投稿者: Helen Davidson in Taipei, and agencies
Experts say hi-tech Fujian will help expand country’s military influence and reach farther beyond its own watersChina’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier officially entered service this week, signalling a new era in Chinese military expansion a…
Taiwan’s coast guard said it will continue to use radar, surveillance and patrols amid an escalating dispute with Beijing sparked by a fatal capsize last weekTaiwan on Tuesday drove away a Chinese coast guard boat that entered waters near its sensitiv…
Honduras becomes the ninth diplomatic ally that Taipei has lost to Beijing since pro-independence president Tsai Ing-wen first took officeHonduras has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced on Saturday, saying it recognis…
Crowds of retirees gather in cities of Wuhan and Dalian to protest against cuts as local government coffers feel strain of years of Covid policiesCrowds of hundreds of older people took to the streets in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednes…
Measures include improved maternal healthcare and efforts to reduce abortions as China seeks to reverse declining population growthThe Chinese government has pledged to improve pre- and post-natal services to encourage more people to have children and …
Residents in China’s largest city express growing frustration with Covid measures, as well as anger over food shortagesRead all our coronavirus coverageA rap about food shortages has become a hit in Shanghai, with the artists behind the song describing…
People’s Liberation Army says USS Benfold ‘illegally entered’ Chinese watersThe Chinese military has said it tracked a US warship that sailed through disputed waters in the South China Sea, accusing it of “provocative actions” and warning of “serious c…
Beijing urges Washington to stick to the ‘one China’ principle amid rising tensions over Taiwan China’s government has accused Joe Biden of “a mistake” in inviting Taiwan to participate in a democracy summit alongside 109 other democratic governments.T…
Intelligence committee chief Adam Schiff says US and allies must make it clear to China ‘what a significant cost it would pay were it to use force’ Adam Schiff, the US chair of the influential House intelligence committee, has called for the US to be l…
Public outpouring of support for tabloid after raid on offices by national security policeHongkongers queued at city news stands before dawn on Friday to buy the latest edition of the Apple Daily newspaper, a day after national security police arrested…
Race organisers accused of not heeding warnings after rain, hail, and gale-force winds forecast across Gansu provinceChinese authorities have launched an investigation into the death of 21 people in an ultramarathon over the weekend, as family and frie…
Preliminary verdict in Shenzhen suggests combination of factors led to shaking, and finds no safety problemsThe wobbling of a skyscraper in the Chinese city of Shenzhen was likely caused by a combination of winds, underground rail lines, and fluctuatin…
Police suspect rail accident that killed at least 50 was caused by ‘improperly parked’ truckA Taiwan court has released on bail the manager of a construction site whose truck is believed by authorities to have caused a train accident that killed at lea…
Accidental publication adds to growing body of evidence of Beijing’s efforts to persecute minorityChinese labour programmes in Xinjiang are designed at least partly to reduce the population density of the Uighur ethnic minority group, according to a st…
Regulator says it will not renew licence of Chung T’ien Television after repeated violationsA pro-China TV station will be taken off air after Taiwan’s media regulator found it had failed to address serious and frequent findings of bias and disinformat…