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A U.S. destroyer's recent passage through the Taiwan Strait has drawn criticism from China's military, occurring just before Taiwan's new president's inauguration.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) revenue surged past NT$200 billion (US$6.16 billion) in April. The semiconductor giant said its revenues for the month reached NT$236.02 billion, the second-highest monthly return in the firm's history. The company record was NT$243.2 billion in October last year.

As many as 11 Chinese coast guard ships and three fishing boats entered Kinmen's prohibited and restricted waters in two convoys, Taiwan News reported. The Taiwan's Coast Guard detected the Chinese ships south of Kinmen's water at Thursday noon (local time).

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Friday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.

By invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has shown his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping where the edges of Western tolerance for aggression lie

The clash erupted approximately three hours into an 11.5-hour flight from Taipei City to San Francisco in the US.

The award-winning project demonstrates how mobile air quality sensors ... The mobile sensors have been deployed to collect data for environmental governance applications in Taipei, New Taipei City, ...

Mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus are not venturing northward despite isolated sightings as far as New Taipei City, but they are expanding their range to higher altitudes, a study commissioned by ...

How superpower rivalry and diplomatic failures have turned the island into a the world’s riskiest flashpoint

U.S. and Philippine forces tested their ability to secure a strategic island group only 125 miles away from Taiwan during Balikatan 2024.  A combined Marine Corps and Army force, composed of a company from the Littoral Combat Team of the 3d Marine Littoral Regiment and elements from the 25th Infantry Division and the Philippines’ 4th ...

Taiwanese defence and coast guard officials said on Thursday dozens of Chinese warplanes and ships had been detected around the island, less than two weeks before self-ruled Taiwan's inauguration for a new president. China claims Taiwan as part of its ...

Commemorative event for Japanese engineer sees William Lai, who takes office on May 20, hark back to remarks from Tokyo like ‘Taiwan’s security is a global issue’ and ‘Taiwan’s crisis is Japan’s crisis’.

Taiwan Ministry of National Defence (MND) said on Thursday that it tracked 23 Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 am on Wednesday and 6 am on Thursday, Taiwan News reported. According to Taiwan News, of the 23 People's ...

Taipei's coast guard said Thursday that a fleet of seven Chinese ships and five coast guard vessels were detected around Taiwan's outlying island of Kinmen. "Around 15:00 (0700 GMT), a fleet of seven ...

How presidential animosity and diplomatic failures by China and the US have left the island in a perilous state

Colonel Li Xi, spokesperson for the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command, said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey was under continuous monitoring by both naval and air units throughout its transit,