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It is Tokyo, but unlike you have ever seen it before — a miniaturized 1:1,000 scale version of one of the world’s biggest capitals, displaying everything from sea levels to population densities. ( read original story ...)

USS John S. McCain's second passage through the Taiwan Strait this year coincided with the Chinese military's dispatching of 15 warplanes around Taiwan on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Fighter jets’ latest incursion into island’s air defence zone is further show of force from Beijing Last modified on Wed 7 Apr 2021 11.37 EDT China has sent more fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence ... ( read original story ...)

The Taiwanese defense ministry issued radio warnings and readied missile systems as 15 Chinese aircraft entered the island’s air defense identification zone on Wednesday. That’s as a US warship sailed ... ( read original story ...)

A Taiwan air force radio operator attempting to warn off an intruding People's Liberation Army aircraft was told "this is all Chinese airspace" as four warplanes buzzed Taipei's defense radars on ... ( read original story ...)

April 7 (UPI) --China's military conducted air and sea exercises near Taiwan amid Beijing's continued opposition to closer ties between Washington and Taipei. Beijing's forces deployed the aircraft ... ( read original story ...)

Newly released video footage from the front of a train shows the dramatic moments when it crashed in Taiwan last week and killed dozens of people. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has accused Beijing of offering Chinese-made Covid vaccines to pressure Paraguay to sever ties with the island. Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed China had promised millions of doses for ... ( read original story ...)

The American military is warning that China is probably accelerating its timetable for retaking Taiwan, the island democracy that's widely seen as the most likely trigger for a potentially ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Cabin exposed, with half of its walls and roof gone, workers pulled out the last remaining train car in Taiwan’s worst rail accident in seven decades. The crash site on the ... ( read original story ...)

Taoyuan is adjacent to the Greater Taipei area, the political and economic ... the complementary advancement of the airport and the city to push forward Taiwan’s economic development. Since the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said China was 'flexing its muscles' with its vaccine diplomacy. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Computer simulations of a Chinese attack on Taiwan will be conducted between April 23 to 30, and will form the first phase of Taiwan's largest annual war games. ( read original story ...)

China's armed forces conducted simultaneous military exercises to the west and east of Taiwan on Monday in a move analysts said was a warning to the self-ruled island and its supporter, the United ... ( read original story ...)

Train hit vehicle at more than 120km/h, about a minute after the truck rolled onto the tracks, crash experts say Last modified on Wed 7 Apr 2021 01.19 EDT The runaway truck that caused Taiwan’s worst ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s foreign minister said Wednesday that China’s attempts at conciliation and military intimidation are sending “mixed signals” to people on the island China claims ... ( read original story ...)