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A sweet Taiwanese drink nicknamed in honor of a busty Hong Kong celebrity, bubble tea has become an unstoppable worldwide trend since it was invented in the 1980s. We look back at the history of this ... ( read original story ...)

The pandemic provides an opportunity for Taiwan to raise its international profile. But that is unlikely to go over well in Beijing, which is facing pressures for its own handling of the virus. ( read original story ...)

With the cloud of a recall vote hanging over the head of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) and the overturning on Friday last week of the first rulings on liability for the 2014 gas explosions in the ... ( read original story ...)

Manny Ramirez, who will be 48 next month, is trying to make a comeback in Taiwan's CPBL this year. He played in the league in 2014. ( read original story ...)

Very few governments around the world are likely to emerge from the pandemic in an even stronger position than before. Taiwan is one of them -- and that’s not good for China. ( read original story ...)

In the 17 years since it was hit hard by Sars, Taiwan has been ready for the threat of an emerging infectious disease. As a result, when information about an outbreak of a novel form of pneumonia in ... ( read original story ...)

With masks to protect against COVID-19 difficult to come by, one local expat hopes to be a one-woman supply to the Seattle restaurant industry. Atina Tan, a former line cook now living in Taiwan, is ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s comparative advantage in hardware is pivotal. But this, by itself, will not set Taiwan up for the industrial and technological challenges of the future. It needs to be prepared for life after ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has called on Australia to back its campaign to join the World Health Organisation, despite China's objections, arguing it has much to teach the world about tackling coronavirus. Taiwan's ... ( read original story ...)

Woo Gwa and Karen Hu attends the outdoors press conference of their TV show “Calling” in Taipei today. Woo Gwa is satisfied with Karen’s performance. “She makes great progress, I can give her 80 ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei City Government is to inspect the fire-alarm systems at all Cashbox Partyworld KTV branches, as well as all other KTVs and movie theaters in the city, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's economic growth in the first quarter is expected to have slowed to its weakest in nearly four years, a Reuters poll showed, as the impact of the coronavirus health crisis hits its key ... ( read original story ...)

The publisher had waited nearly five years to reopen Causeway Bay Books, an independent store in Hong Kong that was forced to close in 2015 when Lam was detained in China for selling books critical of ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Treasury's latest semi-annual report on trade practices of its major trading partners which was due this month has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, two sources with direct ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong bookshop that was closed down by the Chinese authorities more than four years ago and became a symbol of the city’s disappearing freedoms has reopened in Taiwan.Lam Wing-kee was one of the ... ( read original story ...)

Jeff Black stamped his class on the Taipei T10 League at the Yingfeng Cricket Ground, with his 46 not out steering the Taiwan Daredevils to a comfortable win in yesterday’s first game. Their opponents ... ( read original story ...)