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Did Nancy Pelosi accelerate Chinese-Russian military cooperation with her Taiwan visit?
China had warned of ‘serious consequences’ in the lead-up to the visit but has avoided any significant military escalation so far
Taiwan’s ‘super matchmaker’ helps hundreds find love
A Taiwan woman is so good at matchmaking that in the past 30 years, she had helped 573 couples tie the knot, a newspaper said on Sunday.
Typhoon Sinlaku pounds Taiwan
A typhoon pounded Taiwan on Saturday, bringing torrential rains and triggering landslides in the central and northern part of the island.
Taiwan tour operators sceptical about China boom
The launch of regular direct flights between China and Taiwan has been hailed as a symbol of progress, but industry workers are not all convinced.
Heartbroken Taiwan man climbs into morgue freezer
A Taiwan man grieving over the death of his girlfriend climbed inside a morgue freezer to be with her and was only pulled out alive half an hour later, media and an official said…
Nose-picking lawmaker to shout his last good-bye
Taiwan’s Cabinet will soon lose one of its more colourful members who was notorious for sleeping in Parliament, shouting at legislators, picking his nose in public and shoving a…
Taiwan’s KMT declares victory in poll
Taiwan’s opposition Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, has won more than half the vote in Saturday’s election, the party said, auguring improved ties…
Tonnes of dead fish wash up on Taiwan beaches
Tonnes of fish, from carp to exotic tropical specimens, have washed up dead along 320km of beach on Taiwan’s outlying islands because of cold temperatures, a local official said…
First prize: A place for your ashes
A funeral business union based in the central Taiwan county of Nantou held a lottery draw at a recent dinner party offering as top prize a nice place to store the winner’s ashes…
Taiwan says it can’t match $6bn China aid to Malawi
Taiwan cannot match China’s reported -billion aid offer to Malawi, but hopes a legacy of goodwill can convince the African nation not to switch allegiance to its giant neighbour.…
‘I just closed my eyes’
Taiwan’s Education Minister, Tu Cheng-sheng, on Monday fought a war of words with opposition parliamentarians over whether he had dozed off during an emergency meeting conducted…
Typhoon kills five in Taiwan, heads for China
A strong typhoon headed for China on Sunday after killing five people, injuring 53 and cutting power to more than two million people in Taiwan as it lashed the island with heavy…
Strong typhoon slams into Taiwan
Typhoon Krosa slammed into Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rains on Saturday forcing hundreds to evacuate and cutting power to thousands as it headed toward mainland China. In…
Lee the ‘glory of Taiwan’ after second Golden Lion
Taiwan was flushed with pride on Sunday as favourite son and world famous director Ang Lee took the Venice film festival’s top award for his steamy thriller Lust, Caution, just…
Taiwan eatery pays through the nose for tofu stink
Stinky tofu, a south China delicacy loved by some and detested by others, finally wore out its welcome in one Taiwan neighbourhood. Environmental authorities got the high court’s…