Former New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu is leading in the chairmanship election of Chinese Kuomintang (KMT), with about 70 percent ballots counted, reported udn.com on Saturday. Incumbent KMT chairman ... ( read original story ...)
Under China pressure, Taiwan opposition choses new leader
Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party has chosen former leader Eric Chu as its new chairperson in an election overshadowed by increasing pressure from neighbor China ... ( read original story ...)
China issues dominate election of Taiwan opposition leader
Fraught relations with neighboring China are dominating Saturday's election for the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party. Four candidates, including incumbent Chairman Johnny Chiang, ... ( read original story ...)
UCLA Men’s Basketball Alumnus Thomas Welsh Signs with New Taipei Kings
Thomas Welsh became a fan favorite during his four years with UCLA men’s basketball, later being drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the No. 58 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. On Friday, Welsh ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing and Taipei collide over entry into the Cptpp
The great free trade agreement, boycotted by Trump, is the heir to the TPP promoted by Obama in an anti-Chinese key. China asks member countries to reject the Taiwanese application for entry. Taipei: ... ( read original story ...)
China sends warplanes near Taiwan as both move to join Pacific trade deal
Taiwan said 24 Chinese military aircraft had menaced the self-ruling island after it followed Beijing in applying for membership in the trade agreement. ( read original story ...)
Pacific trade pact row between Beijing and Taipei a dilemma for members
Separate applications to join the CPTPP have erupted into a war of words and a demand that the 11 member states pick sides. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says China is a ‘bully’ after one of the largest PLA warplane incursions yet
Taiwan on Thursday accused China of "bullying" after Beijing sent a total of 24 warplanes into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the third-largest incursion in the past two years of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan blasts ‘arch criminal’ China for Pacific trade pact threats
China is an "arch criminal" intent on bullying Taiwan and has no right to oppose or comment on its bid to join a pan-Pacific trade pact, Taiwan's government said in an escalating war of words over ... ( read original story ...)
China sends jets and bombers near Taiwan as Beijing opposes island’s trade deal bid
Nuclear-capable bombers entered air defence zone, says Taipei, amid simmering row over competing bids to join regional trade agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, citing ‘shared values’, welcomes Taiwan trade pact application
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said he welcomed Taiwan's application to join a trans-Pacific trade pact this week, citing shared democratic values with the island, which China claims as ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s bid to enter CPTPP meets firm opposition from China
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has labelled China's own bid to join the CPTPP as an attempt to block Taiwan out. ( read original story ...)
St Kitts and Nevis thanks Taipei hospital with snacks
Saint Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to Taiwan Jasmine Huggins yesterday sent 138 bags of handmade snacks to Taipei Veterans General Hospital personnel, thanking them for assisting the Caribbean nation in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Taipei’s national holiday threatens national security
Hong Kongers who celebrate Taiwan's national holiday risk violating the national security law according to the Territory’s Security Secretary Chris Tang. His statements carried in the Singtao Daily ... ( read original story ...)
China sends 24 fighter jets toward Taiwan in show of force
China sent 24 fighter jets toward Taiwan in a large display of force Thursday, after the self-governing island announced its intention to join an 11-nation Pacific trade group that China has also ... ( read original story ...)
China Fighters and Bombers Return to Skies Around Taiwan: Defense Ministry
The military maneuvers—likely an effort at political signaling by Beijing—come after Taiwan officially applied to join the CPTPP trade pact on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)