In recent months, many multinational companies, from airlines to clothing brands, have been getting on the wrong side of Beijing. They have done so by listing Taiwan under the title "country" in their website's drop down menus, or by suggesting the island ... ( read original story ...)
China says U.S. should tell airlines to change websites in Taiwan row
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday that the United States should tell its airlines to change their websites to refer to self-ruled Taiwan as Chinese territory, after the United States said China had rejected requests for talks on the matter. ( read original story ...)
Apartment in Taipei City by Taipei Base Design Center
Located in Paris, France, this modern industrial apartment was designed in 2017 by Sabo Project. Description by Sabo Project The apartment ... This contemporary two-story house located in India, was designed by GA design. Photography courtesy of GA design ... ( read original story ...)
State Department requests US Marines for Taiwan, in move that could anger China
In a move likely to irk Beijing, the State Department has requested that US Marines be sent to Taiwan to help safeguard America's de facto embassy there, two US officials tell CNN. One US official said that while the request for a Marine security guard was ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: China shuns U.S. request for talks on airline website dispute over Taiwan
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has rejected U.S. requests for talks over how U.S. airlines and their websites refer to Chinese-claimed Taiwan, according to sources, including a U.S. official, adding to tensions in a relationship already frayed by a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan bars China reporter for spreading of “fake news”
Taiwan authorities have barred a reporter for a television network in China from working on the island, accusing him of spreading "fake news" at a time of heightened cross-strait tensions. It is the first time a mainland Chinese reporter has been banned ... ( read original story ...)
Mapping the sounds of protest
The project has explored a variety of themes from sacred spaces ... all the way over to student protests in Taipei City, Taiwan. "It really spans not just a wide range of countries but a wide range of topics." Stuart believes that the sounds of protest ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s President Asks World: ‘Constrain China’
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen asked the world to help Taiwan “constrain China” in an interview with Agence-France Presse (AFP) on Monday, warning that the world’s “democracy, freedom and freedom to do business” were imperiled by the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Migrant Workers Are Finding Their Voice
Taiwan has a migrant labor exploitation problem, as evidenced by a spate of protests that have occurred on behalf of migrant workers in Taiwan in recent months. Negligence from employers and government agencies appears to run deep. Whether at sea or on ... ( read original story ...)
“I Came Back”: An Overseas Taiwanese Trying for Office in Taipei
This past Sunday Taipei City Council candidate Hsiao Hsin-sheng (蕭新晟 ... including spearheading the Taiwan National Treasures, a project uncovering public archival documents in the US that relates to Taiwan. There has been many examples of Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)
IOTA [MIOTA]’s ‘Tangle’ now will be for digital identity cards!
Air Box project develops small sensors that monitor pollution ... Wei-bin Lee, the commissioner of the city’s Department of Information Technology said: “With Taipei City always thinking ahead and with IOTA’s technology, this partnership is a ... ( read original story ...)
Water supply to four districts in Taichung to be suspended June 27
Taipei, June 20 (CNA) The water supply to four districts in Taichung City will be shut off for 23 hours on June ... The work is part of an urban land consolidation project in Taichung and the suspension will affect some 24,000 households in the city's ... ( read original story ...)
Hyundai Rotem Wins Order for Taiwan’s Unmanned Light Railway Project
units from Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Hyundai Rotem will supply the system facilities for communication, control, and inspection together with the cars. The total project is estimated to be 542.4 billion won (US$486 million). The unmanned light railway of ... ( read original story ...)
Mattis visits China as tensions mount over militarization, trade, and Taiwan
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday visited China for a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relations. Mattis has been highly critical of China's muscular military moves in ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese warships drill in waters near Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - A formation of Chinese warships has been holding daily combat drills for more than a week in waters near Taiwan, China’s state media said on Tuesday, amid heightened tension between Beijing and the self-ruled island. The news comes as ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Airlines Could Lose Passengers Over Taiwan Defiance
With a month to go before the world’s major airlines must comply with Beijing’s order to recognize Taiwan as part of China, U.S. carriers risk flying fewer mainland passengers by staying defiant. While Japan Airlines Co., ANA Holdings Inc. and ... ( read original story ...)