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More than 120 countries back call for inquiry into origins of virus while US-led coalition is lobbying for Taiwan to attend as an observer ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has fared better than many of its peers in containing Covid-19, having suffered just seven deaths and fewer than 500 infections, despite its close travel connections with China, where the virus ... ( read original story ...)

Political tensions across the Taiwan Strait have been reinforced during the coronavirus pandemic. The last thing that Taiwan should want to do is to provoke Beijing with direct and indirect actions to ... ( read original story ...)

Canada, the United States and six major allies have told the World Health Organization that its ongoing exclusion of Taiwan has created a serious public health concern during the COVID-19 crisis. ( read original story ...)

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the nation’s medical system must be bolstered to shoulder disease prevention duties ranging from border controls to aiding local communities, Minister of Health ... ( read original story ...)

Origin story aside, the personal protective equipment marked another small but meaningful moment in Taiwan’s recent ascent in the geopolitical consciousness. Those three words emblazoned on the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan on Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of legalising same-sex marriage, as gay couples and rights groups called for full recognition of unions involving foreigners. The island is at the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has been applauded internationally for quickly and effectively stemming the spread of the virus, and says it should have a platform to share its experiences with the world. But China - which ... ( read original story ...)

To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, landlords are reducing rents everywhere except in cultural and creative parks. In Taiwan, bookstores are a sunset industry and a hundred of them have closed, but ... ( read original story ...)

Cities across Asia and Australia were among the first to welcome the new year. Here's a look at celebrations in four places. ( read original story ...)

For people here in Taiwan, we are very happy that face masks donated by Taiwan are being put to good use,” Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s foreign minister, told me in a phone interview from Taipei. That use has ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen swept to a landslide victory in the country's election on Saturday. Isaac Stone Fish, a senior fellow at the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, which unveiled a $12 billion investment plan in Arizona on Friday, has not been given any assurances that it will be granted a license to allow it to sell U. ( read original story ...)

Led by the United States, a growing number of countries are calling for Taiwan to either be allowed into the WHO, or be given observer status. The spat is likely to worsen at next week's World Health ... ( read original story ...)

Former European leaders say world needs Taiwan’s expertise in tackling coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing insists the World Health Organization should act according to “the one-China principle.” Argument: China’s Provocations Around Taiwan Aren’t a Crisis China’s Provocations Around Taiwan Aren’t ... ( read original story ...)