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Two US warships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the second such mission this month, drawing a protest from Beijing. It happened almost two weeks after a Chinese aircraft ... ( read original story ...)

Major Taiwanese cities have scaled back New Year's Eve events and are telling people to watch fireworks and other festivities at home, after the island's first case of the highly infectious ... ( read original story ...)

Two U.S. warships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday drawing protest from Beijing, the second such mission this month. ( read original story ...)

After Taiwan’s first case of the highly infectious coronavirus variant originally discovered in Britain was confirmed this week, major Taiwanese cities have now scaled back New Year’s Eve events and ... ( read original story ...)

Two U.S. warships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the U.S. Navy said, the second such mission this month and coming almost two weeks after a Chinese aircraft carrier group used ... ( read original story ...)

Since returning from a meeting in Hong Kong in January, Mr Hong has stayed put because Taiwan’s successful efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus has made his home country one of the safest places ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei City Government has added 16 electric buses to its fleet, in a push to cut carbon emissions and noise pollution, the Taipei Department of Transportation told a news conference on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Nobel Prize in Literature winner Kazuo Ishiguro and Stephenie Meyer, author of the famed Twilight series, are to hold virtual talks at the Taipei International Book Exhibition next month, the event’s ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing will continue to actively push for Taiwan's "unification" with China in 2021 despite a year of "unprecedented conflict," its Taiwan Affairs Office said Wednesday. Hinting at the United States ... ( read original story ...)

The highly contagious British variant of the novel coronavirus has entered Taiwan, prompting the local government to bar all foreigners without special permits from entering the country beginning Jan. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has reported its first case of a mutant coronavirus strain from Britain that is thought to infect people quicker than other variants. Taiwanese Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said in Taipei on ... ( read original story ...)

Wiwynn has signed contracts with Mr Watt, a Taiwan-based green energy reseller, to purchase green energy. Wiwynn CEO Emily Hong pointed out that starting 2021, Wiwynn's Taipei headquarters will see 10 ... ( read original story ...)

Ten Hong Kongers who attempted to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan have been jailed in China for up to three years for organizing and taking part in an illegal border crossing. ( read original story ...)

Group’s trial on the mainland lasted just one day and was held with few public witnesses ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is worried about Beijing’s designs on Taiwan — and perhaps also the incoming Biden administration’s willingness to meet the challenge. Reuters reports: “We are concerned China ... ( read original story ...)

Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Taiwan’s Cathay Private Equity are leading a consortium that’s buying a 50% stake in an offshore wind farm project in Taiwan for ... ( read original story ...)