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Beijing has drawn accusations it is using the distraction of the coronavirus pandemic to advance regional interests. Here are some examples ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong dissident bookseller Lam Wing Kee reopened his bookstore in Taipei yesterday, just days after being doused in red paint by three men who opposed his new business. "Books stand for the ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing has tested “subway by appointment” where riders book times to enter certain stations. In Taipei, Taiwan, passengers have their temperatures checked as they enter the transit system. Milan ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN >> The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders reopened his shop in Taiwan today after fleeing Hong Kong due to legal troubles, saying he ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN >> The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders reopened his shop in Taiwan today after fleeing Hong Kong due to legal troubles, saying he ... ( read original story ...)

The opening of a hole-in-the-wall bookstore in Taipei doesn’t usually attract much hullabaloo. Saturday’s reemergence of a bookseller who has for years proved a thorn to China’s rulers in Beijing was ... ( read original story ...)

Part-owner of shop that used to sell texts critical of China opens new business in Taipei ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders reopened his shop in Taiwan on Saturday after fleeing Hong Kong due to ... ( read original story ...)

Lam Wing-kee sought refuge in Taiwan last year after he was detained by Chinese agents for eight months in 2015 while working at a bookshop in Hong Kong that sold books critical of the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong publisher previously detained by Chinese authorities reopened his bookstore in Taiwan on Saturday, defying what he called attempts linked to Beijing to intimidate him. The opening of Lam ... ( read original story ...)

"The reopening is very meaningful," Lam told reporters in the new store in Taipei. "Causeway Bay Books was destroyed by China through violent ... Lam's attacker reportedly said his fundraising project ... ( read original story ...)

Fearing re-arrest last year, he moved from Hong Kong to Taiwan to rebuild his lost collection. A £160,000 injection from a crowdfunding project has allowed him to relocate to a small tenth ... that ... ( read original story ...)

When Wang Wei-chen had a base hit for the Chinatrust Brothers, no one booed or cheered from the stands at the suburban Taipei ballpark. The 12,150 blue plastic seats were devoid of fans Friday night ... ( read original story ...)

With much of the world grounded and around 85 percent of international flights cancelled, fervent travelers are daydreaming over old trip photos and reminiscing on TikTok. Anyone who does set foot in ... ( read original story ...)

Here's What You Need To Remember: Taiwan’s nuclear-weapons program, although understandable, was ill considered. A Taiwanese-Chinese nuclear standoff would have destabilized the entire region—ironic, ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei is turning manhole covers into something eye-catching and symbolic, and since 2013 it has invited designers to beautify otherwise insignificant covers, the city government said on Sunday last ... ( read original story ...)