A total of 38 ferret-badgers and one suncus murinus in Taiwan were found with rabies, the island's rabies outbreak control center announced on Sunday.
Taiwan is on high alert for rabies since the virus jumped from infected ferret-badgers to an Asian house shrew, health authorities said.
Chinese Taipei overcame a 10-point deficit and held off a late strike from Jordan to win their opening group match 91-87 at the 27th Asian Men's Basketball Championship on Thursday.
Fifty-four Chinese mainlanders suspected of participating in a transnational phone scam were escorted home from Indonesia on Wednesday.
An elderly sailor from Taiwan died of multiple organ failure triggered by heatstroke on Wednesday morning, the latest victim of the unprecedented summer heat scorching the Chinese business hub.
Eleven people have been injured in a knife attack on board a coach in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong this morning.
Taiwan authorities on Tuesday announced new measures to relax entrance restrictions for certain "professionals" from the Chinese mainland.
The Chinese mainland's trade with Hong Kong totaled $206.65 billion in the first half of the year, surging 40.2 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce revealed on Tuesday.
Bruce Lee's Fighting Method, a collective instruction book on Jeet Kune Do, or the martial art invented by the film star, was relaunched in China on July 20 - 40 years after his sudden death in Hong Kong.
Fans are gathering in Hong Kong for a series of commemorative events to mark the 40th death anniversary of Lee, on July 20, 2013.
Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected as chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) in an uncontested election on Saturday.
The latest figures from Taiwan Strait Tourism Association revealed that 1.19 million Chinese mainlanders visited Taiwan in the first five months this year, up by 12 percent compared with the same period in 2012.
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