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The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has announced that the International University Sports Federation (FISU) has approved freestyle poomsae to be included in the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade. Taekwondo was an optional programme since 2003, but the FISU ... ( read original story ...)

The drink of choice is usually Japanese whiskey, sometimes in innovative cocktails. Listen Nestled deep in the labyrinthine lanes east of AnHe Road, a luminescent sign in the shape of a target glows red, white, and blue. Look closer and you’ll see that ... ( read original story ...)

In the fastest growing area of Xinbei Shi (“New Taipei City”, formerly Taipei County) in Taiwan, there’s an area of natural beauty that welcomes wildlife and people alike. Along the banks near the mouth of the Danshui (a.k.a. Tamsui) River, an ... ( read original story ...)

(Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren for USA TODAY) Delta Air Lines will drop its route to Taipei, effectively ending all of the carrier’s service to Taiwan. Currently, Delta flies to the Taoyuan International Airport near the capital city of Taipei with daily ... ( read original story ...)

Military exchanges between Taiwan and Singapore are likely to fall over time, but this is more due to the city-state needing more training areas overseas provided by other allies than pressure from China, according to analysts. Hong Kong’s decision to ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan, that small island east of China where stuff used to be made, was the first - and only - Asian country I'd ever visited. As a child, I'd pored over photos of Mum's trip to Beijing in the early 1990s, but as a young adult the idea of backpacking ... ( read original story ...

Three Eastern European men have been jailed in Taiwan over the theft of $2.6m (£2.1m) from cash machines around the country. They are part of a network of criminals who used malware to hack into 41 First Commercial Bank machines in three different cities ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Tuesday that Taiwan has launched a series of initiatives to promote emerging economic sectors and looks forward to cooperating with the United Kingdom in those areas. During a meeting with the U.K ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen took to Twitter on Saturday to congratulate U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration in a move likely to draw objections from China, already angry with a protocol-breaking phone call a month ago between the ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A "hop-on, hop-off" double-decker bus service, the first of its kind in Taiwan, hit the road in Taipei Wednesday, allowing tourists to visit major tourist spots in the capital in four hours for NT$300 (US$9.50). The bus, painted bright ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A fleet of double-decker buses hit the roads of Taipei Wednesday, offering visitors to city a chance to take in open-topped guided tours in four different languages. The hop-on, hop-off bus service was officially launched at a ceremony at ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei City government established the “Taipei Smart City Project Management Office (PMO)” to implement and stimulate the development of Taipei. The objective of Smart Taipei is to make Taipei more livable and sustainable. The main mission of the ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING -- A former Taiwanese premier will represent the island at Donald Trump's inauguration Friday, highlighting the island's unusually high profile during the presidential transition process. Yu Shyi-kun will be joined by lawmakers and local government ... ( read original story ...)

Donald Trump’s use of Taiwan as a bargaining chip has provoked a furious outcry inside China, where it has fanned new flames of nationalism and unleashed calls for China to invade Taiwan. A week from his inauguration, Mr. Trump said in a Wall Street ... ( read original story ...)

After a great flight on China Airlines Business Class and a quick 6 hours nap (oops) we were ready to hit the ground running in Taipei. I had no idea what to expect with the Grand Hyatt Taipei, but I was really excited to check it out. I knew it was in an ... ( read ...

BEIJING -- President-elect Donald Trump "speaks like a rookie," China's state-run media said Monday, describing his suggested use of America's position on Taiwan as a bargaining chip as "despicable." The nationalist tabloid Global Times published an ... ( read original story ...)