Tag: Taiwan
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Taiwan’s legislative report calls on law changes for Hong Kong and Macau
Taiwan’s legislature is calling to protect its national security, citing a need to review its policy in categorizing Hong Kong and Macau as “foreign countries.” In ... -
Taiwan activist released from China says global help worked
A Taiwanese human rights activist who served five years in jail in China said that international pressure and the tireless advocacy by his wife worked to ensure ... -
Gov’t considers extending four-month military conscription
Taiwan is considering extending its four-month compulsory military service, its defense minister said yesterday, amid concerns about the self-governing island democracy’s tensions with China, which have ... -
Air force Mirage fighter lost, pilot ejects safely
Taiwan’s air force said one of its French-made Mirage 2000 fighter jets appears to have been lost off the island’s east coast, but the pilot has ... -
Taiwan minister: China war a disaster regardless of outcome
A conflict with China, which threatens to invade Taiwan, would be a disaster for all sides regardless of the outcome, the island’s defense minister said yesterday. ... -
Taiwan premier wants athlete punished for wearing China suit
Taiwan’s premier wants a Taiwanese Olympic speedskater to be punished for wearing what appeared to be a suit from China’s team during training. Symbols of the ... -
Taiwan, Somaliland ties growing despite diplomatic isolation
Taiwan and Somaliland are expanding economic and political ties despite being two of the world’s most diplomatically isolated governments. Somaliland Foreign Minister Essa Kayd met with ... -
Taiwan pays USD900,000 for ally Guatemala to lobby Washington
Guatemala has hired for $900,000 a major supporter of former President Donald Trump to seek influence with U.S. officials in an unusual lobbying contract paid for ... -
Taiwan | Chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit $6 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips, reported yesterday its quarterly profit rose 16.4% over a year earlier to $6 billion amid ... -
US invitation of Taiwan to democracy summit angers Beijing
The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its Summit for Democracy next month, the State Department announced, prompting sharp criticism from China, which considers the self-ruled ... -
China’s advice to stockpile sparks speculation of Taiwan war
A seemingly innocuous government recommendation for Chinese people to store necessities for an emergency quickly sparked scattered instances of panic-buying and online speculation: Is China going ... -
US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew
The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic ... -
Taiwanese diplomat hurt in scuffle with China officials in Fiji
Chinese diplomats injured one of their Taiwanese counterparts during a scuffle in Fiji earlier this month, a senior Taiwanese official said, highlighting rising concerns over Beijing’s ... -
Azar visit to Taiwan is fresh thorn in prickly US-China ties
A visit by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to Taiwan this week comes amid mounting tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims Taiwan ... -
Taiwanese pay respects to former President Lee Teng-hui
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s leaders and its people were paying their respects today (Saturday) to former President Lee Teng-hui, who died this week at age 97 after ... -
Taiwanese StarLux to add flights to Macau in August
Taiwanese startup carrier StarLux Airlines said today (Friday) it will add service to Macau and Malaysia starting in August, Central News Agency (CNA) reported. The airline ... -
Taiwan ships pork to Macau after 24-year hiatus, CNA reports
Pork from Taiwan arrived in Macau for the first time in 24 years Friday after the island was recently declared a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free zone ... -
Asia Today: New Zealand has no new cases for 2nd day
New Zealand reported zero new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, the second day in a row without any new cases and the fourth day since ... -
Taiwanese businessman billions lawsuit against LVS is going to trial – Macau court
A Macau court has ruled that Asian American, a former business partner of Las Vegas Sands, can proceed with a lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in damages for ... -
The Latest: China, Taiwan leaders shake hands for 1st time
SINGAPORE (AP) — The latest on the historic meeting between the presidents of Chinaand Taiwan in Singapore. All times local. ___ 3 p.m. The leaders of ... -
Taiwan | Imprisoned ex-President Chen given medical parole
Taiwan’s former President Chen Shui-bian was granted a one-month medical parole yesterday for treatment of neural degeneration, more than four years into his 20-year prison sentence ... -
Taiwan | Annette Lu leads hundreds of supporters to visit Chen in prison
Former vice president Annette Lu this week led hundreds of supporters to visit former president Chen Shui-bian in Taichung Prison and announced that she would launch ... -
TAIWAN | Beijing’s long game just got longer
With protesters in Hong Kong settling for talks with the government rather than immediate political concessions, it looks like China has won – or at least ... -
TAIWAN | Gov’t orders evacuations as typhoon Fung-Wong approaches
Taiwan evacuated more than 2,700 people from endangered areas as Typhoon Fung-Wong, which left at least 10 dead in the Philippines and caused Manila’s worst flooding ... -
TAIWAN | Oil maker fined heavily over tainted lard
Taiwan has fined a cooking oil supplier 50 million New Taiwan dollars (USD1.67 million) over its sale of tainted lard, the public health watchdog said yesterday. ... -
TAIWAN | Mainland tourist numbers record fast growth
The number of individual tourists from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan more than doubled to 615,000 in the first seven months of this year, a spokesman ...
