Taiwan’s smartphone makers continued to feel the pinch after local market shipments in the third quarter fell more than 3 percent from a year earlier, US-based International Data Corp (IDC) said on Thursday. Weakening demand resulting from consumers ...
Taiwan’s ruling political party wins presidential election
Taiwan's ruling party has won a crucial presidential election that it billed as a choice between democracy and authoritarianism.
Candidate Strongly Opposed By China Elected President Of Taiwan
Lai and incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen reject China’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan, a former Japanese colony that split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war in 1949. They have, however, ...
Taiwan slips further from Xi’s grasp
Taiwan’s new leader will face an increasingly hostile China and a parliamentary minority as he launches into what will be a challenging four years in office.
China skeptic Lai Ching-te wins Taiwan’s presidential election
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party on Saturday won an unprecedented third-straight presidential term.
Biden says ‘we do not support independence’ for Taiwan after its election empowers party seeking to limit Beijing’s influence
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the press on Saturday. NDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden said the US did not support independence for Taiwan, after voters there defied China and returned the governing Democratic ...
Taiwan election 2024: For young voters, domestic policies and personality matter for their next president
Who will lead Taiwan for the next four years will be decided on Saturday, when over 19.5 million eligible voters head to the polls from 8 am. New legislators will also be chosen for the self-ruled island,
Taiwan election: Joe Biden say US does not support Taiwan independence
The US congratulated Taiwan's president-elect William Lai Ching-te, but also sought to reassure Beijing Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington is 'committed to maintaining cross-strait peace and stability' US President Joe Biden and his top diplomat sought to reassure Beijing in the immediate aftermath of Saturday's sensitive Taiwan presidential election that saw William ...
Biado rules Taipei open
Flexing his world champion muscles, Carlo Biado ruled the 2nd Chinese Taipei Open 9-Ball Pool Championship before an animated crowd at the cavernous Hulk Billiards Hall in Taipei City Friday night.
Taiwan Set to Elect President Reviled by China in Setback for Xi
Taiwan looks set to elect Lai Ching-te as its next leader after the main opposition candidate conceded, lining up a man Beijing has labeled an “instigator of war” for the presidency.
Voters line up in Taiwan as China ramps up warnings
Taiwan's close presidential election could push the island further towards, or away, from China.
2024 Elections: Taiwanese brush off threat from China
His twin, Rocky, said he thought China “doesn’t have extra capacity to invade us.” A child plays as people wait in line to vote in the presidential and legislative elections at a polling station at an ...
Taiwan’s Governing Party Retains Power As Lai Ching-Te Elected Next President
Taiwan’s next leader will be William Lai Ching-te—a politician that Beijing had previously denounced as a dangerous separatist.
Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te vows to defend island from ‘intimidation’ by China
Beijing, which before the poll called Lai a "severe danger" and urged voters to shun him, said Saturday the result would not stop "the inevitable trend of China's reunification". TAIPEI: Taiwan's ...
The ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan’s presidential election
Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s contentious relations ...
China says it will ‘crush’ Taiwan’s independence efforts ahead of elections in Taipei
Beijing has consistently deployed military forces near Taiwan, stopping just short of direct provocation, as it aims to retake the island one day. China's military on Friday vowed to "crush" any efforts to promote Taiwan's independence,