投稿者: Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin in Taipei
Taiwan’s military says its forces are on alert as China carries out mock strikes with jets carrying live missilesDozens of Chinese fighter jets carrying live missiles have carried out mock strikes against Taiwanese targets, China’s military has said, o…
Thousands protest against bill which would give parliamentarians special powers to question anyoneLai Ching-te’s first day as president of Taiwan has been marked by large protests against the opposition over a controversial bill in parliament, foreshad…
With tourists struggling to access the two primary digital payment apps, Alipay and WeChat pay, Beijing has put measures in place to make cash payments easierFor 18 years, Liu Yau-li has been bringing tourists to China. In that time she’s seen the full…
Scheme allows three days off each term as high school stress and depression rates soarTaiwanese high schools will begin offering mental health leave to students this month, to address rising rates of youth suicide and high levels of stress and depressi…
The daily lives of Chang Li hua, 86, and Yi Yan Fuei, 97, were filmed by their grandson. The result is Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó, an Oscar-nominated documentaryThe two elderly Taiwanese women are leaning in towards the Zoom screen, sitting side by side and we…
As Beijing has increased its efforts to recruit Taiwanese people, the number of spying cases has risenIn November, a Taiwan court heard accusations that two serving soldiers had accepted bribes from Chinese agents to record a video declaring their loya…
Dissidents face an uncertain future in Taiwan and South Korea after fleeing When Li Cheng En pushed his standup paddleboard off the Xiamen beach on China’s Fujian coastline, a mother and son stood nearby, watching him. It was dark, and he moved quickly…
Voters are faced with a choice of continuity with the ruling DPP or change, with an opposition that favours closer ties with Beijing On the eve of the deadline to formally register as a candidate for Taiwan’s presidential elections in January, the ruli…
Passageways built under Taipei’s famous Grand Hotel during the Chiang Kai-shek era are attracting tourists keen to know their historyOver the years there have been many rumours about the secret tunnels under Taipei’s Grand Hotel. Some say they were sec…
Annual emergency drills have for the first time included a military strike on Taipei, a sign of worsening cross-strait relationsOn a Thursday afternoon in Taipei, it was 26 August 2025 and China’s military had just fired a missile into the city, hittin…
Reported detention of Li Yanhe has echoes of 2015 disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellersConcerns are mounting for a Taiwan-based book publisher believed to have been detained in China, in a case that has echoed the disappearances in 2015 of five …
Beijing has urged the US not to allow Tsai Ing-wen to transit through the US, saying it would be a ‘provocation’ China-Taiwan relations explained in 30 secondsThe Chinese government has threatened retaliation if Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, meets …
Delegation of British lawmakers met Taiwan’s president during visit to the island this week amid a deteriorating UK-China relationshipChina-Taiwan tensions explained in 30 secondsA British parliamentary delegation to Taiwan has called for the UK govern…
Temple in Taipei is believed to be the only Taoist site set up to revere rabbit god Tu’er Shen, a significant symbol for LGBTQI people in Taiwan and ChinaDuring a quiet mid-week afternoon on the eighth floor of an office building, A-wei is meditatively…
Army of yellow garbage trucks blasting out classical jingles brings out a Pavlovian response to take out binsThe sound is inescapable. Wherever you are in Taiwan – be it three beers deep at a city bar, floating in the Taiwan Strait, or hauling yourself…