President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, as the island begins rolling out the shot. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s president leads way in first domestic COVID-19 shot
President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the contested shot ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Deaths Rise; Taiwan Rolls Out Homegrown Shots: Virus Update
U.S. average daily fatalities ticked over 1,000 on Saturday, apparently for the first time since March, at the tail of last winter’s surge. Average weekly cases now surpass 1 million as the delta ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to start contested roll out of first domestic COVID-19 shot
Taiwan will on Monday begin administering its first domestically-developed COVID-19 vaccine with President Tsai Ing-wen leading the way in getting the shot, as the government casts aside objections ... ( read original story ...)
Will America Fight to Save Taiwan? Will the Taiwanese?
The examples of Afghanistan and Vietnam aren’t encouraging. ( read original story ...)
Notes from Central Taiwan: No place for official insularity
Taiwan’s art world has been roiled by a dispute over an exhibition by the artist Jun Yang (楊俊) at the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). The handling of the controversy by the various ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan defense authority’s special missile budget futile to change status quo, to bring trouble on island: experts
The defense authority on the island of Taiwan is reportedly proposing a huge special budget for missile manufacturing capabilities with the aim of "coping with threats from the Chinese mainland" amid ... ( read original story ...)
China wants to capture our country like Taliban: Taiwan
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that China wants to occupy its country like the Taliban. China has long claimed Taiwan and is planning to annex it. Discussions have begun about whether China ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Escalates Afghanistan Tiff With Beijing: ‘China Dreams of Emulating the Taliban’
The barb comes after a state-run paper in China suggested the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was an "omen" of Taiwan's fate. ( read original story ...)
Fact: China Wouldn’t Be Threatening Taiwan If Taipei Had Nuclear Weapons
What kind of bomb was Taiwan attempting to develop? Two possibilities are low-yield tactical nuclear weapons and a higher-yield city killer. A tactical nuclear weapon would be useful to target the ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei agrees to fund new cultural and humanitarian center in Turkey
The funding will allow the center to provide vocational training programs to Syrian women who have fled their country’s civil war, and help them earn a living independently, the Taipei Economic and ... ( read original story ...)
Fire at pro-HK eatery in Taipei causes damage
A fire broke out early yesterday at a Taipei restaurant that offers work opportunities to young Hong Kongers who have fled the territory amid a crackdown on protesters, the Taipei Fire Department said ... ( read original story ...)
Blaze forces closure of Taipei restaurant that supports Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters
A Taipei restaurant run by Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and supporters has been shut down after it was badly damaged in a fire in the early hours of Friday. The incident came just days after the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. position on Taiwan remains unchanged despite Biden comment, official says
U.S. policy on Taiwan had not changed after President Joe Biden appeared to suggest the United States would defend the island if it were attacked. ( read original story ...)
Wärtsilä Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Project in Taiwan
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 5.2 MW / 5.2 MWh energy storage system to provide the frequency regulation in the ancillary service market for the Taiwanese grid as Taiwan seeks to achieve ... ( read original story ...)
White House backtracks after Biden appears to say US would defend Taiwan against China
Administration official plays down president’s comment comparing Taiwan commitments to those in Nato, saying US policy has not shifted ... ( read original story ...)