Taiwan clings to its rare diplomatic friends as China looms large

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Taiwan news every morning. After greeting Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen with military honours, Guatemala’s president Alejandro Giammattei praised the “historic bond of brotherhood and democratic values” between the countries.

Banks begin to deposit NT$6,000 payments early

The change was made following an interministerial meeting convened by the Ministry of Finance late on Friday, after O-Bank Co Ltd (王道商業銀行) earlier in the day deposited NT$6,000 in the accounts of its ...