The Chinese government has slammed Washington for engaging with Taipei and ordered the Trump administration to cease diplomatic engagements with the island, after a highly unusual public meeting ... ( read original story ...)
China signals won’t follow Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriage
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government signaled on Wednesday that it would not follow Taiwan’s example on same-sex marriage after the first legal unions in Asia were hailed by activists as a ... ( read original story ...)
New Taipei stages simulation exercises as part of Wan-an drills
Taipei, May 27 (CNA) As part of the annual Wan-an air raid drills, New Taipei staged a series of exercises Monday to test the city's emergency preparedness in case of an attack. One of the ... ( read original story ...)
1 Tambon 1 Electrician Project by PEA wins Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2019 in Taiwan
2019 in the category of investment in people (1 Tambon 1 Electrician Project) on 24 May 2019 at Hilton Taipei Sinban, New Taipei City in the 5th International CSR Summit hosted by Enterprise Asia. The ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Lands Aircraft on Highway as Part of Military Drills
CHANGHUA, Taiwan — Taiwan has landed war planes on a normally busy highway to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields. Tuesday's exercise is part of annual drills designed to showcase ... ( read original story ...)
64 CSR Programs and Leaders Conferred Asia’s Most Prominent CSR Awards
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan, May 27 ... European Chamber of Commerce; Green Trade Project Office, Taiwan External Trade Development Council; Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; Ministry ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Super Project UN GOLBAL will totally name “Future Kaohsiung International Forum”
HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 27 May 2019 – OnMay 26, 2019, the “2019 Future Kaohsiung International Forum” namedafter the United States UN GOLBAL Super Project will be grandly opened ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan and U.S. security officials hold rare meeting amid China tension
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Senior national security officials from the United States and Taiwan have met to deepen cooperation, the government in Taipei said, the first such meeting in four decades that came ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Growth, Rising Wages May Not Keep Tsai in Power
(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has overseen rising wages, the lowest unemployment in decades and a surge in investment since she came into office three years ago. But it might not be ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan just held the first gay weddings in all of Asia. But the country’s new law doesn’t apply to all same-sex couples.
For the first time, same-sex couples celebrated their weddings in Taiwan on Friday, making the island nation the first in Asia to legalize gay marriage. But the landmark change in the law still ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan celebrates Asia’s first same-sex marriages as couples tie knot
Same-sex couples tied the knot in emotional scenes in Taiwan on Friday, the first legal marriages in Asia hailed by activists as a social revolution for the region. Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan gay marriage: Hundreds of couples tie the knot on historic day
Hundreds of gay couples in Taiwan have rushed to get married on Friday - the first day a landmark decision that legalised same-sex marriage took effect. Taiwan became the first country in Asia to ... ( read original story ...)
Apple’s second store in Taiwan will open soon in the Xinyi District of Taipei
In Taipei, Apple is putting the finishing touches on its second official Taiwanese retail store. After opening its first location on the island in 2017 at Taipei 101, Apple is expanding outdoors ... ( read original story ...)
After a Long Fight, Taiwan’s Same-Sex Couples Celebrate New Marriages
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Typically drab and nondescript, Taipei’s Xinyi District Household Registration office exploded with life and color on Friday morning. Taiwanese and foreign reporters surrounded the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan holds first gay marriages in historic day for Asia
Shane Lin (left) and Marc Yuan kiss outside the Household Registration Office in Shinyi district in Taipei after becoming one of the first gay couples to marry in Taiwan. Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Navy again sails through Taiwan Strait, angering China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it sent two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, its latest transit through the sensitive waterway, angering China at a time of tense ... ( read original story ...)