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Chinese mainland contributes to improving cross-Straits relations: Taiwan businesspeople
Compared with the passive Taiwan authorities, the Chinese mainland has actively introduced a variety of preferential policies to support cross-Straits communication, which has injected tremendous …
America’s Taiwan policy on the auction block?
He is bold and cunning. Even now he plays a game with peril and wins a throw. Hours of my precious time he has wasted already.” Four Aprils ago Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) met US President …
Taiwan Ex-General Says Soldiers Lack Weapons for China War: ‘Are They Supposed to Fight With Brooms?’
The retired major general once in charge of procurement for Taiwan’s defense ministry also suggested the country could be undermanned in the event of a cross-strait conflict.
Same sex couples marry in mass military wedding — a first for Taiwan’s armed forces
Two women became the first military officers to marry their same-sex civilian partners at a mass military wedding in Taiwan on Friday, marking another landmark for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia.
Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank Website Now Live
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201030005259/en/ The Ministry of Culture announces that the Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank website comes online on the 17th October.
Two lesbian couples marry in mass wedding held by Taiwan’s military
Taiwan is the only place in Asia to have legalized gay marriage, with more than 4,000 same-sex couples marrying since the legislation passed in May 2019.
Taiwan military wedding welcomes same-sex couples
World Taiwan military wedding welcomes same-sex couples. Posted . Two women became the first military officers to marry their same-sex civilian partners at a mass military wedding …
Taiwan Has ‘Brunch With Tsai’ After Her LGBT Support Angers Prayer Breakfast Organizers
The president’s breakfast date was canceled at the last minute over her support for the LGBT+ community. Taiwanese internet users weren’t having it.
Taiwan just went 200 days without a locally transmitted Covid-19 case. Here’s how they did it
As much of the world struggles to contain new waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan just marked its 200th consecutive day without a locally transmitted case of the disease.