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Deserted streets, cabin fever and worries over COVID-enabling commutes in Europe and America have sent demand for bikes into high gear -- with factories in Taiwan racing to push out new units and ... ( read original story ...)

Hundreds packed into a park in central Taipei on Saturday for a Black Lives Matter protest, with a group of indigenous Taiwanese given prominent billing to draw attention to discrimination against the ... ( read original story ...)

A U.S. military transport plane flew over the contested island on Tuesday, prompting protests from Beijing—which does not consider Taiwan an independent country. ( read original story ...)

Face mask use is virtually universal in Taiwan, one of the countries least impacted by COVID-19 due to interventions. (Shown: Taipei street on May 18, 2020.) Face mask use is virtually universal in ... ( read original story ...)

For travelers longing for the days of yore, Taipei’s Songshan Airport is offering 90 people the chance to pretend they’re going on vacation. The airport is hosting a tour that will allow people to go ... ( read original story ...)

With planes grounded and most tourism on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, one Taiwanese airport has come up with a unique solution to help citizens get their travel fix. ( read original story ...)

China considers democratically ruled Taiwan its own territory and one of its most sensitive diplomatic issues, regularly denouncing the United States for its support of the island. A U.S. C-40A, a ... ( read original story ...)

National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) on Thursday said it is amending the lyrics of the school anthem ahead of its centennial celebrations in 2022, adding that any changes would be nonpolitical and ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that it was "very regrettable" that Taiwan was not accepted to take part as an observer at the World Health Organization assembly last month. "It is ... ( read original story ...)

Nearly 200 Hong Kong people have fled to Taiwan since protests flared last year and about 10% have been granted visas under a law that protects Hong Kong people who are at risk fo ... ( read original story ...)

Protesters yesterday were to take to the streets again across the US, one day after the funeral of George Floyd, whose death in police custody has ignited the biggest surge of anti-racism activism ... ( read original story ...)

The company is investing about 15bn New Taiwan dollars ($500m) in the factory to boost production of equipment such as telecommunications devices used in servers. “We haven’t been affected by the ... ( read original story ...)

Unsurprisingly, the novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc on globalization and free trade. Driven by diminished demand and “socially distant” logistical difficulties, international imports and exports ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore kicked off a global rush to develop contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus when the city-state launched an apparently new system in March, but the project actually drew inspiration ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM), the semiconductor company building a $12 billion plant in Arizona, has reportedly secured aid from federal and state governments. Citing TSMC Chairman ... ( read original story ...)

The skies over Taiwan have been a busy place in recent days as Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker fighter jets were given verbal warnings by Taiwanese Air Force fighter jets to leave the airspace before ... ( read original story ...)