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Published on 02/01/2025
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday that Chinese warplanes and warships had carried out the first "combat patrol" around the island of the New Year, after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te again expressed willingness to talk to Beijing.
Reuters, Published on 10/04/2024
» BEIJING - Chinese leader Xi Jinping met former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing for a landmark sitdown spotlighting the Communist Party’s willingness to talk to the island’s opposition.
Published on 01/04/2024
» Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou of the opposition Nationalist Party kicked off Monday an 11-day visit to mainland China, where he may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
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.
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» TAIPEI - At a barbed-wire museum where political prisoners were once held, visitors lauded Taiwan's modern-day democracy shaped by its own national identity on the island across from authoritarian China.
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York Wednesday for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy -- and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact.
Published on 27/03/2023
» TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou left for China on Monday on a landmark trip, saying he hoped to bring about peace and improve relations through the interactions of young people.
Published on 24/11/2018
» TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has stepped down as chairwoman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after a series of local election defeats on Saturday.
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» TAIPEI : Taiwan voted Saturday in key elections for its embattled government and a divisive gay rights referendum which activists fear could turn back the clock on the island's reputation as a trailblazer for marriage equality.
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» TAIPEI - Millions of Taiwanese go to the polls Saturday in key elections which tap into a raft of divisive issues, from relations with Beijing to gay rights.