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…
The United States Senate has passed a long-delayed multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, paving the way for new weapons deliveries to Kyiv as soon as this week. The Democratic-controlled Senate passed the measure, held up for months by right-wing Republicans and part of a four-bill package, by…
The Democratic-majority Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The United States House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support has passed a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite bitter objections from…
Strict building codes and widespread public disaster awareness appear to have staved off a major catastrophe. Rescuers in Taiwan are continuing their search for 18 people still missing after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the island’s rugged east coast. Wednesday’s earthquake in the mountainous and sparsely populated eastern county of…
NewsFeed Hundreds of tourists have been located safely in Taiwan, a day after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the island. Despite hundreds of aftershocks, rescue efforts have also successfully reached a crew of miners in the mountainous region. Published On 4 Apr 20244 Apr 2024 Check out our Latest News…
The quake struck on Wednesday morning and was the strongest to hit the island in 25 years. The search for survivors of Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years continues. At least nine people have been confirmed dead and hundreds injured after the magnitude 7.2 tremor hit off the island’s east…
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