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With unwavering commitment to becoming Asia's 'Silicon Valley' and to helping potential system integrators develop mature smart solutions, manufacturers and developers across Taiwan's wide spectrum of ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Tuesday for an alliance of democracies to defend against "aggressive actions" and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South China Sea and Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

One writer crossed the border between Taiwan and China with a cold, a risky undertaking at a time of pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The Taipei City Government is cracking down on owners of short-term rental units, including Airbnb listings, who have been offering their units for home quarantine or isolation stays, amid concern ... ( read original story ...)

Country’s leader says he will stop inviting senate president Milos Vystrcil to foreign policy briefings following the trip. ( read original story ...)

This would be one way to deter, and if needed, actually stop China from seizing Taiwan by force. China steadily is building up the forces it could deploy in an attempted invasion of Taiwan. The ... ( read original story ...)

President Milos Zeman sought on Sunday to defuse a row with China over a visit by the head of the Czech Senate to Taiwan, calling the speaker's trip a "boyish provocation". ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) began a push on Sunday for a referendum to block the easing of restrictions on U.S. pork imports, which if passed could threaten a long-mooted free ... ( read original story ...)

Hollywood is "betraying" the values it "purports to champion," Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong wrote on Twitter. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has submitted a budget of NT$29.53 billion (US$1 billion) for fiscal year 2021, citing an increase in international cooperative projects and assistance provided ... ( read original story ...)

China is warning of retaliation in response to a visit to Taiwan by a Czech Senate delegation, saying Senate President Milos Vystrcil crossed a “red-line” and violated the one-China principle under ... ( read original story ...)

A delegation headed by the Senate president and the mayor of Prague won hearts in Taiwan and shrugged off threats from China’s foreign minister. ( read original story ...)

Speaking at a conference in Taipei on Friday, Brent Christensen, director of the American Institute in Taiwan — the US’s quasi embassy — urged democracies with shared values to build more secure ... ( read original story ...)

The mayors of Prague and Taipei announced new areas of cooperation for the two sister cities, including orchestra tours, on Friday as a Czech delegation concluded a weeklong visit to Taiwan that was ... ( read original story ...)

A flurry of high-level visits from foreign officials and legislators has pushed Taiwan’s international visibility to a new peak, despite chronic opposition from China, analysts in Taipei say, and the ... ( read original story ...)

Yet of late, Chen is looking at the auto industry, too. This year, Yageo completed the $1.8 billion acquisition of electronics components maker Kemet of the U.S., which counts automakers among its ... ( read original story ...)