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Taiwan allows people to officially change their name up to three times. But Taiwanese officials were not amused. "This kind of name-change not only wastes time but causes unnecessary paperwork," ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has completed checks on its first batch of AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccines and the first shots may start being administered from Monday, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said. ( read original story ...)

To help protect the nation’s forests and guard against illegal logging, the government has established a DNA database for Taiwan cypress and Taiwan cedar trees, Minister of Justice Tsai Ching-hsiang ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei City Government, in cooperation with the Overseas Community Affairs Council, has launched a special program to share the resources on the city’s online learning database with overseas ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei Zoo is searching for a Patas monkey that escaped from its enclosure on Monday, and authorities are urging people to keep a safe distance and call the zoo if they encounter the animal. The eight ... ( read original story ...)

AstraZeneca Plc’s embattled Covid-19 vaccine was defended by the World Health Organization, which said the shot’s benefits outweigh its risks and advised resuming immunizations after more than a dozen ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan and the Pacific nation of Palau will launch a travel bubble next month, allowing people to travel between the islands without a COVID-19 quarantine. Palau is ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will form its first travel bubble during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, the government said on Wednesday. Taiwan has kept the pandemic well ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's newly-appointed defence minister said on Wednesday it has strengthened deployments in the disputed South China Sea and that the United States has approved the export of sensitive technology ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has stepped in with an offer to help Paraguay buy vaccines after protests in the South American country over its government’s handling of the pandemic. Thousands of Paraguayans protested in the ... ( read original story ...)

Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is considering making electric vehicles at its highly anticipated Wisconsin plant that has been scaled back since its ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. and Japanese leaders say they will bolster their tools to combat threats from China and North Korea, including Beijing’s aggressive posture toward Taiwan, as the Biden administration tries to ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei Zoo in Taiwan said employees and local authorities are searching for an 8-year-old Patas monkey that escaped from its enclosure. ( read original story ...)

Argument: Pineapple War Shows Taiwan Won’t Be Bullie... This month, China banned imports of Taiwanese pineapples, the latest in a string of punitive trade measures against democracies that illustrate ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and Taiwan. Blinken and Sullivan will push back that the United States and other nations are defending Western interests and values against China’s multiple malign challenges to the ... ( read original story ...)

Starring Karena Lam ( Zinnia Flower) and Kaiser Chuang ( Who Killed Cock Robin ), the film is backed by Hong Kong’s Media Asia, Splash Pictures from Taiwan and G.H.Y. Culture and Media (Singapore), ... ( read original story ...)