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The Taiwanese air force is building up a force of more than 206 of the latest F-16 fighters. Now the island air arm needs aerial tankers to boost the new fighters’ endurance. ( read original story ...)

Europe, the US and Japan are strenghtening economic ties with Taiwan. On 1 June, Japan announced a massive investment in joint research into cutting-edge chip technology with the island's leading ... ( read original story ...)

A Taiwan restaurateur and his friends dress up as spiderman and ninja turtle while they deliver donations of lunch boxes to frontline medical staff, in an effort to put a smile on the island's ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan is "completely susceptible" to new coronavirus variants that are more transmissible, said Benjamin Cowling of The University of Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan reported 327 domestic COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 65 cases added to the totals for recent days as it continues to readjust its infection numbers following delays in reporting positive ... ( read original story ...)

Foxconn (2317.TW) and its billionaire founder Terry Gou sought permission from Taiwan's government on Tuesday to buy COVID-19 vaccines from Germany's BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) as the island grapples with ... ( read original story ...)

These scenes seen from the US to Italy to India for the past 16 months are now playing out in Taiwan — the country that was a model to the world in containing the virus. When Covid-19 was first ... ( read original story ...)

Plus, the FT’s greater China correspondent, Kathrin Hille, tells us how Taiwan is dealing with the latest wave of Covid-19 and how it’s affecting chipmakers Lockdown pet boom helps insurer to $2bn val ... ( read original story ...)

Benjamin Cowling of The University of Hong Kong explains that Taiwan has to improve its social distancing and lockdown measures in order to contain the pandemic, and look to increase their vaccination ... ( read original story ...)