Month: April 2022

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is inviting Taiwanese businesses to set up their operations in Northern and Central Luzon, particularly at the Poro Point Freeport Zone and in New ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has ordered 700,000 units of Pfizer’s antiviral Covid-19 pill Paxlovid, its health minister said on Monday, amid a steady increase in the number of infections as the government pledges to ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has ordered 700,000 units of Pfizer Inc's anti-viral COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, its health minister said on Monday, amid a steady increase in the number of infections as the government pledges to ... ( read original story ...)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought renewed attention to whether Taiwan’s civilian population would be ready to defend the island democracy if it ever faced an invading force from China. Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or a front for Beijing? ( read original story ...)

Taiwan will have to fight for itself in a conflict with mainland China, though its informal but close ally the United States is expected to provide arms and other aid to the self-ruled island, ... ( read original story ...)

Diverse, personalized experiences and in-depth cultural content are driving content’s transformation in Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

This is the second in a two-part series on tensions between mainland China and Taiwan. Here, Lawrence Chung looks at what help the US is likely to give the island if it came under attack. Click here ... ( read original story ...)

Shortly before he died in April 1790, Benjamin Franklin added a final inventive stroke to his legacy. At a time when the demise of the United States seemed more likely than its success—the banking ... ( read original story ...)

Garbage clogs the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad, but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in Iraq. With boots and gloves, they pick up soggy trash, water ... ( read original story ...)

This is the first in a two-part series on tensions between mainland China and Taiwan. Here, Jack Lau looks at what would happen if mainland China cut off Taiwan’s energy supplies. Another sale went ... ( read original story ...)

Canada, the United States, Mexico, Chinese Taipei and Australia are all set to compete at the Canada Cup at Softball City in British Columbia as ... ( read original story ...)

Earlier, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with fighter jet pilots in an effort to improve their morale amid increased Chinese military activity near Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)