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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taipei Zoo has extended its Saturday opening hours until 9 p.m. during the summer for nine consecutive weeks, starting on July 6. The special nighttime hours for the zoo ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei Film Festival will host the world premiere of the documentary film "Soul of Soil,” from director Yen Lan-chuan (顏蘭權), chronicling the lives of two fruit farmers who use ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's annual war games this year will be as close as possible to actual combat, no longer just putting on a show to score points but aiming to simulate real fighting given a rapidly rising "enemy threat" from China, a senior official said.

The guidelines on imposing criminal punishments on diehard "Taiwan independence" separatists for conducting or inciting secession were jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the ministries of public security, state security, and justice and took effect upon release.

China on Friday threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts have no jurisdiction on the democratically governed island.

“The consultations focused on expanding Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the United Nations system and other international fora,” the US agency said in a statement. “Taiwan has a demonstrated capability and willingness to help address global ...

The latest incursion comes after China published judicial guidelines Friday that included the death penalty for some 'diehard' supporters of Taiwanese independence, state media reported

The National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), known colloquially as Taipei Tech, has embarked on a groundbreaking collaboration with Tether, a prominent cryptocurrency firm. This partnership, ...

The new guidelines, notified on Friday, state that Chinese courts and prosecutors should "severely punish Taiwan independence diehards for splitting the country and inciting secession crimes”. The guidelines are in accordance with existing laws such as ...

These six distinguished laureates will be formally honored at an upcoming ceremony to be held in Taiwan this September. The Tang Prize in Sustainable Development is awarded to Omar M. Yaghi, for his extraordinary contributions to sustainable development ...

CHINA has delivered a disturbing threat to those fighting for Taiwan's independence, promising the death penalty as punishment. As of today Beijing is vowing to use the inhumane punishment for "diehard" advocates and leaders of Taiwan's never-ending fight ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Parts of Hualien County’s scenic Taroko National Park will require seven years of work before they can be reopened to the public, officials said Saturday (June 22). The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit the region on April 3 ...

China’s military could isolate Taiwan, cripple its economy, and make the democratic island succumb to the will of Beijing’s ruling Communist Party without ever firing a shot, a prominent think tank ...

Another accused of being “red” is the man in charge of pushing through the “contempt of legislature” bill, KMT caucus leader Fu Kun-chi. Mr Fu is a powerful power broker with a controversial past, including a spell in prison following a conviction for insider stock dealing and concocting a fraudulent divorce. He too is a ...

With brother Joseph the joint top scorer, Lin’s team beat the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots to capture the Taiwanese P. League+ Finals series 4-1.

As Brussels-based Theresa Fallon of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies told me in response to the FT report, Xi is "sounding increasingly unhinged." We do not know if the Chinese leader believed what he said or why he said it.