The Taipei Film Festival kicked off as a live, physical event Friday, making it likely the first in the world to occur in-person since the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus — albeit without ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Strait: Frequent US Surveillance Flights Prompted By Concerns Over PLA War Games, Say Officials
While a Chinese think tank seeks to achieve peace in the South China Sea, the PLA is planning drills that are possibly a practice run to take Taiwan's Pratas Island by force. So far both the U.S. and ... ( read original story ...)
Ramen pizza? Crazy mashup revealed by Pizza Hut Taiwan
You may need chopsticks for this pizza. Pizza Hut Taiwan has unveiled a Tonkotsu ramen pizza, topped with noodles, pork slices, white sesame, fresh chili and a half-boiled egg ... ( read original story ...)
Li Zhensheng, photographer who captured trauma of Cultural Revolution, dies at 80
He vaulted to international renown in 2003 with the publication of rare photos from China’s Cultural Revolution, which lasted from 1966 until leader Mao Zedong’s death in 1976. ( read original story ...)
Taipei’s homeless are few but desperate
Homelessness is a rare misfortune in Taiwan, but still a struggle. "I have nothing," says one man. "I'm worried about starving." ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s dragon boat races among few to be held this year
Taiwan on Thursday became one of the few places to hold a boat race, thanks to no local transmissions of the coronavirus being reported on the island in over two ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan to continue China resistance
Activists estimate at least 200 protesters are in Taiwan, where authorities have discreetly allowed them to stay by extending tourist visas ... ( read original story ...)
China Sends 8 Military Planes into Taiwan Airspace; Analysts See Move as Warning to US and Others
Taiwan says Chinese military planes have flown into its air defense space six times in a single week and eight times this month, so far. Although Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense escorts each ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Investigates Possible First Local Virus Case in Two Months
Taiwan has put more than 100 people under quarantine while it investigates its first possible local case of coronavirus infection in more than two months, a Japanese woman who tested positive last ... ( read original story ...)
Over 340 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Taiwan
At the direction of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnamese representative offices abroad and domestic airlines will continue to conduct flights bringing citizens trapped by the pandemic home ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan investigates possible first local COVID-19 case in two months
Taiwan has put more than 100 people under quarantine while it investigates its first possible local case of coronavirus infection in more than two ... ( read original story ...)
South China Sea Tensions: Taiwan Deploys Troops To Disputed Islands As Chinese War Games Loom
The deployment of marines by Taiwan to Pratas Island is supposed to be a temporary mission to train some Coast Guard officers and perform other routine duties. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to ease travel curbs for Hong Kong people for ‘humanitarian’ reasons
Taiwan will ease its coronavirus border restrictions to allow in people from Hong Kong for humanitarian reasons, the government said on ... ( read original story ...)
China Sends 8 Military Planes into Taiwan Airspace. They’re not Targeting just Taiwan
Taiwan says Chinese military planes have flown into its air defense space six times in a single week and eight times this month, so far. Although Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense escorts each ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Chiang Kai-shek statues draw curious crowds – and controversy
Unwanted for public spaces elsewhere in Taiwan, some 200 statues of the late autocratic leader Chiang Kai-shek stand in the quiet sanctuary of a park surrounding his mausoleum in the north of the ... ( read original story ...)
US Navy Surveillance Plane Seen Flying Near Taiwan For Second Day
For two days in a row, U.S aircraft have been spotted flying near Taiwan. On Monday, a U.S. Navy Lockheed EP-3E reconnaissance plane was seen flying above the Bashi Channel, located just south of ... ( read original story ...)