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The KMT ruled China until fleeing to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to the Communists. It has traditionally favoured close ties with Beijing, which has increasingly set i ... ( read original story ...)

It is wrong to label Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) as being pro-China as it has always been pro-US and is dedicated to defending the island though also to talking to Beijing, its ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's brand new minelaying ships are training to employ the U.S.-designed Mk 6 naval mine, which was designed in 1917. ( read original story ...)

San Francisco police flew to Taiwan to arrest a man accused of breaking into a Bernal Heights home and stealing around $3 million in March. The March 16 crime began at around 4 p.m. when Zhang ... ( read original story ...)

The head of Taiwan’s largest opposition party has appealed to the Biden administration for recognition as a trustworthy political force, during a visit to Washington to rebuild relations and dispel ... ( read original story ...)

The Taiwan stock market on Monday ended the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 250 points or 1.5 percent. The Taiwan stock Exchange now rests just above the 16,600-point plateau and it may ... ( read original story ...)

Eric Chu's visit to the US was timed to coincide with the recent reopening of the KMT's representative office after a 13-year absence 'In power or in opposition, we are the party [that is] pro-US, ... ( read original story ...)

Recent dual-carrier operations highlight the importance of establishing air superiority and preventing a successful Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

Celebration Canada outdoor festival featuring Canadian music and food is returning to Taiwan on June 25 after a two-year hiatus to mark the country’s 155th birthday, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's government has enacted a strict ban on the export of computer chips and chip-making equipment to Russia and Belarus, a move that will make it even harder for the two countries to access ... ( read original story ...)

Activists from Hong Kong and Taiwan have expressed hope that in the future Taiwan will keep alive the memory of the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing after Hong Kong’s decades-long tradition of ... ( read original story ...)

US policies on Taiwan risk pushing China to the brink — raising the prospect of an armed conflict that nobody claims to want. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan is a far more important economic partner of Slovakia than China, visiting Slovak National Council Deputy Speaker Milan Laurencik said yesterday. Laurencik, on the second day of his 10-member ... ( read original story ...)

A Los Angeles man was arrested in Taiwan after being accused of breaking into a San Francisco woman’s home and robbing her. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man was arrested in Taiwan after being accused of ... ( read original story ...)

At an exhibit hall in central Taipei, artists set up sculptures, churches held live-streamed prayer sessions, and activists read poems at a vigil near the president's office, ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei Film Festival has named prolific writer-director-producer Kevin Chu (aka Chu Yen-ping) as the recipient of its Outstanding Contribution Award. During the 1980s and the 1990s, Chu made many ... ( read original story ...)