投稿者: Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin in Taipei
Joseph Wu backs Chinese protesters but says Beijing ‘might try to create external crisis to divert domestic attention’Taiwan’s foreign minister has backed China’s anti-Covid protesters but also expressed concerns that Beijing could seek to scapegoat Ta…
Tsai Ing-wen compares China’s ‘bullying’ to Russian invasion of Ukraine on de facto national dayTaiwan’s president has called for domestic political unity to combat Chinese disinformation and cyberwarfare destabilising society before next month’s local…
Police forces in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam have launched major operations to rescue their citizens and shut down trafficking syndicatesHundreds of Taiwanese are among unknown numbers of victims being held captive and forced to work i…
Stoic, often fatalistic population paid little attention to talk of House speaker’s visit – until it was confirmedAt a central Taipei branch of a popular bank on Tuesday, a few clients came to Joseph Chiu, a teller, with an odd request: to withdraw mil…
People’s Liberation Army announces targeted military operations as it calls visit a ‘malicious provocation’Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan for a controversial visit to the self-ruled island, offering “unwavering commitment” to supporting its democrac…
Parts of a 23-tonne piece of rocket will come crashing down – somewhere – in the next few daysIn the next few days, a 23-tonne piece of rocket will plummet to Earth at about 15,000 miles an hour. Much of it may burn up on re-entry, but a significant am…
Parliament debates law that bans people from changing their names more than three times after stunt leads to unforeseen consequencesTaiwanese parliamentarians have debated changing legal limits on name changes, after some of the hundreds of people who …
By rejecting super-strict lockdowns, the island is pioneering a new and ‘very successful’ approach at odds with China and Hong KongSee all our coronavirus updatesTaiwanese people don’t mind queueing. They’ll do it for a well-reviewed restaurant, promot…
Excited visitors take part in nightly tours after conservationists reintroduce speciesThe nature guides are waiting outside a Taiwanese fried sausage shop on the outskirts of Taipei, easily identified by their quick-dry clothing, microphones, and lamin…
As China ramps up its display of power, Taiwan’s leaders vow to do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend its independenceLast week, China sent about 150 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ), in a massive escalation of its military act…