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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, dubbed “Mr. Democracy” for burying autocratic rule in favour of freewheeling pluralism, died at the age of 97, the official Central ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, July 30 (Reuters) - Taiwan's ruling party on Thursday urged the China and Hong governments to stop the "oppression" of people in the city following the disqualification of election ... ( read original story ...)

Australia granted “major project status” to an ambitious A$22 billion (US$15.8 billion) plan to export power from a giant solar farm in the country’s north to Southeast Asia via undersea cable. The ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan contest is adding fuel to volatile local affairs in places like the Solomon Islands, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

A Taipei hospital has dismissed rumors claiming that former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui has died after he choked while drinking milk in February, saying he is still under treatment. Rumors of Lee's ... ( read original story ...)

Ever since Mao Zedong triumphed in 1949, prompting his Nationalist enemies to flee to Taiwan, Communist Party leaders have bolstered their legitimacy to rule by taming rebellious corners of China’s ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan on Tuesday was investigating its first possible local coronavirus infection in more than a month, a Thai man who tested positive last week, as the island also faces a rise in cases brought from ... ( read original story ...)

Kuala Lumpur, July 29 (IANS) The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has cancelled four tournaments, including Taipei Open 2020 and Korea Open, due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday said that it would not ease border restrictions in the short term, as the COVID-19 pandemic is still in a dangerous situation globally, reiterating ... ( read original story ...)

The destruction of critically important wetlands by politically connected developers in Cambodia threatens to flood more than 1 million Phnom Penh residents, ruin the city’s wastewater system, force ... ( read original story ...)

Earlier, India had blocked the first request of these two countries for setting up a dispute settlement panel at the WTO. According to the trade dispute norms of WTO, if a request comes for the second ... ( read original story ...)

The two countries fear China’s rise. Taipei (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Taiwan is betting on India to reduce its economic dependence on China and defend itself against the latter’s expansionist aims. ( read original story ...)

To extend the reach of Taiwan's original content, Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and CATCHPLAY have announced a joint investment ... ( read original story ...)

Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Wednesday cancelled four tournaments, including Taipei Open 2020 and Korea Open, due to coronavirus. The Taipei Open was ... ( read original story ...)

International Conference and Exhibition, the world's first combined onsite plus online biotechnology conference, closed on July 26. Held in Taipei, from July 22 to 26, the event attracted over 5,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Cruising may be on hold in much of the world, but large ships in Germany and Taiwan are setting sail again, hoping to resume luxury vacations even as COVID-19 continues to remain a threat around the ... ( read original story ...)