Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is to visit Taiwan soon, becoming the highest-level U.S. official to visit the island in over 40 years. ( read original story ...)
HHS chief Azar to visit Taiwan in most senior U.S. trip since 1979
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will lead a U.S. delegation to Taiwan this week, becoming the highest-ranking Cabinet official to visit the island in four decades. ( read original story ...)
History reversed: Hong Kong book industry looks to Taiwan, combs through back catalogues amid fears over new national security law
with anxious publishers combing through back catalogues for potentially “subversive” material and looking to Taiwan as a safe haven for printing fresh titles. The city has long been a refuge for ... ( read original story ...)
US plan for ‘highest level’ Taiwan visit in decades angers China
The United States announced Wednesday its highest-level visit to Taiwan since it switched diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a move Beijing blasted as a threat to "peace and stability". The ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. sending highest official to Taiwan since ties cut in 1979
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services is scheduled to visit Taiwan in coming days in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal ... ( read original story ...)
US sending highest official to Taiwan since ties cut in 1979
The U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services is scheduled to visit Taiwan in coming days in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations ... ( read original story ...)
Top U.S. official’s visit to Taiwan may anger China
Posted . U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in the coming days, his office sa ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. health chief to be highest-ranking official in decades to visit Taiwan, angering China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days, his office said on Tuesday, making the highest-level visit by a U.S. official in four decades ... ( read original story ...)
US announces highest-level visit to Taiwan in decades, risking China anger
In thinly veiled comments, coronavirus taskforce chair Alex Azar praises island as ‘model of transparency and cooperation’ during pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
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Disney takes a $3.5bn hit to operating income at its theme parks. Ireland blocks the reopening of about 3,500 pubs for a second time. PizzaExpress puts its UK business up for sale and warns of 1,100 ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: US health secretary Azar to visit Taiwan as Europe faces second wave
US president flounders in media briefing and TV interview; France could lose control any time; Nadal withdraws from US Open. Follow all the developments ... ( read original story ...)
US Announces ‘Highest Level’ Visit In Decades To Taiwan
Cabinet member to visit in six years, and the highest level visit by a US Cabinet official since 1979," the American Institute in Taiwan said. Taiwan's foreign ministry confirmed the trip and said ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Health Chief to Visit Taiwan in Coming Days: Wall Street Journal
Taiwan's official Central News Agency said it would be the highest level visit made by a U.S. Cabinet official since Washington broke formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979. ( read original story ...)
Jittery HK authors seek Taiwan safety after security law
China’s new security law has cast a threatening shadow over Hong Kong’s dynamic book industry, with anxious publishers combing through back catalogues for potentially “subversive” material, and ... ( read original story ...)
Terrawatch: lasting legacy of Taiwan’s 2009 typhoon season
Typhoon Morakot left country with more quakes after changing stress pattern in Earth’s crust Eleven years ago, Typhoon Morakot slammed into Taiwan, deluging the country with 3,000 litres of rain per ... ( read original story ...)
Virus Outbreak: Infection of Belgian likely happened in Taipei: expert
A Belgian man who tested positive for COVID-19 in Taiwan last week is likely to have contracted the disease in Taipei in late June, National Taiwan University (NTU) College of Public Health vice dean ... ( read original story ...)