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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) declared victory in the legislative by-election in Taipei yesterday, beating main rival Enoch Wu (吳怡農) of the Democratic Progressive Party ...

Hongkongers were not alone in struggling with “pandemic fatigue”, but their tendency to mute their smartphone group chats, quit social media and avoid news about Covid-19 was stronger than among ...

South Vietnam fell to our adversary, North Vietnam, on April 30, 1975. Vietnam is now a unified state in international law. President Joe Biden has said at least four times that the United States will ...

Residents of Tainan’s Annan District (安南) recently became aware of a new gas-fired power plant scheduled to be built just north of their homes. Local investigations revealed that Taiwan Sugar Co is to ...

The Taipei City Government is making a comprehensive evaluation of its finances, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said yesterday after a city councilor wrote online that the city had surplus tax ...

Taiwan's exports fell for a fourth straight month in December due to the worsening state of the global economy, as inflation and rising interest rates weighed on demand, and benefits from China's ...

Taiwan is lengthening its mandatory service amid looming threat from China. But how does the island’s military stand up to other nations’ armed forces?

Taiwan's digital minister, Audrey Tang, told the FT: "We look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how Starlink has been used very successfully."

Tensions between the United States and China over Taiwan have raised the prospect of a potential military conflict, but national security adviser Jake Sullivan believes such a scenario can be avoided. "There is a risk of conflict with respect to Taiwan ...

Taiwanese officials say that 17 Chinese military aircraft, in addition to three ships, entered an area that is close to the island on Friday morning.

A US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland on Thursday, prompting criticism from Beijing. The US military said the USS Chung-Hoon's transit showed the US ...

Below the hall is a museum, packed with well-collected memorabilia which not only provides valuable information about his life but also draws a nice picture of Taiwan’s history and growth under him. Spending time there I learn a lot about the man revered as the “Father of the Nation” in Taiwan like Gandhi in India ...

Tensions between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan have ramped up to their highest level in decades over the past year, and a new report warns that more than $2 trillion in global ...

In a New Year address earlier this month, Tsai for the first time offered to provide China with "necessary assistance" to help it deal with a surge in COVID cases, but said Chines ...

Paraguay would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and open relations with China if the opposition wins the election in April, its presidential candidate Efrain Alegre told Reuters, hoping to boost soy and beef exports that are its main economic engines.

Paraguay would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and open relations with China if the opposition wins the election in April, its presidential candidate Efrain Alegre told Reuters, hoping to boost soy and beef exports that are its main economic engines.