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Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) began a push on Sunday for a referendum to block the easing of restrictions on U.S. pork imports, which if passed could threaten a long-mooted free ... ( read original story ...)

Hollywood is "betraying" the values it "purports to champion," Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong wrote on Twitter. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has submitted a budget of NT$29.53 billion (US$1 billion) for fiscal year 2021, citing an increase in international cooperative projects and assistance provided ... ( read original story ...)

China is warning of retaliation in response to a visit to Taiwan by a Czech Senate delegation, saying Senate President Milos Vystrcil crossed a “red-line” and violated the one-China principle under ... ( read original story ...)

A delegation headed by the Senate president and the mayor of Prague won hearts in Taiwan and shrugged off threats from China’s foreign minister. ( read original story ...)

Speaking at a conference in Taipei on Friday, Brent Christensen, director of the American Institute in Taiwan — the US’s quasi embassy — urged democracies with shared values to build more secure ... ( read original story ...)

The mayors of Prague and Taipei announced new areas of cooperation for the two sister cities, including orchestra tours, on Friday as a Czech delegation concluded a weeklong visit to Taiwan that was ... ( read original story ...)

A flurry of high-level visits from foreign officials and legislators has pushed Taiwan’s international visibility to a new peak, despite chronic opposition from China, analysts in Taipei say, and the ... ( read original story ...)

Yet of late, Chen is looking at the auto industry, too. This year, Yageo completed the $1.8 billion acquisition of electronics components maker Kemet of the U.S., which counts automakers among its ... ( read original story ...)

In another high-profile visit to Taiwan, Czech senate president Milos Vystrcil is currently on a five-day trip to the island nation, which has earned him China’s wrath. In fact, China’s foreign ... ( read original story ...)

Yet of late, Chen is looking at the auto industry, too. This year, Yageo completed the $1.8 billion acquisition of electronics components maker Kemet of the U.S., which counts automakers among its ... ( read original story ...)

The visit met with harsh rhetoric from Chinese officials. Beijing’s responses to European countries in previous cases offer possible scenarios for how China might react. ( read original story ...)

European chancelleries critical of China. Taipei (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen today met with the Czech Senate President Miloš Vystrčil, in an encounter that will ... ( read original story ...)

China has raised its pressure on Taiwan, using harsh rhetoric and flexing military muscle around what it sees as a breakaway province. ( read original story ...)

New design aims to avoid confusion with mainland, says government, though opposition criticises ‘ideological move’ ... ( read original story ...)

China's "vulgar threats" over a visit by the Czech Republic's senate speaker to Taiwan are like a cold, unwelcome winter wind and contrast with the courteous words the speaker offered while in Taiwan, ... ( read original story ...)