new year

Taipei City New Year’s Eve party to go ahead: Mayor says “Don’t be defeated by irrational fear”

Taipei 101 Taipei City New Year's Eve fireworks
Entertainment 
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While New Year’s Eve parties in most counties and cities around Taiwan will have been cancelled after a returnee from the UK tested positive with what the media has been touting as a ‘mutant’ strain of COVID-19, Taipei City’s New Year’s Eve party will go ahead, Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) announced today, December 31. New Year’s events around the country were cancelled one by one yesterday, with a series of announcements from municipal governments, many of whom decided

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3 Grandma Pickpockets Arrested Working Traditional Lunar New Year Markets

a pick-pocket is photographed by police at a traditional Chinese market in Taipei
Crime and Criminals 
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Sharp-eyed police officers formed a task force in greater Taipei and have arrested three female pick-pockets at three different traditional markets as shoppers throng to buy supplies for the Lunar New Year holiday. The three were aged 71, 64, and 59. Ms Huang, 71, traveled from Taichung to work the markets in Taipei. Police believe Huang, who has criminal records for pick-pocketing extending back to 40 years ago or more, is too well known in Taichung, and thus headed to

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Taiwan Greets the New Year

crowd gathers to greet the first dawn of 2018 at sanxiantai
Society 
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[Picture: East Coast National Scenic Area Administration.] Crowds gathered at prime spots around Taiwan to greet the first sun of 2018, while in Taipei and Taichung ceremonies were held to commemorate the founding of the Republic of China, which is the nominal ruler of the island nation. In Taitung County, on the east coast, thousands gathered at Sanxiantai to watch the sunrise, but a veil of clouds led to many feeling disappointed, some of whom had stayed up all night

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