Beijing — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, warning of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations as the United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues. Blinken met with Xi in Beijing after holding talks with …
credit – Kaohsiung Fire Department To be a drug-sniffing dog you have to be impassionate, which is exactly what Roger the golden retriever was not. Though he flunked out of the Kaohsiung City police academy in Taiwan, his career in public service was not over, and has now captured the hearts of his people with …
April 3, 2024 1:56 PM EDT A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, leaving nine people dead and at least 946 are injured. The earthquake was the largest to hit the island in a quarter century, and officials say that the number of casualties is expected to rise as …
“It is difficult to imagine that this used to be a warzone,” 23-year-old *Shao Hongtian told Al Jazeera as he wandered along a beach near the city of Xiamen on China’s southeast coast. Halting by the water’s edge where gentle waves lapped against the sand, Shao gestured beyond the shallows towards the sea and the …
WASHINGTON (TND) — President Joe Biden will get a prime opportunity to lay out his case to the American people why he deserves another four years in office as he presents the annual State of the Union on Thursday. Biden comes into the annual address off a strong showing on Super Tuesday as a rematch …
Lai Ching-te, who won Taiwan’s presidential election last Saturday, will be facing a crossroads in the country’s technology industry when he takes office in May. Lai’s administration will be the third term of Democratic Progressive Party rule in Taiwan, and he is widely expected to continue the work of his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, when it …
As the world held its breath Friday night, on the eve of Taiwan’s pivotal 2024 elections for president and parliament, a small group boarded an overnight ferry to Taiwan’s most isolated territory. My father and I—along with several cousins, aunties, and uncle—were sailing six hours across the Taiwan strait to the Wuqiu Islands, just miles …
Taiwan on Sunday told China to “face reality” and respect its election result, after voters defied Beijing’s warnings and chose pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as president. Issued on: 14/01/2024 – 07:49 3 min Voters spurned Beijing’s repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China’s ruling Communist Party sees …
Taiwan’s ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), secured a historic third term on Saturday as Vice President Lai Ching-te won the country’s widely watched presidential election with more than 40 percent of the vote. Issued on: 13/01/2024 – 12:53 3 min Lai, along with his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim – Taiwan’s former representative to the United …
Tens of thousands of supporters of Taiwan’s three political parties will rally Friday as candidates make a last push for votes in an election that China has warned could take the island closer to war. Issued on: 12/01/2024 – 05:28 3 min Taiwan’s bustling democracy of 23 million people is separated by a narrow 180-kilometre …