Taiwan: Winds And Rain Pick Up Ahead Of Typhoon Gaemi Landfall 4

Winds and rain have started to pick up in Taiwan on Wednesday, July 24, ahead of Typhoon Gaemi's forecast landfall later today or early Thursday. The first typhoon to affect Taiwan this season, Gaemi packs maximum sustained winds of up to 162 kph, with gusts of up to 198 kph.

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visits former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's grave at a military cemetery in New Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2023.

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese premier Aso in Taiwan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visits former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's grave at a military cemetery in New Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 7, 2023.

Taiwan nuclear power plant

Taiwan nuclear power plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The fourth nuclear power plant under construction in New Taipei City in Taiwan is shown to foreign reporters on May 14, 2013.

Pirated Japanese DVDs sold in Taiwan

Pirated Japanese DVDs sold in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken March 3, 2012, at the office of the National Police Administration's Intellectual Property Rights Division in New Taipei, Taiwan, shows pirated Japanese DVDs confiscated by the police. In the first joint effort between Japan and Taiwan to crack down on the pirating of intellectual property, Taiwanese police have seized nearly 10,000 pirated Japanese DVDs sold in the island's night markets, Taiwan's police said the same day.

Pirated Japanese DVDs sold in Taiwan

Pirated Japanese DVDs sold in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken March 3, 2012, at the office of the National Police Administration's Intellectual Property Rights Division in New Taipei, Taiwan, shows pirated Japanese DVDs confiscated by the police. In the first joint effort between Japan and Taiwan to crack down on the pirating of intellectual property, Taiwanese police have seized nearly 10,000 pirated Japanese DVDs sold in the island's night markets, Taiwan's police said the same day.

Taiwan presidential election

Taiwan presidential election

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan - A supporter of Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, cries in New Taipei City on the night of Jan. 14, 2012, after hearing the early returns from the island's presidential election the same day. Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party declared victory for incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou over his main challenger Tsai, with over half of the ballots counted.

'Occupy' protest in Taipei

'Occupy' protest in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man holds a sign saying ''occupy Taipei'' in front of the Taipei 101 tower in Taipei on Oct. 15, 2011. Movements inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York have spread to other parts of the world.

Taiwan's 4th nuclear power plant

Taiwan's 4th nuclear power plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken May 21, 2011, shows Fourth Nuclear Power Plant under construction in New Taipei, northeastern Taiwan.

Taiwan starts handing out consumer vouchers to lift economy

Taiwan starts handing out consumer vouchers to lift economy

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A shop in a market on Di Hua street in Taipei, crowded with people shopping to prepare for Lunar New Year holidays, puts up a sign welcoming consumers using consumer vouchers the Taiwan government started handing out on Jan. 18. The government began distributing $2.5 billion in consumer vouchers to its 23 million citizens in a bid to stimulate the island's lagging economy amid the global financial crisis.