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New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, who is on an eight-day trip in the US, on Friday said that he would not take Washington’s support ...

Air flights between Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, and Taipei, Taiwan, resumed on Monday, with a flight landing at Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, carrying passengers from Taiwan to participate in a cross-Strait exchange event in Hubei.

A China Eastern flight, MU2088, completed a return trip from the Taiwan region and landed in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province on Monday afternoon, marking the resumption of the first direct flight between Wuhan and Taipei in the past three years.

Taiwan told China on Monday to stop its “destructive unilateral actions” after more than 100 Chinese warplanes and nine navy ships were detected in areas around the self-ruled island. Beijing claims ...

Despite Beijing’s near-monthly attack drills against Taiwan — and its oft-repeated claim that the island will be reunited with the mainland, by force, if necessary — many Taiwanese just don’t buy it.

Whatever the peril in its neighborhood, Taiwan also has to pay attention to its own set of domestic problems. Like many other countries, post-pandemic Taiwan faces many internal challenges. As president, I would certainly have to focus on building Taiwan’s resilience in times of uncertainty.

I asked a Filipino who has been working in Taipei for seven years what the mood has been like in the capital, how he felt with all the buzz about China’s malign intent on Taiwan. His demeanor relaxed, he told me life was normal and he didn’t feel ...