Chinese internet users are offering hefty sums of cash to gain access to Clubhouse, the invitation-only audio chat app, where they can speak openly about sensitive topics free from government ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Zoo working with Malaysian zoos on conservation efforts
The Taipei Zoo is working with Malaysia’s representative office in Taiwan in promoting wildlife conservation. According to a statement from the zoo, officials from the Malaysian Friendship and Trade ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan punishes Deutsche Bank, others in currency speculation case
Taiwan's central bank on Sunday said it had banned Deutsche Bank from trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards and suspended them for two years from trading forex derivatives as ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese users flock to Clubhouse to debate Xinjiang and Taiwan
Chinese internet users are offering hefty sums of cash to gain access to Clubhouse, the invitation-only audio chat app, where they can speak openly about sensitive topics without government censorship ... ( read original story ...)
FEATURE: Cubesats Taiwan’s entry ticket to the space industry
The commercialization of outer space has long been dominated by the world’s superpowers, but Taiwan is hoping to carve out its own “blue ocean” in the space economy through the development of cube ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., China top diplomats talk tough on Myanmar and Taiwan in first call since Biden took office
Diplomats from the U.S. and China spoke in the first major conversation between top administration officials since President Joe Biden took office last month. ( read original story ...)
China weaponizes sand dredgers in pressuring Taiwan
Coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the front line of a new type of warfare that China is waging against Taiwan. On a chilly morning late last month, Lin, clad in an orange uniform, stood on the ... ( read original story ...)
How one of the world’s wettest major cities ran out of water
Climate change is bringing rising sea levels and increased flooding to some cities around the world, and drought and water shortages to others. For the 11 million inhabitants of Chennai, India, it is ... ( read original story ...)
New Taipei man in coma after hit by falling woman
A man is in a coma after being seriously injured on Friday by a woman falling on him from a building, the New Taipei Municipal Tucheng Hospital said yesterday. The man surnamed Wu (吳), 45, was walking ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. and China talk tough on Myanmar and Taiwan in tense first call since Biden took office
Diplomats from the U.S. and China spoke in the first major conversation between top administration officials since President Joe Biden took office last month. ( read original story ...)
‘Taiwan needs a strong leader’: talk show host Jaw Shaw-kong announces his return to politics
Veteran lawmaker says he has not ruled out running for any post as he rejoins opposition Kuomintang party after almost 30 years away. ( read original story ...)
Sino-Burmese rally against coup from Taiwan safe haven
Hundreds of people from Taiwan's large Sino-Burmese community rallied in a Taipei suburb on Saturday to denounce the coup in Myanmar and express their support for detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Could Defend Itself More Effectively
Unlike today’s forces whose major weapons and headquarters are highly vulnerable to missile attack, small units armed with man-portable missiles distributed throughout the island would survive to ... ( read original story ...)
REFILE-Sino-Burmese rally against coup from Taiwan safe haven
Hundreds of people from Taiwan's large Sino-Burmese community rallied in a Taipei suburb on Saturday to denounce the coup in Myanmar and express their support for detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ... ( read original story ...)
Too delicate: Germany ducks Taiwan appeal for COVID-19 vaccine supply
Germany on Friday ducked an appeal by Taiwan for its help to supply COVID-19 vaccines, as the Asian tech powerhouse's request for assistance following Berlin's plea to ease a semiconductor supply ... ( read original story ...)
China’s latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger
Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the frontline of a new type of warfare that China is waging against Taiwan. China's weapon? Sand. ( read original story ...)