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Taiwan: debate over 298-year sentence
AFP, Published on 02/09/2013
» TAIPEI - A Taiwanese widow who faced the theoretical possibility of 298 years in jail for an affair with a married man has rekindled the debate over the island's controversial adultery laws.
Taiwan singers won't let curtain fall on Hakka opera
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» TAOYUAN (TAIWAN) - Dressed in a robe fringed with beaded tassels, traditional Taiwanese opera singer Jen Chieh-li applies the final touches to her heavily painted face as she prepares to take the stage.
'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder
AFP, Published on 25/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - She probably ought to have been in primary school, but instead Mazel Paris Alegado -- aged nine -- competed in skateboarding at the Asian Games on Monday.
Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Haikui heads for Taiwan
AFP, Published on 03/09/2023
» YILAN, Taiwan: Thousands of people were evacuated in Taiwan ahead of Typhoon Haikui, with hundreds of flights cancelled and businesses closed as authorities prepared Sunday for the first tropical storm to directly hit the island in four years.
China-based 'Flax Typhoon' hackers targeting Taiwan govt: Microsoft
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» TAIPEI (TAIWAN) - A China-based hacking group named "Flax Typhoon" has targeted dozens of Taiwanese government agencies with the likely aim of spying on them, Microsoft has revealed.
Taiwan's antique jade dealers see trade losing lustre
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» TAIPEI - Tracing a palm-sized jade pig resting on its haunches, an antique trader in Taiwan said the ears on the nearly 400-year-old piece are a marker of its authenticity.
Taiwan defends airport against simulated Chinese attack
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Taiwan staged its first-ever military drill at Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday, briefly halting commercial traffic as soldiers practised defending the facility against a simulated attack by Beijing.
Foxconn exits $19.4bn chip deal in India
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» TAIPEI" Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn withdrew from a $19.4 billion deal with India's Vedanta to make semiconductors in the South Asian nation owing to "challenging gaps", it announced Tuesday.
Blinken due on rare Beijing visit in bid to lower temperature
AFP, Published on 18/06/2023
» BEIJING - Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in China on Sunday for the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years as the rival powers look to lower the temperature after soaring tensions.
Taiwan, US to sign trade deal
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» TAIPEI: The United States and Taiwan will sign a trade deal on Thursday, Taipei said, in a move likely to stoke tensions between Beijing and Washington over the island.