17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (475+ words) A Taiwanese academic yesterday slammed Chinese drama Emperor Jiaqing and the Journey to Taiwan (嘉慶君遊臺灣), saying it distorted history and promoted a cross-strait unification narrative. The microdrama is funded and presented by Jingcai Taiwan, a Chinese state-run media platform of…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (602+ words) Taiwan cannot be overlooked in building a drone supply chain independent of China, US-based Shield AI’s Taiwan representative Chen Yi-ju (陳奕儒) said in an interview. Two years ago, less than 1 percent of the materials used in Shield AI products came…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (456+ words) Recent Chinese diplomatic and military moves are aimed at creating pressure ahead of a planned meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and US President Donald Trump, National Security Council adviser Huang Chung-yen (黃重諺) said. Trump when visiting China in…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (461+ words) LONGSHAN TEMPLE AND TAIWAN’S DEMOCRACY The story for Wei begins at Taipei’s Longshan Temple, an ironic choice. The temple has been the site of numerous historical events over its nearly three centuries of existence, but all that is gone from…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (347+ words) More than 100 Taiwanese-Americans, Taiwanese lawmakers and members of civic groups on Saturday marched through New York City to call for Taiwan’s participation in the UN, with Marshall Island Permanent Representative to the UN John Silk joining the event to show…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (198+ words) At the same time, Taiwan’s civil society remains vibrant, its independent media serves as a check on government, and public opinion remains solidly in favor of preserving the cross-Strait status quo. In other words, Taiwan’s political system is engaged in…...

4+ day, 59+ min ago   (568+ words) Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 was a defining moment in its transition to democracy and a declaration to the world that its people would choose their leaders and future, former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said today. In a pre-written…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (381+ words) A rodent’s interruption of a professional baseball game at Taipei Dome on Wednesday sparked renewed discussion of rat control efforts, weeks ahead of the city’s mayoral election. Just before the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game between the Fubon Guardians and…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (384+ words) The death toll from a fire that erupted yesterday on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked in a Chinese port has risen to 25, including five people who had been listed as missing, state media said. The bulk carrier, moored in the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (494+ words) Two aides at independent Legislator May Chin’s (高金素梅) office were ordered detained incommunicado yesterday in a broadening probe into alleged Chinese espionage by Chin’s former chief of staff, Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑). The move to hold Lin I-chun (林怡君) and current…...