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SHENZHEN, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday delivered a final consignment of 400 prefabricated houses to Taiwan to aid Typhoon Morakot relief efforts. The consignment follows the delivery of an earlier 600. The houses were shipped from Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong Province and will arrive in Taiwan's Kaohsiung port on Monday. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Another seven Chinese mainland technicians left for Taiwan on Monday to help install prefabricated houses on the typhoon-hit island. The first batch of three technicians started working on the island after they arrived Saturday night. But the work was still short-handed, and Taiwan authorities granted permission to send other mainland technicians as soon as possible.Full story
BEIJING/TAIPEI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan has started building homes for hundreds of homeless families left by Typhoon Morakot with assistance from the mainland. Prefabricated houses with blue roof and white walls, donated by the Chinese mainland, are being set up in Pingtung County in the south of the island.
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- As Taiwan was hit by the most devastating typhoon in half a century, the Communist Party of China (CPC) top leader Hu Jintao said Wednesday that the mainland shared "the same feeling" with Taiwan people. "We share the same feeling with Taiwan compatriots, especially the ethnic minorities, who suffered serious life and property loss in the recent disaster. We are very much concerned," said Hu, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland authorities have promised ethnic minority groups in Taiwan preferential assistance in trade, tourism and other sectors to promote the island's economic and social development after the devastating Typhoon Morakot. Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said in meeting a Taiwan delegation led by politician Kao Chin Su-mei on Thursday that the ministry would lead mainland entrepreneurs to visit the island's areas inhabited by ethnic minorities to purchase local products. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A star-studded television fundraiser on the Chinese mainland raised more than 310 million yuan (about 45 million U.S. dollars) for victims of Taiwan's deadliest typhoon in half a century. The more-than-four-hour fundraiser featured entertainment and sport stars from across the Taiwan Strait, such as actress Zhou Xun, sport star Lin Dan and singer Chyi Chin. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Relief funds and materials donated by the Chinese mainland to typhoon Morakot-stricken Taiwan totaled 300 million yuan (44 million U.S. dollars) by Wednesday night, said Yang Yi, a spokesman of the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office Thursday. The donation included 270 million yuan in money and 30 million yuan worth of relief materials, Yang said.Full story
SHANGHAI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Five satellite TV stations on the Chinese mainland will hold a charity telethon to raise funds for Taiwan victims of Typhoon Morakot on Thursday night, a TV source said Wednesday. Shanghai-based Dragon TV said it will jointly broadcast the live charity event in its Beijing studio at 7:35 p.m. with Jiangsu Satellite TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV, Hunan Satellite TV and Shenzhen Satellite TV.Full story
TAIPEI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Seven more victims of typhoon Morakot were confirmed in Taiwan, raising the death toll to 141 as of 12 p.m. Thursday, local disaster response authorities said. The authorities also reported 440 people were missing, 54 more than Wednesday's figure. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland has donated about 176 million yuan (26 million U.S. dollars) and disaster relief materials worth 25 million yuan to typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan, said Fan Liqing, a spokeswoman with the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office at a news conference Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland is ready to send a civilian helicopter to Taiwan to aid disaster relief efforts there, an official said here Wednesday. Fan Liqing, spokeswoman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, told a press conference that the Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter, owned by a private company in the mainland, can fly to Taiwan "at any time". Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland will send its second batch of disaster relief materials to typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan by air on Tuesday afternoon, a mainland official in charge of Taiwan affairs said. The materials include more than 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizing machines, said Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the Beijing Capital International Airport Tuesday morning. Full story
SHENZHEN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 100 prefabricated houses donated by Shenzhen, a booming city in south China, left Yantian Port Monday evening for Taiwan's Kaohsiung port. Shenzhen City government decided to donate 1,000 prefabricated houses, which cover more than 50,000 square meters with a worth of nearly 20 million yuan (2.9 million U.S. dollars). Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Five TV stations in the Chinese mainland are organizing a televised fundraiser on the coming Thursday to raise money for victims of Taiwan's deadliest typhoon in half a century. A number of the country's biggest names in the entertainment industry will be invited, such as directors Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, actors Jackie Chan and Jet Li, actresses Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun, as well as sports stars Yao Ming and Guo JingJing. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 17 -- The first shipments of overseas aid arrived yesterday as China's Taiwan struggled to reach more than 1,000 people still stranded a week after its deadliest typhoon in half a century. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland will provide any necessary relief materials needed by Taiwan people affected by Typhoon Morakot, which struck the island last weekend, Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee pledged Saturday. Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- , member companies of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) donated more than 100 million yuan (14.6 million U.S. dollars) and 5 million HK dollars (645,000 U.S. dollars) for the Chinese Taiwan island's typhoon relief on Wednesday. Full story
MACAO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The government of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Friday announced that an amount of 12 million patacas (1.52 million U.S. dollars) will be donated for relief and rehabilitation work in Typhoon-stricken Taiwan. Full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Americans in Southern California, in disregard of their origins and political preferences, have started a relief campaign in the communities they live to help victims hit by the worst typhoon in Taiwan in half a century. It is reported that Typhoon Morakot had killed at least 117 people as of 10 a.m. Friday, but Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou said Friday the death toll could reach 500 with about 380 more victims in Kaohsiung's Hsiaolin village.Full story
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The One Foundation Project, initiated by Chinese kung fu star Jet Li, has allocated 300,000 yuan (about 43,800 U.S. dollars) to Taiwan for typhoon relief, the foundation said here Sunday. Jet Li himself flew to the typhoon-battered areas in southern Taiwan on Aug. 14 to comfort survivors and help with disaster relief, said Zhou Weiyan, executive chair of the foundation. Full story
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