Taiwan says China is too busy with party congress to raise tensions now
TAIPEI – China is too busy with ensuring stability for a key Communist Party congress at the end of the year where President Xi Jinping will likely get a third…
TAIPEI – China is too busy with ensuring stability for a key Communist Party congress at the end of the year where President Xi Jinping will likely get a third…
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING -Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Saturday to advance peaceful growth in relations with Taiwan and “reunification”, and said his government firmly opposes any separatist…
TAIPEI – Taiwan chip maker TSMC said on Thursday a number of its plants in Taiwan experienced short “power dips”, after large parts of the island were hit by power…
TAIPEI – Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, sanctioned by China when he left office at the end of the Trump presidency, arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday and almost…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s semiconductor companies are complying with government export controls to Russia, put in place as part of sanctions on Moscow for invading Ukraine, the Economy Ministry said on…
TAIPEI -A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which China described as “provocative”. The U.S. Navy’s…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s air force scrambled again on Thursday to warn away nine Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, on the same day that…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s export orders likely rose in January for the 23rd straight month, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, supported by sustained global demand for semiconductors and tech products.…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s central bank has allowed Deutsche Bank to start trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards again, three sources told Reuters, after it suspended them as part of…
TAIPEI – Taiwan on Saturday condemned as “contemptible” the timing of China and Russia’s “no limits” partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, saying the Chinese government was bringing…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee it was required to participate.…
TAIPEI -Singapore’s DBS Group will announce on Friday it is to buy Citigroup’s consumer finance business in Taiwan, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. DBS and…
By Jeanny Kao and Meg Shen TAIPEI -Taiwan’s economy grew last year at its fastest pace in more than a decade, driven by strong tech exports during the COVID-19 pandemic…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s trade-reliant economy is expected to have expanded at a slightly faster pace in the fourth quarter supported by strong tech exports though unable to match the burning…
China’s military conducted an exercise over Taiwan Friday during a surprise visit by U.S. lawmakers. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said it “organised naval and air forces…
The Biden administration extended an invitation for its “Summit for Democracy” to Taiwan, upsetting China, which views the island as its own. The list of invitees for the summit, which…
The President of Taiwan confirmed U.S. soldiers were on the island in an interview with CNN, becoming the country’s first leader to do so in decades. “We have a wide…
China said there was “no room” for compromise when it comes to Taiwan on Friday after President Joe Biden commented that the U.S. would defend the island if it was…
A residential and commercial building in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, caught on fire Thursday morning and killed at least 46 people, according to the local fire department, BBC News reported. The department…
A U.S. special-operations unit and a contingent of Marines have been secretly training Taiwanese troops on the island for at least a year as China becomes increasingly aggressive in the…
President Joe Biden assured reporters that Chinese President Xi Jinping would respect the “Taiwan agreement” after a phone call with the leader in September. Tensions between China and Taiwan have…
Taiwan needs to be “on alert” after a record number of Chinese aircraft flew into the country’s defense zone on Monday, Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporter, Reuters reported. “Taiwan must…
Here’s the latest for Thursday January 2nd: US troops heading to Middle East; People missing amid Australia fire evacuations; Taiwan’s top military officer killed in helicopter crash; 10 cars shot…
Andrew Gunadie (aka gunnarolla) samples the street food of Taiwan, from piping hot pan-fried buns to an out-of-this-world oyster omelette. A rice ball with a sweet filling, served on a…
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