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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.
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.
‘Punching Pooh’ patriotic badges a hit in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» TAIPEI: Patriotic badges showing Winnie the Pooh being punched in the face by a Taiwanese black bear — a humourous dig at Chinese leader Xi Jinping — have gone viral across the self-ruled island of Taiwan.
Gay couples tie knot for first time at Taiwan military wedding
AFP, Published on 30/10/2020
» TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Waving rainbow flags and shedding tears of joy, two Taiwanese same-sex couples tied the knot on Friday at a mass wedding hosted by the military in another landmark for Asia's LGBT community.
Taiwan artisans fuse reality and fantasy in miniature worlds
AFP, Published on 11/09/2020
» TAIPEI - From a bucolic rural grocery shop to fictional battlefields and robot warrior bases, Taiwanese artisans are meticulously handcrafting miniature worlds that fuse reality and fantasy.
'Biggest secret' - Taiwan baseball draws foreign fans during sports shutdown
AFP, Published on 07/05/2020
» TAOYUAN (TAIWAN) - Foreign fans starved of baseball are tuning in to Taiwan's often-overlooked league as the island basks in the glow of being one of the few places in the world hosting live sports.
Taiwan bucks virus sports cancellations with new baseball season
AFP, Published on 13/04/2020
» TAICHUNG, Taiwan: Taiwan swung into a new baseball season on Sunday -- with one team planning to place robot mannequins in their crowdless stands -- as the island bucked the global trend for scrapping sports events during the coronavirus.
Taiwan inmates join coronavirus fight with mask factory
AFP, Published on 11/03/2020
» TAOYUAN (TAIWAN) - Behind the barbed wire-topped fences of Taipei Prison, a small group of inmates are hunched over clacking sewing machines, working overtime to churn out face masks and help ward off the new coronavirus.
Chinese dissidents in Taiwan airport limbo for over 100 days
AFP, Published on 16/01/2019
» TAIPEI: Chinese dissident Liu Xinglian marked his 64th birthday on Wednesday at Taiwan's Taoyuan airport, one of two refugees who have been trapped in limbo there for more than 100 days, hoping for asylum overseas.