投稿者: Agence France-Presse in Taipei
William Lai urges Taiwanese to unite in the face of ‘the expansion of China’s authoritarianism’, in first comments since taking party leadershipAppeasing China will not bring peace, Taiwan’s vice-president has said, days after he was elected head of th…
Tuan Tuan, gifted to Taiwan 14 years ago when relations were warmer, allowed to ‘continue to sleep’ after being anaesthetisedA panda given to Taiwan by China 14 years ago as a symbol of what were then warmer ties died on Saturday, after suffering seizu…
Employee at high-security facility tests positive in island’s first local infection in weeksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth officials in Taiwan are investigating whether a mouse bite may have been responsible for a la…
Forty-nine people died when train hit a railway maintenance vehicle that slid down an embankmentProsecutors in Taiwan have charged a truck driver with negligent homicide over his role in the island’s worst rail disaster in decades, which left 49 dead a…
China sends 25 military jets a day after US secretary of state’s comments about Beijing’s aggressionTwenty-five Chinese military jets breached Taiwan’s defence zone on Monday, the island’s government has said, after a senior US official warned of an “i…
Dozens of people have changed names to include ‘gui yu’ to take advantage of sushi promotionA Taiwanese official has pleaded with people to stop changing their name to “salmon” after dozens made the unusual move to take advantage of a restaurant promot…
Taiwanese woman had contact with New Zealander who had flown flights to USCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTaiwan has reported its first local coronavirus transmission since 12 April, blaming a foreign pilot for ending 253 vi…
Anger in Taipei after Beijing official says there is no median line in Taiwan StraitTaiwan has demanded that China “back off” and accused it of threatening peace, after a Beijing official rejected the existence of a largely respected marine boundary fo…
President castigates Beijing, saying it should be containing coronavirus outbreak insteadTaiwan has scrambled fighter jets after Chinese military aircraft briefly entered its airspace, the first major incursion since the island’s Beijing-wary president…
Revellers march through Taipei as same-sex equality continues to divide countryNearly 200,000 revellers have marched through Taipei in a riot of rainbow colours and celebration as Taiwan held its first pride parade since making history in Asia by legal…