CEO of Taiwan-based Gold Apollo released after questioning over role in deadly explosions. Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan’s economy minister has said. Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said this week it did not manufacture the devices…
Beijing tells Washington to ‘stop conniving and supporting Taiwan independence’. China has imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms over sales of military equipment to Taiwan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing announced the measures on Wednesday. The move comes as China continues to raise the pressure on Taiwan…
Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s crucial tech industry has been unwittingly drawn into Middle East politics after revelations that thousands of exploding pagers used to kill members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group were manufactured using the branding of a Taiwanese firm. Taiwanese tech company Gold Apollo on Wednesday denied that it had…
Kinmen, Taiwan – On Taiwan’s sandy shores, Liu Xi Jiu puts on his goggles as he prepares to race across one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world. Originally from Beijing, he is competing in the only event of its kind, a seven-kilometre (4.3-mile) swimming race across…
NewsFeed Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting has become the second women’s boxer embroiled in a gender dispute to win gold at the Olympic Games, triggering jubilant scenes among her fans in Taipei and Paris. Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who also faced scrutiny, is now filing an online harassment lawsuit. Published On 11 Aug…
Strong winds sink a Tanzania-flagged freighter off Taiwan coast, with crew missing and rescuers unable to access area. Typhoon Gaemi is sweeping towards southern China after wreaking devastation in Taiwan, killing at least two people and sinking a cargo ship, with its nine crew members missing. The typhoon made landfall…
Raging floods tore down part of a highway bridge in Taiwan on Friday, killing 12 people with at least 30 others still believed to be missing, according to authorities. A 130-foot section of the bridge in Yanping Village collapsed around 8:40 p.m. Friday, sending vehicles plunging into the Jinqian River…
Beijing said the US’s weapons sales to Taiwan has ‘compromised the political atmosphere’ for continued talks on nuclear non-proliferation. China has suspended negotiations on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control with the United States in protest against Washington’s arms sales to the self-ruled island of Taiwan. The US called Beijing’s decision…
Changing of guard ceremonies in memorial hall for island’s first president will be moved outside from next week. Taiwanese honour guards will no longer perform changing of the guard ceremonies around a giant statue of the island’s first president, Chiang Kai-shek, as part of a national effort to stop “worshipping…
Taiwan demands Beijing release crew and vessel seized from outside Taiwanese waters near Kinmen Islands. Chinese coastguard officials have seized a Taiwanese fishing vessel and steered it to a port in mainland China, Taiwan has said, urging Beijing to release the boat and its six-member crew. The move late on…
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