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The United States must “provide strategic clarity” on what Washington would do if China invaded Taiwan, the vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee said Monday. Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has approved a possible $100 million sale of equipment and services to Taiwan to "sustain, maintain, and improve" the Patriot missile defense system used by ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a $100 million support contract with Taiwan aimed at boosting the island’s missile defense systems as it faces increasing pressure from China. ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan is poised to lift the ban on food imports from areas around the Fukushima nuclear power plant which melted down in 2011, according to local media, removing an irritant in the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan knows what it’s like to have an overbearing neighbor. China wonders how forcefully Western powers might react to a Russian invasion. By Steven Lee Myers and Amy Qin BEIJING — With Russia ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has been hit by an 5.2 magnitude earthquake, confirms new seismic data. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) announced the tremor occurred at 6.58pm local time, 55km north ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank has allowed Deutsche Bank to start trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards again, three sources told Reuters, after it suspended ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI -- Taiwan reported 49 new COVID-19 cases Monday, including two locally-transmitted infections and 47 imported ones, the island's disease-monitoring agency said. The agency also announced a ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has not been approached by the United States on the issue of diverting some supplies of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe if the Ukraine crisis leads to a disruption ... ( read original story ...)

[Photo/Xinhua] The Chinese mainland is willing to conduct extensive and in-depth dialogue and democratic consultation with political parties, organizations and individuals in Taiwan to seek social ... ( read original story ...)

“We have a project on internet voting ... MECO Kaohsiung (Kaoshiung City and Tainan City), MECO Taipei (Taipei City New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Keelung City, Taoyuan County and Hsinchua ... ( read original story ...)

The Denver City Government is ending requirements for proof of COVID ... To our readers: Because of the Lunar New Year holiday, from Monday, Jan. 31, through Sunday, Feb. 6, the Taipei Times will have ... ( read original story ...)

As the debate intensifies on U.S. policy related to the defense of Taiwan, it is useful to examine when and why the United States would carry out such a mission and the potential obstacles to a ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s hope of qualifying for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in 32 years was yesterday dealt a blow after the national team lost to Vietnam in the last game of the playoff series. ( read original story ...)

“In 2020, Taiwan was [the US’] ninth-largest trading partner overall, and our seventh-largest consumer of agricultural goods. Only Canada and Mexico consume more on a per-capita basis of US goods, ... ( read original story ...)

Navi Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Vietnam booked a maiden berth in next year's FIFA Women's World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand by stunning Chinese Taipei 2-1 in their playoff tie at ... ( read original story ...)