Cellphones tracked, restaurants with X’s taped on every other chair, thermometers to enter a building. Taiwan shows that the post-virus normal is different.
Pro-China Kiribati president loses majority over switch from Taiwan
Party that switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year lost majority in elections this week over handling of the move …
In Taiwan, the pandemic is playing out very differently. What does life like?
Cellphones tracked, restaurants with X’s taped on every other chair, thermometers to enter a building. Taiwan shows that the post-virus normal is different.
Unnerved by new virus cases in navy, Taiwan debates lockdowns
Spooked by a sharp increase in cases in the navy, Taiwan is debating whether to consider a broad lockdown, even with only some 200 active infections and weeks after far more seriously affected …
The only baseball in the world right now is in Taiwan — and they need English broadcasters
With America’s pastime shuttered, Richard Wang and Wayne McNeil have been filling the void of U.S. hits, runs and errors.
Coronavirus Crisis Offers Taiwan a Chance to Push Back Against China
Saying “Taiwan Can Help,” the island is resisting China’s efforts to isolate the self-ruling democracy that Beijing claims as its territory.
Asia Today: Clusters among crew on 2 ships in Taiwan, Japan
Japanese officials said Wednesday that 33 crew members on a docked cruise ship tested positive for the coronavirus in one day of testing after the first case from the ship …
Seller of books critical of China leaders attacked in Taiwan
The founder of a bookshop specializing in texts critical of China’s Communist Party leaders was attacked with red paint in Taiwan on Tuesday, but suffered no serious …
China rattles sabres as world battles coronavirus pandemic
China is becoming increasingly assertive in the region as the coronavirus crisis eases on the mainland while raging elsewhere in the world, with a crackdown and sabre-rattling around Taiwan and in the …
Taiwan’s success against coronavirus cushions economy
As economists rewrite their forecasts to reflect the doom created by the coronavirus pandemic, one country has come off relatively lightly. Taiwan has managed to contain the outbreak better than its …