カテゴリー: Taiwan
Activists across Taiwan are pushing for the expulsion of dozens of ‘pro-Beijing’ legislators, leading to uproar On a steamy night deep in one of Taipei’s most conservative suburbs, a group of elderly neighbours are yelling at each other next to a garba…
As annual drills become more significant, this year Taipei civilians have been experiencing what war might feel likeUsually people in Taipei walk quite slowly. Notoriously so. But at 1.27pm on Thursday some were almost sprinting through the busy shoppi…
As the Texas flash flooding risk moved west, the National Weather Service pointed to the effect of burn scars from 2024After the extreme rainfall in Texas on 4 July, the flash flooding risk moved to New Mexico, with 89mm (3.5in) of rain falling in the …
Tibetans fear China will eventually name a rival successor to the Dalai Lama, bolstering Beijing’s control over TibetLeaders from India, the United States and Taiwan offered their support to Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on his 90th …
The team battled a notoriously strong current and used the stars as their guide to reach an island in an unstable vessel made of Japanese cedarDr Yousuke Kaifu was working at an archaeological site on the Japanese islands of Okinawa when a question sta…
Czech intelligence revealed Chinese diplomats allegedly planned staged incident during Hsiao Bi-khim’s 2024 visitTaiwan’s vice-president has said she will not be intimidated after reports by Czech intelligence that Chinese officials planned to stage a …
First civilian-led military simulation bringing together teams from the US, Taiwan and Japan revealed a series of potential vulnerabilitiesA series of war games in Taiwan has highlighted significant vulnerabilities in how the island and its supporters …
Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overthrow the communist regime’Hong Kong police have warned people against downloading a Taiwan-developed mobile game which they say is “secessionis…
Accused held senior positions with Democratic Progressive party including one who worked for Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s presidentTaiwan prosecutors have charged four former staffers in the ruling Democratic Progressive party with spying for China while the…
Date of 4 June remains one of China’s strictest taboos, with government using increasingly sophisticated tools to censor its discussion The world will never forget the Tiananmen Square massacre, the US secretary of state and Taiwan president have said …
In 1989, a young Uyghur named Örkesh Dölet was a student leader in the Tiananmen Square protests. Throughout the protests, Dölet represented students in televised negotiations with Chinese Communist Party leaders. After the massacre, the 21-year-old wa…
US defence secretary ‘vilified China with defamatory allegations’ at Shangri-La DialogueChina’s government has accused Pete Hegseth of trying to “sow division” in the Asia Pacific region over his speech at a Singapore defence conference where he warned…
Trip by five Labour MPs designed to build UK-Taiwan ties as Beijing steps up military capabilityA group of five Labour MPs is travelling to Taiwan for meetings with government officials for the first time since Labour came to power.The Labour Friends o…