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Around $800,000 will be used to create a program on “Taiwan in the World” and $1.2 million is earmarked to “establish a Taiwan Studies Endowment Fund”. “The Taiwan in the World program will cover ... ( read original story ...)

The Arleigh Burke -class destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur transited the Taiwan Strait this week, the Navy announced. The Wilbur, which transited the strait on Wednesday, is the second U.S. vessel to do so ... ( read original story ...)

China has approved two more COVID-19 vaccines for wider use, adding to its growing arsenal of shots.It gave conditional approval to a ... ( read original story ...)

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order calling for a 100-day review to increase domestic production of chips in the long term. And in a letter sent last weekend, his economics adviser ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has refused to grant residency to a famous Hong Kong entertainment tycoon -- whose family are vocally pro-Beijing -- on "national security" grounds, the government and media said Thursday. ( read original story ...)

The World Health Organization’s Europe unit is reporting that about one in 10 people who contracted COVID-19 continue to show “persistent ill health” 12 weeks after infection. ( read original story ...)

The U.S.S. Curtis Wilbur made the Navy's second Taiwan Strait transit under Biden on Wednesday, in a move showing Washington's "commitment to secure Taiwan against China's armed aggression," an ... ( read original story ...)

China’s increasing naval power, the country having surpassed the United States as the world’s largest maritime force, is giving Beijing crucial sway in negotiations with Asian governments that dispute ... ( read original story ...)

Malaysian singer Lin Min-chen (林明禎) received praise on Wednesday after inadvertently showing off her beautiful headshot featured on her Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI, 健保署) card. ( read original story ...)

A Taiwan influencer went viral online on Wednesday after she accidentally fell asleep with her camera on, earning around NT$2,000 in just one night. ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan will begin slightly easing restrictions on foreign visitors coming to the island beginning Monday. The Central Epidemic Command Center says foreign nationals wishing to come to ... ( read original story ...)

Wave of migration comes amid worsening crackdown on freedoms following the introduction of Beijing’s national security law ... ( read original story ...)

People who attend large gatherings in Taiwan will continue to be required to wear masks and forbidden from eating or drinking anything other than water, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said ... ( read original story ...)

In his inaugural speech as director of the MAC, former Justice Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) on Tuesday pledged to do his best to improve relations between Taiwan and China, saying the two sides ... ( read original story ...)

The USS Curtis Wilbur sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the second time this month the Navy has sent a warship through the contentious waterway. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$52.72 billion in January 2021, decreasing 12.9% sequentially but increasing 49.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). ( read original story ...)