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Taipei Game Show has kicked off. Button mashers are spawning to check out the best of the country's independent video game industry, which the government hopes to encourage ...

The Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan is its territory, despite never having governed there. Chinese officials framed the island's recent election, which handed the China-skeptic Democratic People's Party an unprecedented third term, as a choice between peace or war.

STORY: Taiwan’s military has begun welcoming its newest batch of conscripts. But unlike those who came before who served four months, these young people will spend a year in training.The extension was announced in late 2022 by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and comes in response to the government’s concerns about China’s military threat.

China accused the U.S. of abusing international law with its military maneuvers in the western Pacific, one day after an American naval destroyer sailed through the politically sensitive Taiwan Strait.

Some board members of Taiwan's central bank noted "persistent" concerns about higher inflation and said more monetary policy tightening could not be ruled out if inflation continued to be high, minutes from its last board meeting showed on Thursday.

China's Foreign Ministry says Beijing has formally restored diplomatic ties with Nauru after the tiny Pacific island nation cut its ties with Taiwan earlier this month.

The first batch of new recruits began serving their one-year compulsory military service in Taiwan on Thursday after the conscription period was extended from four months due to government concerns about China's rising military threat.

Three Japanese films enjoying their world premieres, along with festival favorites "City of Wind" and "Solids by the Seashore," are set to appear in the 13-title competition section of the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March.