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Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Raymond Greene attends a press conference in Taipei on September 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The new de facto U.S. ambassador to Taiwan said Wednesday (September 4, 2024) that the democratic island is “not the only target” of China’s “intimidation and coercion”, with more countries cooperating…
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The Formosan black bear is one of seven subspecies of Asiatic black bear, vulnerable to extinction. Taichung, Taiwan: As the cage holding an endangered Formosan black bear swung open conservationists blasted gunshots and air horns to ensure the frightened young bear disappeared quickly into the mountains of central Taiwan, hopefully far from human contact. Ziman,…
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“When I watched Dangal with Chinese subtitles a few years ago, I noticed an uncanny resemblance between the wrestlers’ father and my own,” says Chen Shih-hsin, Taiwan’s first-ever Olympic gold medallist. Chen clinched gold in the women’s flyweight division (49-kilogram category) in Taekwondo at the 2004 Athens Olympics, ending a 72-year-long gold medal drought for…
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Typhoon Gaemi hits Chinese seaboard, widespread flooding feared Singapore: Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were lashed by the year’s most powerful typhoon this week, with…
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan must protect its sovereignty and know its own culture and history, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, rejecting what he said was the previous mistaken belief the island could serve as a base to “retake” China. Mr. Lai, who took office in May, and his ruling…
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump prepares to leave after the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan “should pay” the United States for defence, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said in a wide-ranging interview that has cast doubt…
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TSMC is the world’s largest contract chipmaker (REUTERS/Ann Wang/ File Photo) Taipei: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the main producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 30% rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to soaring demand.The world’s largest contract chipmaker, whose customers include Apple and Nvidia, has benefited…
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Anti-landing barricades are pictured on the beach, with China’s Xiamen city in the background, in Kinmen, Taiwan. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Taiwan on July 5 reported renewed Chinese military activity nearby with another “combat patrol” as the government called on Beijing not to escalate tensions after the seizure of a Taiwanese fishing boat. China, which…
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The flight resumed the next morning with a different aircraft A Korean Air plane was forced to U-turn and make an emergency landing after dropping more than 25,000 feet due to a fault in the aircraft’s pressurization system. According to the Independent, flight KE189 departed Seoul’s Incheon International Airport (ICN) on June 22, 2024, at…
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Since 2020, China has intensified its use of gray zone tactics by increasing aircraft and naval ships. Taipei: Taiwan’s Ministry of Defence detected 36 Chinese aircraft and seven shipping vessels around its territory in the last 24 hours till 6 am on Friday. Thirty four of the aircraft entered Taiwan’s SW and eastern Air Defense…
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