Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are on their way for Taiwan, the health minister said on Tuesday, as he extended virus-related restrictions until the middle of June even though the trend in new ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Tsai’s approval rating slips as Taiwan reports over 500 cases for fourth day
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has seen her approval rating drop below 50 per cent for the first time in a year as the island grapples with a worsening Covid-19 outbreak. Health authorities reported ... ( read original story ...)
China offers to send Covid vaccines to Taiwan, draws angry response from Taipei
China on Monday offered to urgently send Covid vaccines to Taiwan to help it fight a spike in coronavirus infections, drawing an angry response from Taipei. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan criticizes WHO ‘indifference’ after failing to gain access to annual meeting
Taiwan has criticized what it called World Health Organization (WHO) "indifference" to the health rights of Taiwan people and for capitulating to China after the island failed to get invited to a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Sudden Unraveling Masks a Serious Climate Problem
Taiwan is being squeezed by a resurgent coronavirus on one side and a yearlong drought that is disrupting agriculture, industry and power supplies on the other. Only one of those forces is likely to ... ( read original story ...)
China has crushed opposition in Hong Kong, Taiwan fears it is next
In the face of an increasingly hostile China, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu joined Network's Power & Politics Monday to call on fellow democracies to voice more support for Taiwan. "We cannot ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s COVID-19 crisis could make global semiconductor shortage even worse
Taiwan is paying the price for a lack of vaccines, with a surge in virus cases that threatens to trigger a lockdown that could disrupt the chip industry that is critical to an already-squeezed global ... ( read original story ...)
China Urges U.S. to Stop ‘Playing With Fire’ After Biden Admin Weighs In on Taiwan
"It bears on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and allows no interference by external forces. We urge relevant countries to speak and act prudentially on the Taiwan question and refrain ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan is struggling with an unprecedented COVID-19 surge – and has only vaccinated 1% of its population – but it’s still refusing to order Chinese vaccines
Taiwan has a longstanding policy of not importing Chinese-made vaccines. China has called it a politically motivated decision. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Slams WHO For Giving In To China As It Sits Out Global Pandemic Response Meeting
Officials in Taiwan, which has had one of the best responses to the pandemic, urged the World Health Organization against giving into “the political interests” of China. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Bid to Take Part in WHO Annual Assembly Fails
Taiwan's bid to take part in the annual ministerial assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) formally ended on Monday, despite support from a handful of countries including allies of the United ... ( read original story ...)
Travel updates: Taipei bans dining-in, Japan extends Covid-19 emergency
From Japan opening large-scale vaccination centers in Tokyo and Osaka while extending Covid-19 emergency to Taiwan’s capital 'Taipei' banning all on-site dining and drinking and Malaysia imposing new ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei bans all on-site dining, drinking, starting Monday
Taipei City government on Sunday announced a ban on all on-site dining and drinking in the city starting Monday in response to the continued increase in domestically transmitted coronavirus cases in ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. considered nuclear strike on China in 1958 over Taiwan crisis, classified documents show
Daniel Ellsberg said he is releasing top-secret crisis study as tensions mount between the United States and China over Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Global computer chip shortage may worsen unless Taiwan gets vaccines
After more than a year of successfully managing the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan, the world’s largest producer of semiconductors, is witnessing a sudden exponential rise in infections that could further ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: as Taiwan reports 334 local cases, island hits out at WHO for exclusion from assembly
Taiwan has hit out at the World Health Organization for excluding it from the World Health Assembly, saying it would create a gap in the global health system as the island races to contain a Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)