Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate William Lai addressed allegations about his family home, while Kuomintang’s (KMT) Hou You-ih and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Ko …
The worshippers caught between China and Taiwan
Many Taiwanese follow religions with deep ties to China, which delights Beijing but worries Taipei.
Xi Jinping reasserts China’s sovereignty over Taiwan ahead of crucial election
Xi Jinping has claimed that China’s “reunification” with Taiwan was “inevitable”. The Communist Party of China asserts ownership of Taiwan even though it has never governed the territory. While Chinese officials express a desire for peaceful “reunification”,
Are China’s actions in the South China Sea a harbinger of things to come for Taiwan?
One hundred and twenty miles off the coast of Palawan in the Philippines sits the Sierra Madre, a rusting World War II-era landing vessel that hosts a small contingent of Philippine marines and serves …
Commercial property deals in Taiwan increase 2.8%
Commercial property transactions in Taiwan increased 2.8 percent to NT$137 billion (US$4.46 billion) this year, mainly due to demand for offices and factories, but land deals tumbled 20.4 percent to a …
China reaffirms its military threats against Taiwan weeks before the island’s presidential election
Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory.
DPP’s Lai Ching-te widens lead in polls two weeks before Taiwan presidential election
Poll findings show he and his running-mate have 40.0% of support versus 28.9% for the KMT team. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China lip-synch probe into top Taiwanese rock band is politically motivated, Taiwan intelligence officials claim
China’s ongoing investigation into alleged lip-synching by a popular Taiwanese rock band may be linked to attempts by Beijing to influence the island’s upcoming election, Taiwan security officials …
China pressures influential Taiwanese band ahead of elections – sources
China has pressured an influential Taiwanese rock band called Mayday to make pro-China comments ahead of Taiwan’s key elections next month, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation …
Xi Jinping says Taiwan will ‘surely’ be reunified with China during symposium commemorating Mao
Chinese President Xi Jinping on his country’s commitment to reunifying with Taiwan, vowing to prevent anyone from trying to split the two nations.