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In what could be called another massive setback to China, Taiwan has welcomed a joint statement issued by Japan and the United States affirming the importance of maintaining peace and stability across ... ( read original story ...)

An unofficial delegation led by former Senator Chris Dodd completed a three-day visit to Taiwan in a show of support from the Biden administration. ( read original story ...)

After the first US-Japan in-person summit in Washington on Friday, Taiwanese foreign policy experts have predicted that more action would be taken by the Joe Biden administration in relation to the ... ( read original story ...)

The Department of Energy has approved the divestment of Chevron Malampaya LLC’s (now UC38 LLC) 45-percent share in the Malampaya gas field project to UC Malampaya Pte. Ltd. “Together with our partners ... ( read original story ...)

An American delegation, tasked by United States President Joe Biden to reaffirm the U.S.' commitment to its partnership with Taiwan, wrapped up a three-day visit to Taipei shortly before noon Friday. ( read original story ...)

A joint statement after a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday referred to the "importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait", Jiji ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities in Taiwan on Friday charged seven people -- including the operator of a crane truck -- in a train crash that killed dozens of people earlier this month. ( read original story ...)

Forty-nine people died when train hit a railway maintenance vehicle that slid down an embankment ... ( read original story ...)

The driver of a crane truck that slid down an embankment — into the path of an oncoming express train — faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. ( read original story ...)

The country’s central bank continues to actively intervene in the foreign-exchange market, the Treasury Department said in its semiannual report analyzing economic policies of major U.S. trading ... ( read original story ...)

Having long been relegated to the fringes of sinological research, Taiwan studies is finally establishing itself as an independent, interdisciplinary field of studies. This development has important ... ( read original story ...)

Calatrava's design for the Yuan Ze Arts and Conference Hall, now more than a decade in the making, finally broke ground this week. ( read original story ...)

The island’s worst dry spell in half a century has added strain to a center of semiconductor manufacturing during a global scarcity of chips. ( read original story ...)

Chinese carrier drills and stepped-up incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone in recent weeks are meant to send a message to Washington to stand down and back off, security sources in Taipei say. ( read original story ...)

PLA determined to oppose Biden's cross-Straits meddling. By Wang Qi and Liu Xuanzun Published: Apr 15, 2021 10:48 PM. While the US and the island of Taiwan attempt t ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden’s effort to harness U.S. alliances in Asia to counter China will get a test run during his summit with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday -- his first in-person ... ( read original story ...)