TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) and other municipal officials presided over a decommissioning ceremony for the Taipei First Funeral Parlor on Wednesday morning (June 12). The funeral parlor had been in operation for 60 years ...
Amazon to Invest Billions in Taiwan Cloud Infrastructure
Amazon.com will invest billions of dollars in Taiwan over the next 15 years to build data centers, the latest global technology company to boost its footprint in Asia to meet the region’s growing cloud-service demand.
China Dismisses Taiwan’s Concerns After Man Arrested on River Leading to Taipei
China Dismisses Taiwan's Concerns After Man Arrested on River Leading to Taipei BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government said on Wednesday that a Chinese man arrested near Taipei after crossing the Taiwan Strait on a speedboat was acting on his own and that ...
Former Chinese Navy Captain Arrested by Taiwan For Illegally Entering Island By Speedboat
Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo stated that the boat incident might be another instance of China's "grey zone" operations against the island.(Representational image: unsplash.com) Taipei: Taiwan authorities said a Chinese man was arrested on ...
Taiwan arrests ex-Chinese navy captain in Taipei harbor
Taiwan’s coast guard arrested the man on Sunday at the coastal neighborhood of Tamsui after his boat entered a river that leads into Taipei, an incident that happened amid ongoing tensions between Taiwan and China. China views the democratically governed ...
Czechs to open cultural centre in Taiwan, risking Beijing’s ire
CTK news agency quoted Czech Centres head Jitka Panek Jurkova as saying that Czechs ‘want to be seen and heard in Taipei’. Czech officials foster close ties with Taiwan.
Environmental Impact Assessment: A turning point in Taiwan’s river management?
One element of the rewilding process has been planting Macaranga tanarius and other native trees near their house and close to the creek. Macaranga tanarius is a so-called pioneer species, ideal for ...
Taiwan takes ‘pragmatic’ approach to keep formal allies amid China pressure
Taipei, Taiwan – Hundreds of foreign delegates were in Taipei last month to watch William Lai Ching-te sworn in as Taiwan’s fifth elected president. Beijing, which claims the democratic island as its own, has branded Lai a “separatist” and ...
Taiwan steps up security after ex-Chinese navy captain enters illegally by boat
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese authorities on Tuesday identified a Chinese national arrested for illegally entering the island by boat as a former naval captain, saying they could not rule out the possibility the incursion was a "test" of their defences.
Taiwan drag queen Nymphia Wind first from Asia to win reality TV contest RuPaul’s Drag
One of Taiwan’s rising stars is a drag queen named Nymphia Wind, who this year became the first Asian to win RuPaul’s Drag Race in the show’s history.
Taiwan set to hold rates steady amid persistent inflation worries: Reuters poll
Taiwan's central bank is expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged this week and to stay the course until late next year as it deals with persistent concerns over inflation, according to ...
Taiwan arrests former Chinese navy captain whose speedboat entered Taipei harbour
A Chinese man arrested after his speedboat illegally entered a Taipei harbour is a former navy captain who could have been probing the island's defences, senior Taiwanese officials said on Tuesday.
Taiwan set to hold rates steady amid persistent inflation worries
Taiwan's central bank is expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged this week and to stay the course until late next year as it deals with persistent concerns over inflation, according to economists in a Reuters poll.
Taiwan’s energy crunch could ‘throw a wrench’ into the global semiconductor industry
Taiwan, the world's semiconductor powerhouse, is facing a power crunch — and this could spell trouble for chipmakers.
Taiwan arrests Chinese man who took speedboat into Taipei harbor
Taiwan has arrested a Chinese man who sailed a speedboat into a harbor at the mouth of a river leading into Taipei for illegal entry, the Taiwanese coast guard said Monday. Taiwan keeps a close watch ...
The US military has a plan to turn the Taiwan Strait into an ‘unmanned hellscape’ if China invades, top admiral says
The US has plans to employ thousands of drones if China invades Taiwan, the top US admiral in the Pacific said. The "unmanned hellscape" would buy the US time to come to the aid of Taiwan, he added.