 metres of water on the island nine days ago and caused flooding and mudslides [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/17/earthquake-shakes-taiwan-japanese-islands/feed/ 0 Typhoons in Taiwan – 400 feared buried by mud http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/14/typhoons-in-taiwan-400-feared-buried-by-mud/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/14/typhoons-in-taiwan-400-feared-buried-by-mud/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:42:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=24971 GenevaLunch.com Rescue workers have stopped trying to dig out the village of Shiao Lin in Taiwan, with nearly 400 people feared buried by a mudslide caused by Typhoon Morakot, which dumped two metres of rain on the island in a short time. The government says a memorial service will be held on the spot where 170 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/12/taiwan-reports-700-feared-dead-found-alive/feed/ 0 Typhoon Morakot lashes southeast China coast http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/10/typhoon-morakot-lashes-southeast-china-coast/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/10/typhoon-morakot-lashes-southeast-china-coast/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:30:59 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=24532 GenevaLunch.com Chinese authorities evacuated almost one million people from coastal areas in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces ahead of typhoon Morakot, which made landfall early morning 9 August in China. Sustained winds of over 110 km per hour, and reports of 9-metre waves caused floods and destroyed buildings. Thousands of fishing boats were warned to return to [...]

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