China insisted Wednesday that Taiwan had no right to join the United Nations, after the United States ratcheted up tensions with a call for the democratic island to have greater involvement in the ... ( read original story ...)
Smart City Taiwan: A hub for digital solutions to new heights Part 1
By Caribbean News Global TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan has implemented 223 Smart City projects which make use of various technologies and innovative solutions to improve important aspects of communities, ... ( read original story ...)
John Oliver Taiwan Sketch Gets Playful Response From Taipei
A senior Taiwanese government official took to Twitter on Tuesday to playfully chide television host John Oliver over a recent comedy segment about the island. It’s unlikely Beijing will view the ... ( read original story ...)
US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew
The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. ( read original story ...)
U.S. backs Taiwan re-entering United Nations 50 years after expulsion
The United States on Tuesday backed Taiwan re-entering the United Nations on the heels of the anniversary of its formal expulsion 50 years ago. ( read original story ...)
US has few good options if China seizes islands close to Taiwan, war game concludes
If China were to seize one of Taiwan's outlying islands, the US would have few good options to respond without risking a major escalation and a war between the superpowers, according to the ... ( read original story ...)
John Oliver Sketch Gets Grinning, Squinting Emoji From Taipei
A senior Taiwanese government official took to Twitter on Tuesday to playfully chide television host John Oliver over a recent comedy segment about the island. It’s unlikely Beijing will view the ... ( read original story ...)
State Department requests UN to accept Taiwan but fails to call it a country
The U.S. State Department refrained from referring to Taiwan as a country in a statement to the United Nations requesting that Taiwan participate in the international governing body. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Tells Citizens ‘Don’t Be Dismayed’ By WSJ Report on Low Troop Morale
The damning report found many conscripts and reserves who felt their short duration of training left them and their countrymen unprepared for conflict. ( read original story ...)
US urges more inclusion for Taiwan at UN
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged United Nations member states to include Taiwan in more UN institutions, despite opposition from China. ( read original story ...)
Blinken Seeks Bigger Role for Taiwan at United Nations
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for other countries to join the U.S. in pressing to give Taiwan a greater role at the United Nations, as tensions with China over the island’s government rise. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Gains Favor in Europe’s East, Angering China
The intensifying links mirror tensions between the West and China over trade, military and human-rights issues. They also highlight differences within the West in how to approach an increasingly ... ( read original story ...)
China Military Aircraft Buzz Taiwan Air Defenses 10 Days in a Row
Regular military operations returned to the skies southwest of Taiwan following a brief period of quiet in which China sent just four flights in 11 days. ( read original story ...)
In Taiwan war game, few good options for U.S. to deter China
The war game and follow-on analysis comes at a moment of heightened tension between Washington and Beijing, with the United States opposing China’s military expansion in the region and China calling ... ( read original story ...)
War scars on Taiwan’s front line with China
On the windswept Taiwanese island of Kinmen, 50 year-old Chen Ing-wen is remembering his time as a soldier shooting flares at Chinese trawlers that got too close.He is one of a group of veterans who ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan seen growing 4% in Q3 on pandemic hit, but exports help
Taiwan's trade-reliant economy is expected to have expanded at a slower pace in the third quarter due to the island's COVID-19 outbreak, a Reuters poll showed, though supported by export growth and ... ( read original story ...)