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The sweeping foreign aid package passed by congress has drawn the ire of China, but billions of dollars will actually stay in the US

Friday’s drills were based on the theory that a magnitude 6.6 quake had hit the capital, with the worst devastation recorded in the districts of Beitou and Shilin, per Radio Taiwan International (RTI) ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A male passenger faces a NT$1 million (US$30,000) fine for jumping onto an MRT track and causing delays during rush hour on Thursday (April 25).

Taiwan's capital was shaken by a ‘strong’ earthquake on April 22, AFP staff reported, with the Central Weather Administration saying it was a magnitude-5.5 tremor originating in eastern Hualien.

Chao is part of a team of councilors working on the road improvement plan that seeks to increase sidewalk width, stop people parking scooters on sidewalks, and create more parking overall. The project ...

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China blasted the latest package of U.S. military assistance to Taiwan, saying such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.”

Taiwan faces a difficult national security situation, with China pressing closer all the time, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday has he announced the appointments of his new security and diplomacy teams ahead of taking office next month.

Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan will get military aid while TikTok will get a new owner in the United States or or be banned in the nation after President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion aid package bill into law Wednesday.

Chinse Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu expressed "strong dissatisfaction" over the bill, telling Newsweek "the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese."

Chao is part of a team of councilors working on the road improvement plan that seeks to increase sidewalk width, stop people parking scooters on sidewalks, and create more parking overall. The project ...

Taiwanese chipmaker UMC said on Wednesday it expected a rise in wafer shipments in the second quarter as inventory levels for computing, consumer and communications segments improved, but warned of muted auto and industrial demand.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the U.S. Congress had passed a sweeping foreign aid package which includes arms support for the island, as China urged Washington to stop ...

Constanze Han documented the lives of “betel nut beauties,” young women selling the addictive stimulant across Taiwan.

A $8 billion defense package approved by the U.S. House of Representatives over the weekend will “strengthen the deterrence against authoritarianism in the West Pacific ally chain,” Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te said Tuesday,

Workers in the eastern Taiwan city of Hualien clear debris and try to stabilise buildings left leaning by a series of powerful tremors that struck overnight on April 22. The government says they were ...