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The United States tweeted its support for Taiwan’s participation in the United Nations Friday, provoking a sharp response from China expressing “strong indignation and firm opposition.” The tweet from ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei is using sport and its success in battling coronavirus to ease its international isolation When Su Chih-chieh, a rising star at Taiwanese baseball team Uni Lions, took a spectacular sliding ... ( read original story ...)

BOXING STUDENT TRAINING ON PUNCHING BAG 2. VARIOUS OF STUDENTS TRAINING ON PUNCHING BAGS 3. VARIOUS OF 'MARTIAL ARMOUR' FOUNDER, SUNG MING-YEN, INSTRUCTING STUDENTS 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 'MARTIAL ... ( read original story ...)

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, whose disappearance since April 12 continues to fuel conspiracy theories, might either be alive or dead, according to the National Security Bure ... ( read original story ...)

For martial arts students in Taipei, training is going on almost as normal as Taiwan keeps the spread of the new coronavirus well under control. ( read original story ...)

The Taiwan government on Wednesday expressed 'strong dissatisfaction' after Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the island-nation is part of China. ( read original story ...)

David Chang asked people on Twitter to share images of how restaurants in Taipei, Hong Kong, South Korea, and China are doing business. ( read original story ...)

Australia will support Taiwan's return to the World Health Organisation as an observer four years after it was ousted by Beijing. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's economic growth slowed to its weakest in nearly four years in the first quarter, as the coronavirus pandemic crimped domestic consumption though still-strong demand for electronics helped ... ( read original story ...)

A sweet Taiwanese drink nicknamed in honor of a busty Hong Kong celebrity, bubble tea has become an unstoppable worldwide trend since it was invented in the 1980s. We look back at the history of this ... ( read original story ...)

The pandemic provides an opportunity for Taiwan to raise its international profile. But that is unlikely to go over well in Beijing, which is facing pressures for its own handling of the virus. ( read original story ...)

With the cloud of a recall vote hanging over the head of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) and the overturning on Friday last week of the first rulings on liability for the 2014 gas explosions in the ... ( read original story ...)

Manny Ramirez, who will be 48 next month, is trying to make a comeback in Taiwan's CPBL this year. He played in the league in 2014. ( read original story ...)

Very few governments around the world are likely to emerge from the pandemic in an even stronger position than before. Taiwan is one of them -- and that’s not good for China. ( read original story ...)

In the 17 years since it was hit hard by Sars, Taiwan has been ready for the threat of an emerging infectious disease. As a result, when information about an outbreak of a novel form of pneumonia in ... ( read original story ...)

With masks to protect against COVID-19 difficult to come by, one local expat hopes to be a one-woman supply to the Seattle restaurant industry. Atina Tan, a former line cook now living in Taiwan, is ... ( read original story ...)