TAIPEI -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's push to have the island generate 20% of its electricity from renewables by 2025 is running into difficulties. Wind, solar and hydro generation accounted ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese war games show ‘tanks on Taiwan streets’ as Taipei unveils its ‘aircraft carrier killer’
CHINA has rolled out its tanks to flex its military muscles as tensions with Taiwan reach boiling point. The People’s Liberation Army wheeled out their high-tech military might for a mock ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Helicopters Could Sink Taiwan’s ‘Aircraft Carrier Killers,’ State Media Claim
In an editorial on Wednesday, Communist Party-owned newspaper Global Times suggested Taiwan's newly launched "aircraft carrier killer" corvette would become an easy target for the Chinese military. ( read original story ...)
Four Chinese Warplanes Buzz Taiwan Radars in One Day
People's Liberation Army warplanes have flown into Taiwan's air defense identification zone on 11 days so far this month, according to the island's Ministry of National Defense. ( read original story ...)
China’s Army Tanks Take Part in Mock Invasion of Taiwan
In a report by China's state broadcaster CCTV on Friday, the 72nd Group Army and its main battle tanks were seen conducting urban warfare exercises in east China in a simulated Taiwan street battle. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: China formally indicts activists who attempted to flee by boat to Taiwan
Chinese prosecutors have officially indicted 10 of the 12 Hong Kongers detained in mainland China, months after they were arrested for attempting to flee to Taiwan by boat. ( read original story ...)
U.S. permits sale of key component for Taiwan indigenous submarine project
The United States has officially approved an export permit for a key component to Taiwan needed for the ongoing building of the nation's first indigenous submarine, a senior military official said ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: 10 who fled by boat to Taiwan charged with illegal crossing
Group has not been put on trial yet but China’s court system has a conviction rate of about 99% ... ( read original story ...)
‘Goodbye, Dragon Inn’: The Last Picture Show in Taipei
Tsai Ming-liang’s 2003 movie watches moviegoers as they watch a martial-arts classic inside a cavernous theater. ( read original story ...)
Chinese Official Coy About ‘National Reunification Law’ to Capture Taiwan
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office, said China would take "all necessary measures" to ensure the democratic island was reunited under mainland rule. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Launches ‘Aircraft Carrier Killer’ As China War Brews
At a ship launching ceremony on Tuesday, President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan could one day become a weapons supplier to Western democracies. ( read original story ...)
China Charges Hong Kong Activists Caught Fleeing to Taiwan
Ten Hong Kong activists who were captured at sea while trying to flee to Taiwan in August were charged in mainland China on Wednesday with illegal boundary-crossing offenses that could put some of ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Computer Association: Gather Industrial Energy to Promote Global Business Opportunities
Accumulating the achievements of Taiwan's promotion of data application in the past, Taipei Computer Association planned "Data Economy Application Online Exhibition". A total of 15 highlight companies ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Biden and China’s High-Tech Ambitions
What’s going on at China’s largest chipmaker? Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is trying to clarify the intentions of a top executive after reports he’d submitted his resignation, ... ( read original story ...)
China Charges H.K. Activists Over Attempted Flight to Taiwan
China has charged Hong Kong activists detained for more than three months over their attempt to flee to Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says United States has approved key submarine technology sale
The digital sonar system and an integrated combat system are two key components Taiwan needs to build its own modern submarines. Chang did not elaborate on the status of the combat system. ( read original story ...)