Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) is exploring an idea to hold a House hearing that would involve lawmakers participating in a “wargaming” scenario of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Gallagher, the chairman of the newly created House Select Committee on China ...
Funeral executives charged in sweeping fraud investigation
Among the schemes was the Penglai Cemetary Park project in Jinshan, promising a 30 percent return ... Hsin-wu (張信務), the principal of an elementary school in New Taipei City, said that his school ...
Over 1 million visit Taipei lantern sites on Saturday
More than 1 million people on Saturday visited the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei, the highest single-day figure for this year’s edition of the annual event, the Tourism Bureau said in a statement ...
Hang Yuan’s mantra for rising to the top of Chinese Taipei football – ‘Catch them young’
The Chinese Taipei club’s rise to prominence has been meteoric, but it all started when the team was pushed into a corner. Founded in 2012 as Air Source Development FC, the team struggled to find a ...
Taipei fines illegal rental operators NT$23.4 million
Illegal short-term accommodation rentals in Taipei were fined a combined NT$23.4 million (US$776,480) last year, setting a new annual record, the Taipei Department of Information and Tourism said ...
China sends warplanes, ships near Taiwan after U.S. naval drills
Feb. 13 (UPI) --China sent 18 warplanes and four naval vessels into the waters and airspace around Taiwan, Taipei's military said Monday, after the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps held joint exercises in the South China Sea over the weekend. Eleven aircraft ...
Taiwan Keeps Rate-Hike Speculation Alive, Fueling Bond Slump
Taiwan’s central bank could still raise interest rates in March, a board member said, prompting a rise in the island’s bond yields on Monday.
Fried squid and Oreos on pizza? Why Pizza Hut in Taiwan experiments with unusual flavor combinations
Pizza Hut Taiwan has become infamous in the fast food world for its toppings, with combinations ranging from cheese, mango and durian, to bubble tea and brown sugar. But, as CNN correspondent Will ...
Chinese military aircraft, vessels detected around Taiwan after US conducts exercises in the South China Sea
Nearly two dozen Chinese military aircraft and ships were detected around Taiwan on Monday morning after the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps held joint exercises in the South China Sea over the weekend.
Taiwan reveals Chinese military balloons fly ‘very frequently’ into its airspace
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Taiwan news every morning. Taiwan has observed dozens of Chinese military balloon flights in its airspace in recent years, far more than previously known, adding to concerns that Beijing ...
Marcos: PH should ‘protect itself’ in case of conflict in Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines “has to take measures to protect itself” because a conflict in Taiwan, with its “physical proximity,” would affect it immediately. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Marcos made the statement in an interview with ...
China To Triple Nuclear Warheads To 900 By 2035 Amid Taiwan Tensions: Report
China is mulling tripling its stockpile of nuclear warheads to 900 by 2035, as tensions with the United States are expected to increase further over Taiwan, Kyodo News reported citing a source close to the matter on Saturday. The blueprint, prepared by the ...
Notes from Central Taiwan: The long fall of Shih Ming-teh
Shih Ming-teh (施明德) popped up again on the nation’s media radar. Shih is conventionally presented in the media as a “former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman,” a shallow clickbait position ...
Stephen M. Young On Taiwan: Implications of the Ukraine war on cross-strait relations
But the significance of the Ukrainian conflict also has direct bearing on cross-strait relations and the threat of PRC aggression against the democratic state of Taiwan and its 23 million brave citizens. Let us recall that Putin met early last year in ...
Combating Beijing’s Multifaceted Economic Coercion Strategy Against Taiwan
When US and Taiwan officials confirmed the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in late July 2022, a number of reactions from the People's Republic of China (PRC) were expected. Yet, even ...
Members of U.S. special committee on China weighting visit to Taipei
A U.S. House special committee on China is in talks to send a delegation to Taiwan in a show of support for the self-governed island that faces intensified military pressure from China. Rep. Rob ...