TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called for stability in relations with China in her inaugural address Wednesday but said she would not accept Beijing’s political terms that ... ( read original story ...)
US Hails Taiwan Model, But Impact On China To Be Seen
With its remarkable success in fighting the coronavirus and its democratic values, Taiwan is enjoying a groundswell of support in the United States whose leadership is eager to hold up the island as a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for a second term
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has been inaugurated for a second term amid increasing pressure from China on the self-governing island democracy it claims as its ... ( read original story ...)
White House staff wore face masks made in Taiwan, signaling a diplomatic victory for the country over China
Jared Kushner and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany wore Taiwanese face masks, despite China's demand Taiwan be kept out of WHO. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo Slams WHO For Failing to Include Taiwan In Coronavirus Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the World Health Organization’s refusal to include Taiwan at its coronavirus conference this week. Pompeo’s statement followed the beginning of the World ... ( read original story ...)
China To Hold Massive Invasion Drill Simulating Capture Of Taiwan Island
The drill, described as a large-scale landing drill, is a practice run for a possible attempt by the PLA to capture Pratas Island, a Taiwanese held island located about halfway between Hainan and ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan ‘disappointed and angry’ about being excluded from WHO meeting, says it is developing its own coronavirus vaccine
Taiwan on Tuesday said it was "disappointed and angry" with the World Health Organization (WHO) for not inviting Taipei to joining this year's World Health Assembly (WHA.) ... ( read original story ...)
Colonial-era Japanese building in Taipei opens to public
A newly restored building inside the compound of a pneumonia hospital built in Taipei during the Japanese colonial era was opened to ... ( read original story ...)
Xi’s Taiwan problem isn’t going away
But as global support for an inquiry grew, its focus shifted in Xi’s favor. “Drafts of the proposed resolution showed a focus on international collaboration to manage the pandemic, with relatively ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan wants to share its ‘successful’ coronavirus story with the global community: Disease expert
Taiwan has a lot to share about its "successful story" in containing the coronavirus outbreak with the rest of the world, says Yi-Chun Lo, deputy director-general at the Taiwan Centers for Disease ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Says It Tried to Warn the World About Coronavirus. Here’s What It Really Knew and When
When they heard about patients falling sick with a mysterious pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Dec. 31, Taiwan’s health officials fired off an email to the World Health Organization asking ... ( read original story ...)
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ Trilogy Rereleasing In Hong Kong, Taiwan
Warner Bros. is going to rerelease the "Dark Knight" trilogy in Hong Kong and Taiwan as theaters start to reopen there. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Says It Did Not Receive WHO Meeting Invite, Issue off the Table for Now
WHO member Taiwan had been lobbying to take part in a meeting later on Monday of WHO's decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, saying that to lock it out was to create a gap in fighting the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan fears uptick in military threat from China in wake of coronavirus
Taiwan is fearful that Beijing will step up direct military pressure this year in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, with increasingly frequent incursions into airspace traditionally respected as a ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo Blasts WHO And China For Excluding Taiwan From This Week’s Health Assembly
By not inviting Taiwan to its health assembly, the World Health Organization kept out "scientific expertise on pandemic disease" and "damaged the WHO's credibility," the secretary of state said. ( read original story ...)
Now, More Than Ever, the U.S. Must Back Taiwan | Opinion
One of the WHO's gifts to the CCP is its exclusion of Taiwan from attending the World Health Assembly as an observer. China has furiously argued against Taiwan's inclusion in international bodies and ... ( read original story ...)