Taiwan

Taiwan is “on alert” after a China made alarming moves on its territory, with Beijing issuing a terrifying war threat out of the blue.

China has launched major military drills around Taiwan for the second time this year, simulating a full-scale attack on the island - just days after the Taiwanese President William Lai delivered his first National Day speech.

The death toll in Taiwan has risen further and almost a thousand people are injured after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake.

Beijing said the election result won’t change Taiwan’s status

It will have to cope with China’s anger

Deal sharply increases odds that ruling Democratic Progressive party will lose election closely watched by China

Annalena Baerbock made clear that any change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait would be unacceptable

Anders Fogh Rasmussen is set to meet with the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen

President Tsai Ing-wen says decision was extremely difficult

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the governing Democratic Progressive Party after its poor showing in local elections.

A US congressional delegation has arrived for an unannounced visit to Taiwan, 12 days after a tour of the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

U.S. president's comments appear to be a departure from existing U.S. policy of so-called strategic ambiguity

From a father cradling the motionless body of his six-year-old daughter, to a woman who lost her entire family, Taiwanese media has been dominated by the heartbreaking stories of survivors of Friday's train crash.

Joseph Wu says Beijing is seeking to expand its ‘authoritarian order’ and calls for ‘like-minded’ nations to act together to protect Taiwan

Cellphones tracked, restaurants with X's taped on every other chair, thermometers to enter a building. Taiwan shows that the post-virus normal is different.

Taiwan is seen as one of the few places in the world which has successfully stemmed the spread of the coronavirus without resorting to draconian measures.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has told the BBC that China needs to "face reality" and show the island "respect".

Taiwan's parliament has become the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage following a vote on Friday.

Trump’s tariffs prompt manufacturers to diversify production

At least 22 people have been killed and 170 injured in a passenger train derailment in north-east Taiwan.