U.S. defense officials are looking to leverage Ukraine’s unexpected success in resisting Russia to dissuade China from a potential invasion of Taiwan. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Pledges ‘Effective’ Measures as Markets Tumble
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's stock stabilisation fund is paying close attention to market conditions and will take "effective" countermeasures, Deputy Finance Minister Frank Juan told Reuters on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
In Taiwan, man tells wife he planted decorative maple tree to cover up his cannabis business
To cover up his covert cannabis business, a man in Taiwan told his wife he was planting a decorative maple tree. The man's ruse was uncovered ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street banks review contingency plan as China-Taiwan tension escalates
While financial services executives said they view the risk of armed conflict in North Asia as low, they see tit-for-tat sanctions between the US and China that disrupt the flow of finance and trade ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street Banks Prep for Grim China Scenarios Over Taiwan
Global financial firms, still smarting from multi-billion dollar losses in Russia, are now reassessing the risks of doing business in Greater China after an escalation of tensions over Taiwan.Most ... ( read original story ...)
US VP Kamala Harris to hold talks on issues from Taiwan to North Korea during Asia trip
Harris will confront controversy at nearly every turn as she visits Asia for the memorial honouring former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. ( read original story ...)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on President Biden’s Taiwan remarks
President Biden told 60 Minutes U.S. forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. The White House later said that was not official policy. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Consul General touts American support: ‘We will never surrender our freedom’
Taiwan Consul General Ambassador James K.J. Lee spoke exclusively with Fox News' Eric Shawn to praise President Biden's support as tension with China heightens ... ( read original story ...)
Study creates maps of noisiest areas in Taipei
Three in 10 Taipei residents live in areas that are “noisy” by WHO standards, soundscape maps created by an Academia Sinica research team showed. Chan Ta-chien (詹大千), a research fellow at the ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei slams PRC for twisting UN facts
In his address on Saturday to the UN General Assembly, Wang cited Resolution 2758 as a basis for Beijing’s claim that Taiwan is part of China. He said that Beijing considers Taiwan an “inseparable ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan billionaire Robert Tsao pays to build army of citizen snipers
Before his change of mind, Robert Tsao spent hundreds of millions of dollars and years of his life trying to see the best in the Chinese Communist Party. The Taiwanese billionaire who founded one of t ... ( read original story ...)
The financial system is still dealing with the fallout from 2008
The huge amount of quantitative easing required to paper over the financial crisis meant that the Treasury market growth outpaced the ab ... ( read original story ...)
China on Taiwan: ‘External interference’ won’t be tolerated
A visit last month by the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, markedly ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s pangolins suffer surge in feral dog attacks
In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin's biggest threat comes from humans. But in Taiwan, the scaly mammals brave a different danger: a surging feral dog population. ( read original story ...)
‘External interference’ won’t be tolerated, says China on Taiwan at UNGA
China underscored its commitment on Saturday to its claim on Taiwan, telling assembled world leaders that anyone who gets in the way would be crushed by the wheels of history ... ( read original story ...)
Antony Blinken and Wang Yi meet to contain high tensions on Taiwan
The meeting comes just days after President Biden said he will intervene militarily if China uses force in Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)