Bookseller who fled Hong Kong for Taiwan speaks of the danger the island faces and the ordeal of his detention in China ... ( read original story ...)
Interview: Internet prodigy talks privacy
I sat down this week for a chat with Taiwan Internet stalwart T. H. Schee (徐子涵, @scheeinfo on Twitter). Schee’s career for the last two decades has been focused on Internet and public policy in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Anger grows at Hong Kong’s erratic COVID-19 rules as cases mount
As Hong Kong battles a new wave of COVID-19 infections with yet another round of social restrictions, a sense of fatigue with the confusing and inconsistent nature of the territory’s pandemic response ... ( read original story ...)
DPP to hold national security seminars in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has planned a series of seminars for next month in four special municipalities on bolstering Taiwan’s national security, a party official said yesterday. The ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan lawmakers throw pig guts in protest over meat imports
Lawmakers in Taiwan threw pig intestines and punches at each other as a brawl broke out in parliament over a proposal to ease restrictions on pork imports from the United States. ( read original story ...)
How this Taipei City nightclub is breaking barriers, one party at a time
People with autism now have a cool place to hang out in Taipei City in Taiwan, as the nightclub Chess Taipei has started hosting events for them. For one party, guests were given masks and guided by ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese media’s threats to draw Taipei rebuff: source
The government is implementing measures to respond to state-owned Chinese media’s threats against Taiwanese independence advocates, a national security official said on Friday. The Chinese-language Ta ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan lawmakers throw punches in parliament
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Encrypted apps and false names: new Taiwan book club takes no chances
Amid Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong, publisher says joining clubs to discuss free speech and democracy has again become an act of resistance ... ( read original story ...)
Pig intestines fly as Taiwan lawmakers engage in ham-fisted political attacks
Parliament is known as the place where the sausage is made, but Friday’s antics took the process to a whole new level. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Raises GDP Forecast on Better-Than-Expected Exports
Taiwan raised its forecast for growth this year as stronger-than-expected international demand for technology products shielded the economy from the global slowdown fueled by Covid-19. ( read original story ...)
Stovetops major cause of Taipei fires
In Taipei, 32 of the 135 electrical fires that occurred over the past three years were caused by ceramic stovetops, the Taipei Fire Department said as it urged the public to keep their stoves clean ... ( read original story ...)
Lawmakers throw pig organs on Taiwan parliament floor over U.S. pork and beef import policy
Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig organs at each other over a policy that will allow imports of U.S. pork and beef. ( read original story ...)
Pig guts fly in offal fight over meat imports in Taiwan’s parliament
Opposition party’s ‘disgusting’ offal protest prompts scuffle in Taipei legislative yuan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan politicians throw pig guts at each other in row over meat imports
Opposition party’s ‘disgusting’ offal protest prompts scuffle in Taipei legislative yuan ... ( read original story ...)
Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan parliament floor
Lawmakers in Taiwan got into a fist fight and threw pig guts at each other Friday over a soon-to-be enacted policy that would allow imports of U.S. pork ... ( read original story ...)