The last meeting between these two teams was in the 2023 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup gold-medal game, where Team USA downed Chinese Taipei, 10-4, to win its fifth World Cup title. Since the two teams ...
US Senator Wicker, head of Senate armed services panel, to visit Taiwan
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, will lead a congressional delegation to Taiwan in August, a senior congressional official said on Thursday. The ...
Blockades, blackouts and bullets: China invades Taiwan on screen
“Zero Day Attack” arrives on screen months after the pLA rehearsed an amphibious invasion and naval blockades, as well as disrupting supply lines and bombing energy facilities. No one knows whether ...
Tariffs pose a risk to Taiwan’s economic outlook, central bank minutes show
Taiwan's central bank cautioned that U.S. tariffs are clouding the economic outlook for the second half of 2025, despite easing inflation, and called for more flexibility in monetary policy, minutes ...
Taiwan Q2 GDP grew fastest in four years on strong tech demand
Taiwan's export-driven economy grew in the second quarter of 2025 at its highest rate in four years as tech demand remained robust despite the looming threat of U.S. tariffs.
Taiwan’s GDP blowout prompts an aggressive growth forecast upgrade
Taiwan's GDP growth surged to 8.0% YoY in the second quarter as external demand contributed a whopping 5.8ppt. We have been nudging our forecasts higher in previous months, but consistently ...
US Republican Lawmaker Roger Wicker to Lead Congressional Delegation to Taiwan, FT Reports
(Reuters) -U.S. Republican Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will lead a congressional delegation to Taiwan in August, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the trip. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.
In China’s shadow, Taiwan is building a drone army to repel an invasion
The East Asian democracy is the world’s top chipmaker, thanks to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which produces about 90 percent of the most advanced semiconductors, but it also excels at making everything from wind turbines to screws and fasteners for the aerospace industry.
Taipei Elementary School Baseball Team Heads to Little League World Series
An elementary school baseball team from Taipei is heading to the U.S. to compete in the Little League World Series, hoping to score Taiwan's first title in the competition since 1996 after ...
Ørsted powers up Taiwan’s first TSMC-exclusive wind farm
Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms has successfully connected to Taipower's grid and begun generating electricity. This 920 MW project represents a groundbreaking achievement as the world's ...
Taipei Railway Workshop Restored Into Museum
Taiwan’s oldest railway yard, which has its origins in the 1930s, is reopening to the public. It’s been turned into a museum as part of a government plan going back nearly 10 years.
Space agency to launch three CubeSats in October
Three 8U cube satellites (CubeSats) are to be launched in tandem with the Formosat-8 satellite project in October, providing further opportunities for Taiwanese industries to join the international ...
Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China To Hold Gala Event in Taipei
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China has announced it will hold its first gala event in Taipei in August. It will bring together lawmakers from around the world in a show of support for Taiwan ...
A Little Design Creates An Inspiring Micro Apartment Remodel In Taipei
At only 17.6 square meters, this apartment from Taipei (in Taiwan) is very small, even for a single person with very few requirements. The space used to be a piano studio and has a 3.4 meters high ...
Taiwan President’s Bad Week Hangs on US Trade Deal Outcome
With a US tariff deadline looming, things could get worse.Lai’s ability to forge ahead with his domestic agenda was handed a blow Saturday, when an unprecedented recall vote against opposition ...
Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel
STEVEN CHU is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University and served as U.S. Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2013. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997.