A parliamentary delegation from Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan tomorrow and meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and other top officials during a four-day ...
Legislator’s plan to delay Taipei post questioned
Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安), who is to start as Taipei mayor today, on Friday said that Lin, his election campaign manager, would be one of his deputy mayors, as she is familiar with the municipal ...
Access to China
People in Taipei yesterday hold a banner at a protest calling for across-the-board resumption of the “small three links” between Kinmen and Lienchiang counties and China after the government on ...
US raises arms race risk with Taiwan security bill, Chinese analysts warn
Biden has signed legislation authorising up to US$10 billion in grants and loans for assistance to the island over the next five years Funding suggests island could get better weapons, possibly ...
Relying on the US to seek ‘Taiwan independence’ a dead end: Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council urged on Saturday those in the US to immediately correct their wrong words and deeds on the Taiwan question and warned the Democratic Progressive Party ...
China angered, Taiwan cheered by new U.S. defence act
China expressed anger on Saturday at a new U.S. defence authorisation law that boosts military assistance for Taiwan, while Taipei cheered it for helping boost the island's security.
Incoming Taipei mayor Wayne Chiang can attract younger support for opposition Kuomintang, say observers
TAIPEI: Mr Wayne Chiang Wan-an, the young face of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, will be inaugurated as the mayor of Taipei City on Sunday (Dec 25). The 43-year-old, who won the ...
China angered and Taiwan cheered by new US defence act
China expressed anger on Saturday at a new US defence authorisation law that boosts military assistance for Taiwan, while Taipei cheered it for helping boost the island's security.
China angered, Taiwan cheered by new U.S. defense act
China expressed anger on Saturday at a new U.S. defense authorisation law that boosts military assistance for Taiwan, while Taipei cheered it for helping boost the island’s security. China, which ...
Taiwan scrambles jets, readies missile defenses as Chinese military vessels near island, defense ministry says
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said aircraft were sent to respond after detection systems found nearly a dozen Chinese planes and other naval vessels were nearing the island.
China blasts US defense bill while Taiwan welcomes it
China blasted an annual U.S. defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat" while Taiwan welcomed the legislation, saying it demonstrated U.S. support for the self-governing island that China ...
Authorities in Taiwan urged to resume ferries
Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities have been urged to remove their unilateral restrictions and resume normal ferry services between coastal areas of Fujian province on the mainland and ...
How Would a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Play Out?
Then a bloody invasion starts. How did it come to this? Maj. Tom Mouat watches with dismay. This is not how things usually play out. “We’ve got to a shooting war, which is really depressing,” he said.
Taiwan free of goat pox, vaccine requirement lifted
Taiwan is to notify the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) that it is a goat pox-free region after the initial outbreak in 2008 was contained and the country went a decade without a repeat ...
Snow Ho ho
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Manufacturers say profit to fall in first half of 2023
Taiwanese manufacturers are expecting a decline in profit in the first half of next year, as inventory adjustments continue amid economic uncertainty and monetary tightening, among other downside ...