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For decades, Japan's security relationship with Taiwan has been left deliberately vague. But in the wake of the recent visit to Tokyo of the US secretary of state and the secretary of defence, during ... ( read original story ...)

China is quickly amassing weapons and systems to militarily overwhelm Taiwan, an action it could be poised to take within the next six years, the admiral chosen to be the next commander of US forces ... ( read original story ...)

It’s not too late to join! According the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the program (link in Chinese) will take the form of a subsidy for domestic universities to encourage academic cooperation with ... ( read original story ...)

Kaohsiung Smart City is a milestone. It's the first time Kaohsiung has become a co-organizer of Smart City Summit & Expo. Kaohsiung's Department of Transportation's "Smart Intersection Anti-Collision" ... ( read original story ...)

Admiral John Aquilino, Biden's choice to lead U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific, told senators on Tuesday that combined allied forces in the Western Pacific would deter a Chinese attack against Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

Along central Taipei’s busy Yongkang Street crowds spill out of restaurants and bars every evening, mingling with people queueing outside popular eateries for a tiny table to cram around with groups ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan stepped up its fight against its worst drought in decades, further reducing water supplies to areas including a key hub of semiconductor manufacturing in the central part of the island in an ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan will from next month ration water for more than one million people in the centre of the island because of a drought but the technology hub of Hsinchu will not be affected, Economy Minister Wang ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan will help its handful of remaining diplomatic allies buy COVID-19 vaccines but on the condition that Taiwanese money is not used to obtain Chinese vaccines, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on ... ( read original story ...)

A Chinese ban on pineapple imports from Taiwan has sparked a flood of patriotic buying of the fruit and forced restaurants to come up with inventive new menu choices but it has also left many ... ( read original story ...)

Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) fell on Wednesday after Intel Corp announced a $20 billion plan to expand its advanced chip manufacturing capacity, even as Taiwan's economy ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Power Co. ( Taipower) has appointed DNV as owner’s engineer for the 300-MW Changhua II offshore wind farm. The contract is valued at $17.7 million (NOK 150 million). The work scope lasting into ... ( read original story ...)

China considers recovering control of Taiwan its ‘No 1 priority’, says Adm John Aquilino who is nominated to head Indo-Pacific Command ... ( read original story ...)

The government has allocated NT$608 billion (US$21.35 billion) to spend on public infrastructure this year, in a bid to stimulate the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Development ... ( read original story ...)

Actor and producer Welly Yang of Studio City watched with dismay as life in California came to a sudden stop while millions of people in his ancestors’ homeland — Taiwan — went to work in offices, ... ( read original story ...)

AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the Vaccine Village in Antwerp, Belgium. At least a dozen countries including Germany, France, Italy and Spain have now temporarily suspended ... ( read original story ...)