Taiwan News
Taiwan urges international alliance to safeguard regional stability
Taiwan's president called Tuesday for democratic countries to combat China's regional expansionism, saying the alliance would safeguard "…
Floating Steel
Taiwan unveils first domestically built submarine
Taiwan unveiled its first domestically built submarine on Thursday, with the massively outgunned island seeking to bolster its defences against China.
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Taiwan typhoon death toll rises to 11
Rescuers on Tuesday continued search operations after Typhoon Sinlaku pounded Taiwan over the weekend, leaving at least 11 people dead, officials said.
Cyber War
Taiwan to step up cyberwar capabilities: report
Taiwan plans to beef up its cyberwar capabilities to counter a perceived threat from Chinese hackers targeting government and security websites, local media reported Sunday.
Tech Space
Taiwan turns plastic junk to ‘green’ gold
The mountains of used plastic bottles at a recycling station in Taipei emit a faint smell of garbage dump, but soon they will be turned into wigs and clothes that people will wear.
Space Travel
Taiwan tourism industry hit by drop in Chinese visitors
The number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan has fallen 22 percent since the island's Beijing-sceptic government took office in May, with tourism operators saying Wednesday that the industry is in a slump.
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Taiwan tycoon to train three million ‘civilian warriors’
A colourful Taiwanese tycoon unveiled plans Thursday to train more than three million "civilian warriors" to help defend the democratic island in the event of a Chinese invasion, donating TW$1 billion ($33 million) of his own money.
Floating Steel
Taiwan to build six minehunters
Taiwan plans to spend $1.2 billion on building six minehunters as part of efforts to negate China's ability to blockade the island in a future conflict, a legislator said Monday.
Taiwan News
Taiwan to pull out troops in islets near China: report
Taiwan is set to withdraw troops from two islets near the Chinese mainland next year and turn the former battleground into a tourist attraction amid warming ties, reports said Friday.
Trade Wars
Taiwan to relax rules on China banking investment
Taiwan is set to ease restrictions on local banks investing in China in a bid to boost their competitiveness on the mainland, the government said Friday.
Taiwan News
Taiwan to receive F-16 upgrades: US official
A senior US official on Monday all but confirmed reports that Washington will help Taiwan upgrade its 145 US-made F-16 A/B fighters, rather than selling the more advanced jets coveted by the island.
Missile News
Taiwan to produce new anti-China missiles: lawmaker
Taiwan is expected to mass produce a potent new missile system designed to nip a Chinese invasion in the bud by striking airfields and harbours on the mainland, a lawmaker said Tuesday.
Taiwan News
Taiwan student hurls book at president in China protest
A college student threw a book at Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou as he left a Taipei hotel to protest increasingly cordial relations with China, his office confirmed Saturday.
Shake And Blow
Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Megi strikes
Taiwan went into shutdown Tuesday as the island faces its third typhoon in two weeks, with thousands evacuated, schools and offices closed across the island and hundreds of flights disrupted.
Taiwan News
Taiwan slams Musk over comments; as 68 Chinese warplanes, 10 vessels detected
Taiwan lashed out at the US tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday for "blindly flattering" Beijing after he called the self-ruled island "an integral part" of China.
Taiwan News
Taiwan shoots down ‘civilian’ UAV over tiny islet; August sees record 446 air incursions
Taiwanese soldiers on a tiny islet just off China's mainland shot down an unidentified commercial drone on Thursday as a local tycoon vowed to train millions of "civilian warriors" to defend the island.