Taiwan’s opposition parties have registered separate candidates for next year’s presidential elections, hours after an attempt to field a joint ticket against the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) collapsed in acrimony on live television. The main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) is fielding Hou Yu-ih for the presidency, while Ko Wen-je will run for the smaller Taiwan […]
Read MoreLai Ching-te, the frontrunner for Taiwan’s presidency, has picked Taipei’s envoy to the United States – a fluent English speaker with deep connections in Washington – to be his running mate for January’s election, sources with direct knowledge said. Lai, vice president and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate has almost consistently led […]
Read MoreTaipei’s national security chief has said a Chinese tax probe into Taiwan tech giant Foxconn is “political” as its billionaire founder Terry Gou is running for president of the democratically ruled island. Gou, who gave up Foxconn’s management reins four years ago, launched his presidential bid in August as an independent candidate in Taiwan’s January […]
Read MoreTAIPEI, Oct 28 (Reuters) – An estimated 180,000 people marched through Taipei on Saturday in a riotous and noisy celebration of LGBTQ+ equality and diversity at east Asia’s largest Pride march, with Vice President Lai Ching-te becoming the most senior government leader ever to attend. The event took place ahead of Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary […]
Read MoreTaiwan unveiled its first domestically developed submarine on Thursday, a major step in a project aimed at strengthening the island’s defence and deterrence against the Chinese navy, though it won’t enter service for another two years. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made the indigenous submarine program a key part of an […]
Read MoreThe increased frequency of China’s military activities around Taiwan recently has raised the risk of events “getting out of hand” and sparking an accidental clash, the island’s defence minister said on Saturday. Taiwan has said that the past two weeks has seen dozens of fighters, drones, bombers and other aircraft, as well as warships and […]
Read MoreNew Taipei City: One thing Hou Yu-ih wants Taiwan’s voters to know about him as they prepare to elect a new president is that he used to be a great cop. The 66-year-old’s decades-long career, which saw him work his way up from a police officer to become Taiwan’s top law enforcement official, is a […]
Read MoreTAIPEI, TAIWAN — China launched a series of influence campaigns against Taiwan last week, unveiling a plan to promote integrated development across the Taiwan Strait while at the same time conducting large-scale military incursions near the island. Beijing’s carrot-and-stick approach received mixed reactions from Taiwan residents. Many view the plan, which promises to enhance access […]
Read MoreBy Peter Hoskins & Derek Cai BBC News Taiwan has told billionaire Elon Musk it is “not for sale” after he said the island was a part of China. “Listen up, Taiwan is not part of the PRC [People’s Republic of China] & certainly not for sale!,” foreign minister Joseph Wu said on Mr Musk’s […]
Read MoreJapan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defence attache in Taiwan, four sources said, elevating security ties in a move likely to anger China, which claims the strategic, democratic island as its own. Japan does not have any formal diplomatic representation in Taiwan, and instead handles bilateral relations through […]
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