カテゴリー: Taiwan
Group were among 12 people detained over attempt to reach Taiwan by speedboat last AugustEight out of a dozen Hong Kong activists detained last year by Chinese authorities after attempting to flee to Taiwan have been returned to the city, the Hong Kong…
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…
Asia Pacific commander Philip Davidson says Beijing wants to take Washington’s world leadership role by 2050China could invade Taiwan within the next six years as Beijing accelerates its moves to supplant American military power in Asia, a top US comma…
Foreign minister Wang Yi calls for cooperation and signals that Beijing will stand firm against criticism China’s top diplomat has called on the US to drop the sanctions and restrictions introduced by Donald Trump and warned against international “hege…
Only ‘patriots’ will be allowed to stand for election, and democratic representation will be reducedChina’s top lawmaking body has formally unveiled plans to ensure that only “patriots” can govern Hong Kong, as Beijing tightens its grip on the city wit…
Rights group calls for action after cash bounty schemes lead to reptiles being blown up and shot with a bow and arrowA spate of cruelty towards invasive iguanas in Taiwan including stuffing firecrackers in the reptiles’ mouths or shooting them with bow…
Government rejects Chinese claim that harmful pests had been detected in recent shipmentsTaiwanese pineapples have become the latest victim of deteriorating cross-strait relations, after Chinese authorities suddenly banned imports of the fruit.The ban,…
Independent Rex Patrick moves after similar parliamentary motions passed in Canada and the NetherlandsAn Australian senator will seek support from fellow upper house members to recognise China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority as genocide, afte…
Yanshui beehive fireworks festival was almost cancelled but has gone ahead in hope of warding off virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe fuse was lit. Dozens of helmeted worshippers and adrenaline seekers stood stoic if th…
Wave of migration comes amid worsening crackdown on freedoms following the introduction of Beijing’s national security lawTaiwan issued nearly twice as many residence permits to Hongkongers in 2020 compared with the previous year, new government data h…
The islands, three miles from the Chinese mainland, will be first to fall if antagonisms lead to an invasionTsai Li-chu recalls being a young mother on Taiwan’s Kinmen Island, when the shelling would start around 7pm most nights, launched from the Peop…
Plan to buy the BioNTech shot has been delayed amid intervention by ‘outside forces’, says health ministerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA deal for Taiwan to buy 5m doses of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Germany’s BioNTec…
The conversation came hours after the US president announced a new Pentagon taskforce on China Joe Biden has affirmed the US’s tough line on China’s human rights abuses and regional expansionism in his first phone call with president Xi Jinping since t…
US social media platform that allows users to discuss sensitive subjects falls foul of China’s censorsChinese authorities have blocked domestic access to the audio-only social media app Clubhouse after it attracted untold numbers of Chinese people to u…
Foreign ministry said it terminated agreement with Taiwan to open office after Beijing urged country to ‘correct their mistake’Guyana has abruptly terminated an agreement with Taiwan to open an office in the South American country, hours after China ur…