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China expressed anger on Thursday after the U.S. Senate passed a bill promoting closer U.S. ties with Taiwan, but the step drew praise from the self-ruled island which pledged to deepen cooperation. The move adds to tensions between China and the United ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bill promoting closer U.S. ties with Taiwan, which China has warned would threaten stability in the Taiwan Strait and must be withdrawn. Beijing considers democratic Taiwan to be a wayward ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bill criticized by China promoting closer U.S. ties with Taiwan, and the legislation only needs President Donald Trump’s signature to become law. The Senate passed the Taiwan Travel Act by ... ( read original story ...)

Leave the crowded city of Taipei behind, you will find that the northeast of Taiwan is not too small for your exploration. If you spend a few days in bustling Taipei, you may be misled into thinking that this island is always busy and crowded. Indeed ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — In very different ways on Wednesday, citizens of Taiwan used an important holiday to call for the 23 million people of this self-governing island — which Beijing claims as its territory — to have a greater say in their political ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan on Wednesday warned its companies and people to exercise caution and not rush to China’s embrace after Beijing released new measures meant to further ease investment by Taiwan firms. Taiwan companies have flocked to ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Prosecutors in eastern Taiwan have detained the developer of a building complex that collapsed in an earthquake earlier this month, killing 14 people. The office of the Hualien district prosecutor said in a statement Tuesday that Liu ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei - Taiwan replaced its China affairs chief Friday, promoting a minister associated with pro-independence politics in what it said was a bid to forge a "new phase" in relations with rival Beijing. Analysts said the move, part of a major reshuffle ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's premier was forced to call for calm on Tuesday after people began panic-buying toilet roll amid rumours of a major price hike. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare and online retailers cleaned out amid what has been dubbed the 'toilet paper ... ( read original story ...)

Protesters including senior military veterans pushed down a gate to Taiwan’s parliament building on Tuesday and clashed with police as they tried to storm in over pension cutbacks. One former colonel was in a critical condition in hospital after ... ( read original story ...)

While Beijing was outlining the path for Xi Jinping to rule as China’s president for life, Tsai Ing-wen, his democratically elected counterpart in Taiwan, was speaking about the importance of universal human rights at a Holocaust memorial ceremony in Taipei. ( read original story ...)

Police in Taiwan have clashed with demonstrators — including senior military veterans — who tried to storm the parliament building in protest at government-proposed pension reforms. Scores of demonstrators pushed down a gate to the parliament compound ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Feb. 27 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed lower on Tuesday as investors locked in gains built earlier in the session after the main board breached 10,900 points and approached the critical 11,000 point level, dealers said. The latest quarterly index ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Feb. 27 (CNA) An economic cooperation agreement between Taiwan and Paraguay that was signed in mid-2017 will become effective on Wednesday, introducing tariff cuts that are expected to save Taiwanese exporters about US$900,000 (NT$27 million) per ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Across Taiwan’s major cities, consumers are in a near panic over a shortage of one of modern life’s basic necessities: toilet paper. From Taipei in the north to Tainan in the south, retailers are having difficulty keeping it on their ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan and coffee haven’t always been closely linked in people’s minds. After all, this is the country that invented bubble tea. Yes, exactly. That gooey, mysterious tea-beverage with small tapioca balls orbiting around. But today, Taiwan, and ... ( read original story ...)