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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Lin Fei-fan led the charge nearly three years ago when hundreds of students occupied Taiwan’s legislature to protest a trade deal with China. With the island’s economy increasingly tied to the mainland’s, and Beijing’s global ... ( read original story ...)

The Taiwan Philharmonic, which happened to make its U.S. debut Monday night at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, did not come to America to compete with Mainland China. It was, after all, just a coincidence that last Monday the China Philharmonic ... ( read original story ...)

Syaru Shirley Lin, a native of Taiwan, is a political economist who teaches at both the University of Virginia and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Previously she was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where she was responsible for private equity and venture ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (CNN)When Donald Trump accepted a phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, many Taiwanese were delighted at having a spotlight turned on their diplomatic isolation. But that elation is turning to apprehension as the island risks becoming ... ( read original story ...)

China has abandoned its conciliatory tone toward Donald Trump, warning it is prepared to retaliate if the president-elect supports Taiwan independence as a bargaining chip to extract trade concessions. China considers Taiwan part of its indivisible territory. ( read original story ...)

For example, there is no embassy of Taiwan in Ottawa, and no Canadian embassy in Taipei. But the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ottawa functions like an embassy, though its ambassador must call himself a “representative,” not an ambassador. ( read original story ...)

Thirty-seven years is a long time to wait for a phone call. That’s how it must have felt to the Taiwanese people when their president, Tsai Ing-wen, had a 10-minute talk with Donald Trump on December 2—the first direct conversation between a Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)

I want to be clear from the outset that I am not a Donald Trump supporter … far from it. I dislike pretty much everything the U.S. president-elect says and represents. I find his personal behaviour and public belligerence disgraceful. But this past ... ( read original story ...)

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's most provocative foreign policy move since winning the presidency played out against the backdrop of a quintessential Washington activity: lobbying. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and a former Senate ... ( read original story ...)

President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with the president of Taiwan last week, initially characterized by Trump transition staffers and Taipei officials as just a small courtesy, has emerged as part of a lobbying strategy by a quintessential Washington ... ( read original story ...)

Matteo Renzi officially stepped down as prime minister on Wednesday, three days after his stinging defeat in a critical referendum, formally... Syrian troops have cleared of terrorists two more quarters of eastern Aleppo, the Russian Center for ... ( read original story ...)

Since the U.S. switched relations from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, the sides have had only unofficial diplomatic dealings, although the U.S. remains a key ally of Taiwan and by law must ensure the island can maintain a credible defence. China, which split ... ( read original story ...)

“Last autumn I was invited to join the NSO on its four-city tour of China. As we flew from Taipei to Xiamen via Hong Kong, then Xiamen back to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Shanghai, train from there to Beijing, and then home to Taipei … The musicians ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, the US President-elect Donald Trump accepted a phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and discussed common economic and security interests with Taipei. The phone call also offered Tsai an opportunity to congratulate Trump on his ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Thursday are as follows (clockwise from top left): @The United Daily News: Save our poverty-stricken generation. @Apple Daily: Law amended to block Uber; firm could be shut down in worst ... ( read original story ...)

The heart of Taipei will soon beat a little faster with the upcoming opening of Aloft Taipei Beitou. The second Aloft hotel in Taiwan, Aloft Taipei Beitou will be Beitou’s newest hotspot. The 292-room Aloft Taipei Beitou hotel is just steps from ... ( read original story ...)