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New Taipei City will cancel its annual Chinese New Year’s street-shopping event due to the pandemic, mayor Hou You-Yi (侯友宜) said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Trump could both box in his successor and solidify his recalibration of U.S.-China policy with one brilliant diplomatic move. ( read original story ...)

The National Kaohsiung Center’s live concert season can bring a new focus to classical and opera in east Asia, says conductor Chien Wen-Pin ... ( read original story ...)

The “cafeteria” is one of 45 scattered across Taipei to give cats a place to rest while making feeding them less messy. (Chiang Ying-Ying/Associated Press) TAIPEI, Taiwan – Pipi already dines well. ( read original story ...)

The inaugural Chinese Taipei Futsal League takes off on Saturday, with six teams vying for honours. The league is one of the goals set by Chinese Taipei Football Associati ... ( read original story ...)

They looked forward to hosting the group’s two flagship student-run conferences — one in Cambridge and one in an Asian city — carrying on the 30-year-old group’s longtime tradition of creating spaces ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing is becoming increasingly belligerent, but like-minded countries could help ensure China's "heavy-handed" tactics do not work, Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu said Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan can expect to play a similar role as Joe Biden ushers in his own Indo-Pacific strategy consistent with the views of top advisers such as Kurt Campbell, a Taipei analyst said. ( read original story ...)

Now, as the Trump presidency comes to a close, the administration is taking a final major step to cement U.S.-Taiwan relations. ( read original story ...)

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft has met virtually with Taiwan’s president after her trip was canceled ... ( read original story ...)

A dragnet is expanding around those affiliated with the city’s pro-democracy movement, with more than 100 arrested under the security law. ( read original story ...)

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said on Wednesday that she had spoken with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to assure her of Washington's support for the island, after her own trip ... ( read original story ...)

Eleven people, aged 18 to 72, have been arrested on suspicion of helping 12 democracy activists flee Hong Kong by boat last year ... ( read original story ...)

While the currency closes each day little changed amid intervention by the central bank, intraday gains are widening. The currency advanced as much as 1.9% on Wednesday, its biggest increase since ... ( read original story ...)

An American-led quartet of democratic allies could link with Taiwan to thwart China’s potential to conquer the island democracy and expel U.S. troops from the region. ( read original story ...)

Pompeo has set Taiwan up for repercussions without taking any responsibility himself. The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep ... ( read original story ...)