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For Taiwan and much of East Asia, homosexuality has long been a taboo subject. In the influential 1988 novel Crystal Boys, directly translated from Mandarin as “sons of sin,” Pai Hsien-yung tells the story of growing up gay in 1970s Taipei: “As soon ... ( read original story ...)

Undersea fibre-optic cable is the backbone of data transmission and intercontinental communications--and China could cut Taiwan off from the outside world. Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel in a Conflict with China Is Not What You Think Since September 2016 ... ( read original story ...)

One of the inspirations for his film is how Saskatoon is changing and how the present-day city differs from what he ... whose parents moved to Canada from Taiwan in the 1970s. His film is part of a CBC project called Keep Calm and Decolonize. ( read original story ...)

The “Made in Taiwan” moniker hardly does this breakaway Chinese state any favours as it belies the island’s hot-spring bubbling mountains, scrumptious street food, and a sassy capital. But last week’s launch of China Airlines’ first direct flight ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Friday to forge ahead with her administration’s policy of building military equipment at home despite an ongoing procurement scandal. Speaking at a commissioning ceremony held at a military base in Pingtung, southern ... ( read original story ...)

In order to assist Taiwanese ICT companies to expand into Thailand, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) held a press conference on the Taiwan AIoT Industry and Computex 2018 event on November 30. To further shape Taiwan into a global ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN) — For too long, Kaohsiung has been known to the world as Taiwan's largest port city -- it's time to give this attention-craving southern city the love it deserves. Taiwan's biggest night market, coolest metro station and unique temples entered ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s rise as one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies and an alternative to China’s repressive authoritarian model is viewed with extreme concern in Beijing’s halls of power. From China’s perspective, the existence of Taiwan as a democracy is a ... ( read original story ...)

Gilas Pilipinas will host Chinese Taipei on Monday, November 27, at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila. It is the second matchday of the first round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. The Philippines are looking to get their second win and solidify ... ( read original story ...)

A court in China has sentenced a Taiwanese democracy activist to five years in prison on subversion charges in a case that has strained relations between Beijing and Taipei. Lee Ming-cheh sat silently as a judge read the sentence, accusing him of ... ( read original story ...)

A Chinese court has sentenced a Taiwanese activist to five years in jail for "subverting state power". Lee Ming-che went on trial in September for attempting to promote multi-party democracy in group messaging chats. His case has gripped Taiwan, which has ... ( read original story ...)

A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced to five years in prison a Taiwanese activist who conducted online lectures on Taiwan's democratization and managed a fund for families of political prisoners in China. The Yueyang City Intermediate People's Court in ... ( read original story ...)

The Bollywood drama-comedy Secret Superstar has made its first foray into the critically important Greater China territories of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China, and with its strong start in Taiwan, all signals are go for a big box office run across ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI-As a growing number of people around the world learn simplified Chinese instead of the more complicated traditional characters, young creatives in Taiwan are fighting to promote what they fear will become a dying art. Introduced by the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

A few weeks ago I quickly descended four levels at the main railway station in Taipei, capital of Taiwan, to board a bullet train based on the Japanese Shinkansen technology. Daniel Hu, the young Taiwanese diplomat escorting a group of Asian journalists ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) The weather around Taiwan will warm up significantly Tuesday with seasonal northeasterly winds weakening and the sun showing up, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said. Daytime highs are forecast to reach 27-29 degrees Celsius in ... ( read original story ...)