NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Taiwan CDC reported today that 127 new locally acquired dengue fever cases were recorded during the week of July 11th to July 17th, 2023. The CDC stated that the local epidemic is heating up.
United adds Tokyo, Manila and Taipei flights to cater to international travel boom
Starting Oct. 29, United will fly daily nonstop flights between San Francisco and Manila, becoming the only U.S. airline to offer nonstop service to the Philippine capital from the continental U.S. It ...
Divers in Taiwan Film Rare Encounter With Giant ‘Doomsday Fish’ Believed to Be a Harbinger of Earthquakes
Divers in Taiwan recently caught an extremely rare sight of an oarfish off the coast of New Taipei's Ruifang District. Otherwise known as "earthquake fish" or "doomsday fish," oarfish sightings are believed in Japanese folklore to precede an earthquake or ...
Taiwan says looking to buy NASAMS air defence system from US
Taiwan is looking to buy National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS, from the United States to upgrade its air defence capabilities having seen how well they work in Ukraine, the island's defence minister said on Tuesday.
Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation: For the Sake of Our Survival it Must Stop
The Island of Taiwan has been turned into a “powder keg” by the infusion of U.S. weaponry, pushing the Taiwanese people into the “abyss of disaster.”
Join Taipei City’s Thriving Health Industry: Registration for “Win A Greater Health” Pitch Contest Starts Now!
TAIPEI, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taipei City Government's Department of Economic Development is taking proactive steps to attract international startups and foster collaboration with local ...
Hou, Ko seeking to mask failures as mayors: DPP
Accusations of housing injustice leveled against the central government by opposition presidential candidates are nothing but a smokescreen for their failures as mayors, Democratic Progressive Party ...
Taiwan VP to attend inauguration of Paraguay’s Pena with US transits
Taiwan on Monday said Vice President William Lai will attend the inauguration of Paraguay's new president next month with US stopovers, a move likely to spark a rebuke from Beijing.Lai last stopped in the United States in January 2022 on his way to the inauguration of Xiomara Castro,
Pressure on Taipei: Unprecedented Chinese Naval Activity in Taiwan Waters
A record 16 vessels from the People's Liberation Navy (PLAN) were identified in a 24-hour period, signaling the latest phase in an intensifying intimidation campaign by China's ruling Communist Party ...
Why you should hold your breath and try freediving in Taiwan
Beneath a silvery tornado of sardines, freediving instructor Mia Hou glides through the halcyon waters around Kenting Chuanfanshih in southernmost Taiwan. She’s among the many freedivers in Taiwan joining one of the world’s fastest-growing water sports.
Taipei ‘Rally for Justice’ Draws Thousands of Young Men – TaiwanPlus News
Tens of thousands, most of them young Taiwanese men, rallied in Taipei on Sunday calling for housing justice and judicial reform. Main opposition candidates for next year's general election addressed ...
Trump says Taiwan ‘took our business away’
During an interview with Fox News, former President Trump claimed while speaking about Taiwan's semiconductor industry that the country '...took our business away'. The Morning Joe panel discusses Trump's remarks.
Taiwan’s vice president expected to transit US as Biden administration works to regularize diplomacy with China
Taiwan’s Vice President Lai Ching-Te is expected to transit the US next month en route to Paraguay, the island’s presidential office announced at a news conference Monday.
Taiwan election candidate risks China’s anger with planned US trip
China has issued warnings or engaged in military posturing during all of Taiwan’s presidential elections since the country democratised in the mid-1990s, but they have usually failed to sway voters away from the Democratic Progressive party, to which Lai and Tsai belong and which refuses to define Taiwan as part of China.
Taiwan reports record number of Chinese warships in waters around the island
A record 16 Chinese warships were spotted in waters around Taiwan in a 24-hour period late last week, the island’s Defense Ministry reported, in what analysts said was the latest sign of an intimidation campaign against Taipei by China’s ruling Communist Party.
Taiwan’s Vice President Plans Stop in the U.S. at a Delicate Moment
Taiwan’s vice president plans to visit the U.S. in August, less than five months after a similar visit by the island democracy’s president sparked an angry response from Beijing.