Taipei, Taiwan – Hundreds of foreign delegates were in Taipei last month to watch William Lai Ching-te sworn in as Taiwan’s fifth elected president. Beijing, which claims the democratic island as its own, has branded Lai a “separatist” and “troublemaker” but that did not stop as many as 508 foreign…
Top executive says AI likely to affect healthcare more than any other area of life. Taipei, Taiwan – Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has already brought about a “healthcare revolution” and is set to transform everything from pharmaceutical research to patient diagnostics and post-operative treatment, a top executive at chip giant…
Thousands protested outside Taiwan’s parliament after reforms seen as reducing the president’s power were passed. Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature has ignored large protests to push through legislative changes seen as favourable to China. The controversial bill, adopted on Tuesday, diminishes the power of President William Lai Ching-te, who was sworn in…
The People’s Liberation Army continues land, sea and air exercises that began on Thursday around the self-ruled island . China’s military has begun its second day of war games around Taiwan, with drills that it said were to test the armed forces’ ability to “seize power” and control key areas…
China conducts exercises in Taiwan Strait days after new Taiwan president was sworn in. China has escalated the scale of its military exercises in the Taiwan Strait over the past two years, while the United States has increased its rhetoric in support of the island. Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan….
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Exercises begin three days after William Lai Ching-te took his oath as president of the island China claims as its own. China has started military drills surrounding the self-governing island of Taiwan, according to Chinese state media. The state-run Xinhua news agency said the Eastern Theatre Command…
Taipei, Taiwan – As Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-te begins his four-year term, the democratic island’s legions of Southeast Asian migrant domestic workers are hoping he will push ahead with labour reforms that might improve their working lives. According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Labour, there were more than 760,000 foreign…
Lai takes over as leader as Beijing aggressively asserts its claim over the self-governed island of 23 million people. Taipei, Taiwan – William Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as president of Taiwan in a ceremony that included a 21-gun salute. Lai and Vice President Hsia Bi-khim took their oaths…
Taipei, Taiwan – William Lai Ching-te will be sworn in on Monday as Taiwan’s sixth democratically-elected president, a role where he is expected to continue steering Taiwan in the same direction as set by his predecessor Tsai Ing-Wen. Lai’s victory at the polls in January marked a narrow but unprecedented…
Taipei, Taiwan – Even as Taiwan prepares for the inauguration of its eighth president next week, it continues to struggle over the legacy of the island’s first president, Chiang Kai-shek. To some, Chiang was the “generalissimo” who liberated the Taiwanese from the Japanese colonisers. To many others, he was the…
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