Dog That Flunked Out of Police Academy Becomes a Hero in Taiwan's Earthquake Response
To be a drug-sniffing dog you have to be impassionate, which is exactly what Roger the golden retriever was not.
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China Sends Expert Team to Taiwan to Help Care for Sick Panda (Video)
Panda veterinarians from China visited Taiwan in a rare moment of warmth between the two countries, once it was found Tuan Tuan had cancer.
How a 97-Year-old Artist Used Doodles to Save His Beloved Hometown From Being Torn Down
When the government was threatening to knock down Huang Yung-fu's hometown, he picked up a paintbrush and got to work.
Countries Hit Hardest By COVID-19 Are Starting to Lift Social Restrictions After Encouraging New Recovery Rates
Although the world is still in the throes of grappling with the novel coronavirus, France, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, and Taiwan have reported progress.
Abandoned Airport Turned into Sensory Experience Park Providing Green Refuge in Crowded Taiwan City
In Taichung, a sensory-experience and landscape park of 10,000 trees is being made on an abandoned airport.
Rainbow Village: 84-Year-Old Saves Neighborhood From Bulldozer By Painting Every Street With Joyful Colors
A military veteran in Taiwan has saved his small retirement village by painting every wall and street in joyful colors.
Chinese New Year Offers Hope and Prosperity in Year of the Dragon
Chinese around the world will be wearing lots of red today, to celebrate the Lunar New Year marking the end of the disaster-filled Year of the Rabbit and to usher in a new year with more prosperity. January 23 begins the Year of the Dragon, which should bring relief following 2011, which was foreseen by the Chinese calendar as a very bad year.
$6,600 in Shredded Cash Restored by "Jigsaw Expert"
Taiwan's Justice Ministry offers a free forensic service for repairing damaged cash, which is lucky for Lin, the man who accidentally shredded $6,600 last month. Nicknamed the jigsaw expert a specialist took just seven days to piece together the remains of 200 $1,000 Thai bills that were mistakenly dropped into a shredding machine.
Watch Kitten Escape Pet Store Enclosure to Play With Puppy
This kitten couldn't stand having anything between him and the puppy next door, so he broke out of his stall and into the dog's enclosure for a play date.
Taiwan Becomes First Asian Country to Ban Consumption of Dogs, Cats
Taiwan is the first country in Asia to make the actual consumption of dog and cat meat punishable by law.
A Prescription for Compassion, This Handyman Builds Cheap Wheelchairs and Gives Them to Disabled Dogs
This animal enthusiast is giving his local disabled dogs a leg up with his own custom-designed water pipe wheelchairs.
Taiwan's First Woman President Becomes Most Powerful Woman in Chinese Speaking World
Taiwan's new president, an attorney with two cats who enjoys a nightly glass of wine, joins a small group of about two-dozen world leaders who are women.
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