A surge in domestic COVID-19 cases in Taiwan after months of relative safety is intensifying pressure on the government to accept vaccines from China, as the island has vaccinated just 1% of the ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Beijing flooded Taiwan with coronavirus disinformation in 2020
Chinese government-backed disinformation flooded Taiwan in 2020, amplifying discord prior to Taiwan's elections and spreading COVID-19-related disinformation aimed at delegitimizing Taiwan's ... ( read original story ...)
Data revisions leave Taiwan unsure where Covid-19 outbreak is heading
Taiwan reported a steady increase in Covid-19 cases over the weekend, as the government's decision to revise up past daily totals dented confidence in official data at a time when soft lockdown ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: India passes 300,000 official deaths as test positivity rate eases
For the week ending 15, the positivity rate in tests declined to 5.6 per cent from 6 per cent the week before. Two doses of either the BioNTech/Pfizer or Covid-19 vaccines offer good protection ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan blames China for latest WHO meeting snub
Taiwan hit out at China on Monday over its continued exclusion from a crucial annual gathering of World Health Organization members which starts this week and is focused on averting the next pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: India death toll passes 300,000; Taiwan criticises WHO’s ‘indifference’ after meeting snub
Taiwan excluded from WHO meeting; India reports 4,454 deaths in 24 hours; Japan mass vaccination centres open ... ( read original story ...)
World’s supply of chips is in danger unless Taiwan gets Covid-19 vaccines
The Covid-19 situation in Taiwan has a potential to disrupt the chip industry that dominates the local economy,. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
World’s semiconductor supply is in danger unless Taiwan gets vaccines
Taiwan’s predicament illustrates its strategic yet vulnerable position at the confluence of U.S.-China tensions. ( read original story ...)
Japan Steps Up Vaccination, Taipei Bans Dining-In: Virus Update
Asia stepped up actions to tackle the resurgence of the coronavirus in the region with plans to vaccinate more people and further restrictions imposed. Japan’s large-scale vaccination centers in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Revokes Kinmen Island Mandate Requiring COVID-19 Tests
Shiyu, or Lion Islet, which is part of Kinmen county, one of Taiwan's offshore islands, is seen in front of China's Xiamen, on Lieyu island, Kinmen county, Taiwan August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Slams WHO’s ‘Indifference’ After Failing to Get Into Key Meeting
Taiwan's government slammed the World Health Organization's (WHO) "indifference" to the health rights of Taiwanese people and for capitulating to China on Monday after failing to get invited to a ... ( read original story ...)
The takeaway from Taiwan’s chip bottleneck? Invest in software firms, teach your kids Python
There is a coming boom in tech financing and accelerated growth in semiconductor hardware and programming software, writes Neil Newman – who is off to learn Python. ( read original story ...)
World’s Supply of Chips Is in Danger Unless Taiwan Gets Vaccines
A Covid-19 outbreak is leaving Taiwan squeezed between the U.S. and China, and on the back foot on several fronts. ( read original story ...)
US considered nuclear strike on China over Taiwan in 1958
The documents were posted online by Daniel Ellsberg, inset; he is famous for his 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret on the Vietnam war. Nationalist Chinese soldiers in 1958 are main. ( read original story ...)
Marriage equality gains support
Attitudes toward gender equality have continued to improve, especially toward marriage equality, with more than 60 percent of people now agreeing that same-sex couples should have the right to marry, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan sees jump in virus-related deaths amid worst outbreak
Taiwan saw an unprecedented jump in its coronavirus-related death toll from 17 to 23 on Sunday, as the island continued to battle a domestic outbreak not seen since the start of the pandemic, the ... ( read original story ...)