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Taiwan's Next Ruling Party Open to Friendlier Ties With China

Dec 12, 2015 10:07 PM EST

Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is likely to be voted into power in elections next month, is open to improving ties with China, a senior party member said Friday.

Taiwan Gas Explosions: Investigators Point to LCY Chemical Pipelines as Source of Leak

Andy Vitalicio |

Aug 01, 2014 08:14 PM EDT

Taiwanese authorities are now focusing on private petrochemical company, LCY Chemical Corp., as "the most likely culprit" in the series of gas explosions late Thursday and early Friday that caused the deaths of 26 people and injured 260.

Taiwan Gas Pipelines Explode, Scores Dead and Wounded

Andy Vitalicio |

Jul 31, 2014 07:34 PM EDT

The death toll is now 24, and around 270 injured, in a series of gas explosions in a district in Kaohshiung, Taiwan, where petrochemical companies operate large pipelines.