Taiwan
4 Apr
Taiwan rescuers worked Thursday to reach scores of people trapped in highway tunnels as engineers began a massive clear-up operation a day after the island's biggest earthquake in a quarter of a century.
1 Apr
Taiwan's former president Ma Ying-jeou headed to China on Monday for what he called a "journey of peace" aimed at cooling cross-strait tensions.
29 Mar
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has asked her defence minister to stay on the job after he offered to resign, her office said Friday, following local media reports that his son hired sex workers. Chiu Kuo-cheng verbally tendered his resignation to Tsai on Thursday night over "matters involving his family," presidential spokeswoman Olivia Lin said in…
26 Feb
Taiwan said it received assurances from Tuvalu's new prime minister Monday that ties were "everlasting", scotching rumours that the Pacific island nation was poised to flip alliances to Beijing.
22 Feb
Taiwan's coast guard said on Thursday a Chinese boat that capsized during a chase was trying to evade a patrol vessel and "lost its balance" in a deadly incident condemned by Beijing. It gave more details about the incident after China accused Taiwanese authorities of "seeking to evade their responsibilities and hide the truth" about…
10 Feb
A record eight Chinese balloons have been detected around Taiwan, with two directly flying over the island, Taipei's defence ministry said Saturday.
15 Jan
Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te hailed the island's "solid partnership" with Washington as he welcomed a US delegation Monday -- which China said it "firmly opposed".
14 Jan
Germany called Sunday for the status quo to be upheld on Taiwan after Vice President Lai Ching-te won the presidential election, and insisted any change must be done "peacefully and by mutual agreement".
14 Jan
Taiwan told China on Sunday to "face reality" and respect its election result, after voters defied Beijing's warnings and chose pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as president.
11 Jan
China on Thursday called on the US to "refrain from intervening" in self-ruled Taiwan's elections, slamming official visits between the island and the US after Washington said it would send a delegation there following this week's polls.
2 Jan
Two Chinese balloons were detected moving across the median line separating Taiwan from China, with one flying directly above the island, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said Tuesday.
20 Dec
Representative, Taiwanese Mission to Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu, has urged Nigeria to speed up the process of collaborating with Taiwan to implement President Bola Tinubu's campaign promise to make the South-East of Nigeria become the Taiwan of Africa.
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