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Taiwan has learned two early lessons from the new war in the Mideast, with the island nation setting up a task force to study the impact of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas.

How Washington, Taipei, and Beijing manage the cross-Strait dispute will make the difference between a U.S.-China war probably occurring and probably not occurring in the near future.

Accusations of leaking sensitive information about the submarine program – including to China – have sparked a wave of lawsuits and counter-suits.

TAIPEI (Reuters) -A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Saturday, the island's weather bureau said, briefly shaking buildings in the capital Taipei but with no immediate reports of damage. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the sea off Hualien county with a depth of 7.2 km (4.5 miles), the weather bureau ...

Tan was referring to Ko’s proposal to form a coalition government, with the TPP being able to name its officials if elected and change the presidential system to a cabinet system so that the government would be headed by the premier with the president as more of a ceremonial role.

The final quarterly report hasn't been compiled yet, but Q3 earnings will likely see an even worse downturn for TSMC. The company gives monthly updates to its semiconductor manufacturing empire, and the trend has been down the last three months.

In an unprecedented move, Taiwan’s two major political factions, the blue and white camps, have decided to hold a pre-meeting aiming to explore opportunities for cooperation. This meeting, set to take place on Saturday afternoon,

The United States has extended a waiver to Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC to supply US chip-making equipment to its factories in China, the island's economic affairs minister said Friday.Semiconductors have become a flashpoint issue between the United States and China,

Taipei Court Upholds Inmate Voting Rights The Taipei High Administrative Court has upheld a groundbreaking decision to establish a polling booth inside Taipei Prison, a move that advocates for the ...

Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said a task force has been set up to closely watch the Hamas-Israel war, and he stressed the importance of intelligence work.

Taiwan is closely watching the war in the Middle East sparked by the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas militants from Gaza for lessons amid what the self-governing island says is a campaign of intimidation and threats by China.

China's People's Liberation Army has registered its protest at the transit of a U.S. Navy aircraft through the Taiwan Strait. The U.S. Navy's patrol and surveillance aircraft P-8 Poseidon travelled through the strait separating the island and mainland China on October 12, the Navy's Japan-based Seventh Fleet said on Thursday.

China said on Thursday it had sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the Taiwan Strait.China claims sovereignty over democratically-governed Taiwan, and says it has jurisdiction over the narrow waterway.

A Taiwanese minister on Thursday urged the European Union to make "effective" progress on talks on a long-stalled investment deal, as the bloc courts closer links to major chipmakers based on the tech powerhouse island,

Taiwan was waiting for a decision by the U.S. government on whether Taiwanese chipmakers will be allowed a waiver extension to supply U.S. chip equipment to their factories in China, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Thursday.

Since 2018, Taiwan’s onshore ETF assets have grown more than eight-fold from NT$333bn ($10.3bn) to NT$3.21tn in August, according to Securities Investment Trust & Consulting Association data, with local giants such as Yuanta Funds and Cathay Securities Investment Trust among the biggest beneficiaries.