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WASHINGTON - The Chinese Embassy in the United States has sent a letter to the editorial board of The Washington Post in protest of an op-ed carried recently by the newspaper that absurdly related the ... ( read original story ...)

The saga of Nicaragua-Taiwan relations – and their eventual end in December 2021 – stretches back to the Cold War heyday of Taipei’s anti-communist obsession. We touched down in Managua ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei Fashion Week opened with a conscious focus on sustainable fashion but Taiwan's emerging designers also know how to have some fun. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan and Paraguay on Thursday signed memorandums of understanding on African swine fever prevention and the promotion of bilateral trade, as well as a letter of intent on industrial policy ... ( read original story ...)

After Russian forces invaded Ukraine in late February, talk in Taiwan of extending the conscription period of its citizens — from four months to one year — became elevated in official discourse. ( read original story ...)

A meme poking fun at China created by Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry went viral on Facebook this week, as nearly 2,000 accounts shared the March 25 post. The meme shows a cartoon Formosan black ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's foreign minister on Friday strongly rejected criticism of its relief efforts for Ukraine from China, saying the aid came "from our heart" and was not an exercise in political manipulation. ( read original story ...)

Self-ruled island’s dominance in semiconductors is seen by some analysts as a deterrent against an invasion by Beijing. ( read original story ...)

In a simulated drill, Philippine and U.S. soldiers perform troop insertions using amphibious assault vehicles and helicopters to carry out a mock mission of either recapturing a territory from the ... ( read original story ...)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has joined forces with Taiwan's Sysage Technology and government agencies to set up a Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) in southern Taiwan, for incubating startups and digital ... ( read original story ...)

It is clear that European militaries can contribute to the defense of Taiwan if required – and they can start taking the necessary steps now. ( read original story ...)

Many parts of North Windward are still under deposits of volcanic ash and Taiwan is lending its assistance to the people in that area, as they take on the task of removing the remaining ash and other ... ( read original story ...)

The Taipei Music Center, an exhibition marking the recent completion of Reiser+Umemoto, RUR Architecture's Taipei Music Center (TMC), a new musical district within Taipei, will be on view at Cooper ... ( read original story ...)

As departing jetliners roared overhead, an aging vervet monkey moped on a mangrove branch one recent afternoon in the woods he inhabits near a South Florida airport, his ego bruised. Mikey, as he is ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei Zoo is introducing golden mantella frogs, yellow-banded poison dart frogs and rough knob-tailed geckos as part of its conservation efforts of endangered amphibious reptiles, the zoo said on ... ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday condemned a Chinese professor for pressing a Taiwanese student over his nationality, calling it an abuse of power. The ministry said it has asked its ... ( read original story ...)