Hours after Donald Trump’s chilly inauguration in Washington, Taiwan’s parliament voted to freeze billions of dollars in defense spending, in a move some worry could frustrate the famously transactional president,
As the Year of the Snake approaches, a pet store in Taipei is offering adventurous customers an opportunity to enjoy the company of snakes while sipping coffee, hoping to break down some of the prejudice against the animal.
A man who sailed across the Taiwan Strait from China in a rubber dinghy has been indicted for illegally entering the island, while an unusually large number of Chinese fighter jets flew through the area in an apparent show of force.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, leaving 15 people with minor injuries.
T ens of tHOUSANDS of people converged on Liberty Square in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, earlier this month. Placards depicted Lai Ching-te, the president, as a horned devil, with the words: “Recall the dictatorial emperor Lai.” The protest is just one act in a political drama that has roiled the island country for weeks.
A Taiwan Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of an Indigenous Defense Fighter jet at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, officials say.
Trump term mean for Taiwan, especially with a Republican-controlled Congress? After Trump was elected in 2016, he initially tried to use Taiwan to gain leverage over Beijing. After taking a congratulatory call from then-Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen,
Taiwan is one of the most seismically active places in the world, and one of the most advanced when it comes to earthquake readiness.
Another U.S.-aligned democracy in Asia is mired in political gridlock, with Taiwan’s opposition challenging defense spending aimed at fending off China.
Changes in policy promised by the newly inaugurated Trump administration foreshadow a future in which uncertainty will be "the new normal" for financial markets amid rising geopolitical risks, Taiwan's top financial regulator said on Wednesday.
Is the Taiwanese semiconductor industry a security guarantee for the island or just another incentive for Beijing to claim it for its own?
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has called on President-elect Donald Trump to renew his pledge to support Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.