Taiwan scrambles jets as 18 Chinese planes buzz island
Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island, including crossing the sensitive mid-line of the Taiwan Strait, in an escalation...
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Fighting in Taiwan parliament after opposition occupies chamber (V)
Fighting erupted in Taiwan’s parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang...
Schools evacuated, subway services halted as quake hits Taiwan
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s coastal city of Hualien on Thursday, shaking buildings and temporarily halting subway services in the capital Taipei, but there...
China’s Xi threatens Taiwan with force but also seeks peaceful ‘reunification’
China reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan under its control but will strive to achieve peaceful “reunification” with the self-ruled island that...
Tens of thousand gather in Taiwan for gay pride parade
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Taiwan’s capital for the city’s annual gay pride parade ahead of referendums next month that will determine...
Blaze at Taiwan hospital kills 9 (Update)
A fire at a hospital in Taiwan in the early hours of Monday killed nine people and injured 15 and an investigation has been launched into the...
Xi warns Taiwan will face “punishment of history”
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned self-ruled Taiwan on Tuesday that it will face the “punishment of history” for any attempt at separatism, offering his strongest...
Aftershocks rattle Taiwan as quake toll rises to 10, 58 missing
Scores of aftershocks hampered rescue efforts on Thursday as emergency personnel combed through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake killed at...
At least seven killed, 67 missing after quake rocks Taiwan
Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, in a search for 67 people missing after a strong earthquake which killed at least...
Two dead as 6.4 quake hits Taiwan (update 2)
Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, some using their hands as they searched for about 145 people missing after a magnitude...
China ‘outraged’ by $1.42bn planned US arms sales to Taiwan
China urged the United States to revoke immediately its “wrong decision” to sell Taiwan $1.42bn worth of arms, saying it contradicted a “consensus” President Xi Jinping...
Tour bus crashes in Taiwan, at least 32 dead
At least 32 people were killed and more were taken to hospital after a tour bus crashed on a highway in Taiwan on Tuesday night....
Trump and China: the ‘madman’ strategy
By Gwynne Dyer “When two elephants fight against each other, the grass always suffers,” said Yu-Fang Lin of the National Policy Foundation, a Taiwan-based think...
China warns Trump against ignoring its Taiwan interests (Updated)
China expressed “serious concern” on Monday after US President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-held stance...
Somali pirates free 26 Asian sailors held since 2012
Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in...
Schools shut, flights cancelled as Super Typhoon Meranti hits Taiwan (Updated)
More than half a million homes lost power across Taiwan on Wednesday and five people were injured as Super Typhoon Meranti, which is believed to...
Taiwan police take aim at Pokemon gamers driven to distraction
The launch of the Pokemon GO game in Taiwan has sparked a sharp rise in traffic violations by commuters using their smartphones to play while...
China vows to protect South China Sea sovereignty, Manila upbeat
China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty over the South China Sea and said it had the right to set up...
Blast injures 25 on Taiwan passenger train
A suspected pipe bomb that injured 25 passengers on a train in Taiwan was a homemade explosive device and unlikely to be part of a...
Taiwan ‘won’t recognise’ any Chinese air defence zone over S. China Sea
Taiwan’s new defence minister said on Monday the island would not recognise any air defence zone declared by China over the South China Sea, as...