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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 ...)

The Forum at Apple Taipei 101 is home to Apple’s new in-store programming, “Today at Apple,” including 60 free, hands-on sessions. Apple Taipei 101 opens Saturday at 11 a.m., bringing Apple’s products, services and in-store experiences to customers ... ( read original story ...)

Since then, Canada has been content to maintain trade relations with an entity called “Taipei” while it deepens formal ties with the PRC. China is now Canada’s third-largest trading partner, with almost $60 billion in annual trade between the two ... ( read original story ...)

This is the price to pay for "world's best." Famed Japanese ramen joint Ichiran, crowned the world's best by Forbes in 2016, recently opened a new overseas outlet in Taipei, Taiwan. SEE ALSO: Marry your love of instant noodles and fried chicken with this ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan said Wednesday that it was willing to offer cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo treatment after prison officials granted him medical parole, in a move likely to rile Beijing. The offer came a day after China rejected criticism over its ... ( read original story ...)

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, June 28 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (ASE) said on Wednesday it was determined to complete its merger with a local rival as part of global chip industry consolidation and that it was in close communication with Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

The world famous travelling RedBall Project is a playful ... including Barcelona, London, Taipei and Abu Dhabi. The piece is known to change its location every day while visiting a city, often wedging itself between well-known landmarks with an aim ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, June 27 Taiwan's legislature passed a bill reforming pensions for civil servants on Tuesday, eliminating 18 percent annual interest on savings, starting in 2018, as the population ages. Passage of the bill fulfils a campaign promise of Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, June 27 Taiwan's legislature passed a bill reforming pensions for civil servants on Tuesday, eliminating 18 percent annual interest on savings, starting in 2018, as the population ages. Passage of the bill fulfils a campaign promise of President ... ( read original story ...)

This elderly man has been dubbed Taiwan's strongest grandfather as well as a 'Real-life Master Roshi' after a video of his incredible gym routine went viral. Huang Ching-hsin, 72, is the super-fit grandpa from a clip now viewed millions of times on social ... ( read original story ...)

The world famous street art project will make its home ... Abu Dhabi, Chicago, Taipei and Barcelona. The inflatable, 4.5-metre ball typically spends one to two weeks in any single city, and it finds itself in a new spot within that city each day. ( read original story ...)

Taipei: Defending champion Sourabh Verma will have his task cut out when he begins his campaign at the $200,000 Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament at Taipei on Tuesday. The 24-year-old from Madhya Pradesh has not been in the best of form ... ( read original story ...)