Kuomintang Chaimran Wu Poh-hsiung (R) presents the book of Heart of Gratitude to Wang Jianzhou, president of the mainland-based China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), during their meeting in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 26, 2009. Wu Poh-hsiung expressed appreciation to the Chinese mainland for support and help to Taiwan in dealing with the devastation left by Typhoon Morakot. Wang Jianzhou is leading a visiting delegation to the island to seek partners for its communications business in Taiwan.(Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng) Photo Gallery>>>

    TAIPEI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kuomintang Chaimran Wu Poh-hsiung Wednesday expressed appreciation on behalf of the party to the Chinese mainland for support and help to Taiwan in dealing with the devastation left by Typhoon Morakot.

    Wu asked Wang Jianzhou, president of the mainland-based China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), to convey his gratitude to all those on the mainland who made donations after the typhoon struck on Aug. 8, claiming at least 400 lives.

    Wang is leading a visiting delegation to the island to seek partners for its communications business in Taiwan.

    Taiwan people would not forget General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Hu Jintao's heart-warming speech and condolences and mainland donations of almost 4 billion New Taiwan Dollars, Wu said.

    The mutual support and care shown by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait after last year's May 12 earthquake and the typhoon would bring the people closer together and make relations more stable, Wu said.

    Wang Jianzhou said that in addition to a 10-million-yuan donation, CMCC had prepared emergency communication vehicles ready to be shipped to Taiwan.

    Wang said the mainland's economic development provided opportunities for telecommunications companies on both sides to benefit from cooperation.

Hu expresses condolences for Typhoon Morakot victims in Taiwan

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Hu Jintao meets with a delegation of ethnic minorities from Taiwan, headed by actor-turned-politician Kao Chin Su-mei in Beijing, Aug. 19, 2009.(Xinhua/Li Xueren) Photo Gallery>>>

    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

Taiwan agriculture suffers huge loss in Typhoon Morakot

    TAIPEI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's agriculture suffered a loss of about 12.2 billion New Taiwan dollars (370.5 million U.S. dollars) in Typhoon Morakot as of Sunday morning, said the island's agriculture department.

    The loss included crops with a worth of 4 billion New Taiwan dollars, livestock and poultry 1.39 billion, aquatic produce 4.13billion and forest 77.42 million, the department said in a statement. Full story

Chinese mainland donates 176 mln yuan to typhoon hit Taiwan 

Workers unload relief materials from China's mainland after the special flight arrived at Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Aug. 18, 2009. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland has so far donated about 176 million yuan (26 million U.S. dollars) and 25 million yuan of disaster relief materials to Typhoon Morakot-stricken Taiwan, said State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Fan Liqing on Wednesday.

    "The mainland wants genuinely and sincerely to help Taiwan people, and has provided good quality relief materials," Fan said. Full story