Taiwan’s freedom key to global technological advancement: Boris Johnson

Taiwan’s freedom is key to the technological advancement of the 21st century, and the world should protect that freedom from Chinese aggression, former British prime minister Boris Johnson said today in Taipei. Johnson was addressing the opening of this year’s Ketagalan Forum hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on his first visit to Taiwan.

Torrential rain in Taiwan kills four over past week

Storms dumped more than two metres of rain in parts of Taiwan over the past week, killing four people and triggering floods and landslides in central and southern areas, authorities said Monday.Two people were killed and hundreds injured as the storm dumped more than 500 millimetres (20 inches) of rain across the south over a ...