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"How can we not do anything?" said Chu Chen-tsai, 57, a blue-collar worker in Taipei. "We hope to get high-quality weaponry to defend ourselves." In the southern city of Kaohsiung, citizens feel vulnerable to a Chinese attack through the shipping port ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei, June 30 (CNA) Bike riders in Taipei will be fined NT$300 (US$10) if they ride on sidewalks outside of established bike lanes starting on July 17, the Taipei City government said Friday. City officials said riders will be required to stick to ... ( read original story ...)

“The timing (of the arms sale proposal) is good politically, because a lot of people say Trump doesn’t like Taiwan,” said Huang Kwei-bo, associate professor of diplomacy at National Chengchi University in Taipei. “Now people are saying ‘hey ... ( read original story ...)

Hsu Ya Ching carried home hopes impressively on the second day of the Chinese Taipei Open as the women’s competition began at the Taipei Arena today. All eyes had been expected to be focused on world number one Tai Tzu-ying, who was top seeded as the ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI: Young shuttlers Siril Verma and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli reached the pre-quarterfinals of the $200,000 Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold in the men's and women's singles competition on Wednesday. The 2015 World Junior Championships silver ... ( read original story ...)

The US announcement of a $1.42bn arms sale to Taiwan is a not-so-subtle warning shot across the bows of China’s president, Xi Jinping, who is due to meet Donald Trump for potentially tense bilateral talks at next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg. ( read original story ...)

"How can we not do anything?" said Chu Chen-tsai, 57, a blue-collar worker in Taipei. "We hope to get high-quality weaponry to defend ourselves." In the southern city of Kaohsiung, citizens feel vulnerable to a Chinese attack through the shipping port ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with five United States governors to discuss clean technology and economic development September 22, 2015. Matt Mills McKnight-Pool/Getty Images BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged the United States to ... ( read original story ...)

Armed paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Guangzhou Railway Station. REUTERS/Alex Lee BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be canceled. Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING China reacted relatively calmly on Friday after a series of diplomatic broadsides by the United States, expressing anger over new arms sales by Washington to Taiwan but hoping ties could soon be brought back on track. U.S. officials have said ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING China urged the United States to revoke immediately its "wrong decision" to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion worth of arms, saying it contradicted a "consensus" President Xi Jinping reached with his counterpart, Donald Trump, in talks in April in Florida. ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI Peace can only be achieved if troops are battle-ready, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told new military graduates on Friday, as the United States prepared to sell $1.42 billion in new arms to the self-ruled island, a move sure to anger Beijing. ( read original story ...)

The US state department has approved arms sales to Taiwan worth a total of $1.4bn, the first such deal with the self-governing island since Donald Trump took office. The sale announced on Thursday will anger China, which regards Taiwan as part of its ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI Public school teachers in Taiwan will see annual interest payments on their pension pots slashed to zero from 2021 under reforms passed by lawmakers on Thursday that are designed to keep the island's pension system solvent Teachers currently earn ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell Taiwan about $1.42 billion in arms, a proposal the Trump administration informed Congress about on Thursday, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. "The administration had formally notified ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING/WASHINGTON China responded angrily and said it had protested to Washington after a U.S. Senate committee approved a bill calling for the resumption of port visits to Taiwan by the U.S. Navy for the first time since the United States adopted a one ... ( read original story ...)