AusBiotech and Taiwan Bio sign MoU to strengthen global life sciences collaboration

AusBiotech and Taiwan Bio sign MoU to strengthen global life sciences collaboration October 27, 2025 | Monday | News To enhance the global impacts from biotech hubs of Oceania and Asia, Australia and Taiwan image credit- shutterstock AusBiotech,...

China Flies Nuclear-Capable Bombers Near Taiwan As Trump Prepares To Meet With Xi Jinping: Beijing Calls It 'Combat Oriented Training'

Chinese state media said a formation of H-6K bombers flew near Taiwan for "simulated confrontation drills" in recent days, publicizing the flights just ahead of a planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping...

Overseas Chinese in New York celebrate 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration

Overseas Chinese communities from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered in New York to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration, expressing their shared hope for the peaceful reunification of the motherland. Hundreds of people...

Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says bombers flew near Taiwan

More rain, cooler temperatures forecast for northern Taiwan this week

Taipei, Oct. 26 (CNA) Northern Taiwan can expect more rain and cooler temperatures this week, with the mercury dropping to lows of 18 degrees Celsius, as another wave of northeasterly winds sweeps across the country, the Central Weather...

asia Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says bombers flew near Taiwan

BEIJING — A group of Chinese H-6K bombers recently flew near Taiwan to practise "confrontation drills", Chinese state media reported late on Sunday (Oct 26), publicising the action just a few days before the US and Chinese presidents are due to...

Nation marks 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration

Visitors view an exhibition in Beijing on Saturday about the historical facts of Taiwan compatriots' resistance against Japanese aggression, at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. HAN HAIDAN / CHINA...

Taipei Gets Tough on Beijing

The new move marks one of the most comprehensive efforts in recent years to strengthen Taiwan’s legal defences against Beijing’s covert attempts Taiwanese lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition camps have joined forces to tighten national...

Taiwan detects 8 sorties of PLA aircraft

Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) detected 8 sorties by PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels around its territory on Sunday. The MND further shared that 5 out of 8 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and...

Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says H-6K bombers flew near Taiwan

BEIJING – A group of Chinese H-6K bombers recently flew near Taiwan to practice “confrontation drills”, Chinese state media reported late on Oct 26, publicising the action just a few days before the US and Chinese presidents are due to meet in...

Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says bombers flew near Taiwan

BEIJING (Reuters) -A group of Chinese H-6K bombers recently flew near Taiwan to practice “confrontation drills”, Chinese state media reported late on Sunday, publicising the action just a few days before the U.S. and Chinese presidents are due to...

Taiwan’s sovereignty belongs to its people, not to China - opinion

Taiwan's 'Left-Handed Girl' wins International Rome Film Fest

Rome, Oct. 25 (CNA) "Left-Handed Girl" (左撇子女孩), a film by Taiwanese director Tsou Shih-ching (鄒時擎) and co-written by Oscar-winning director Sean Baker, won Best Film at the International Rome Film Fest on Saturday. Shot entirely on an iPhone, the...

China alerts UK of diplomatic rift unless PM Starmer backs its claim over Taiwan

The federal government of UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has actually been put on notification by Beijing, which has actually provided an unambiguous caution that the future of diplomatic relations depends upon Britain’s public position on...

Taiwan detects 8 sorties of PLA aircraft, 7 PLAN vessels around its territory

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) detected 8 sorties by PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels around its territory on Sunday. The MND further shared that 5 out of 8 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern and southwestern...

Notes from Central Taiwan: Diseases and occupations

A PRC occupation of Taiwan would be a health and ecological disaster, as hundreds of thousands of young soldiers would bring diseases over from China “‘Medicine and civilization’ were two of the main themes that the Japanese colonial government...

Trump is wrong about Taiwan chips: tech writer

US President Donald Trump got it wrong when he said that Taiwan had “taken about 100 percent of our chips business,” technology reporter Owen Lin (林宏文) said on Saturday. “Taiwan creates more jobs for Americans and makes affordable, efficient chips...

Liu Yu-yun wins Taiwan’s first gold in taekwondo championship in 10 years

Liu Yu-yun (劉侑芸) on Saturday won Taiwan’s first gold medal in 10 years at the World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi, China. Liu rallied to defeat Turkey’s Elif Sude Akgul 2-1 in the final of the women’s under-49kg division. Liu, who represented...

New KMT chair bodes ill for Taiwan

Beijing has come out in support of incoming Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文), particularly her call for Taiwanese to proudly say “I am Chinese.” It marks a shift in their Taiwan strategy, moving away from military...

Michael Mazza On Taiwan: Israel’s victory is China’s defeat

The ceasefire in the Middle East is a rare cause for celebration in that war-torn region. Hamas has released all of the living hostages it captured on Oct. 7, 2023, regular combat operations have ceased, and Israel has drawn closer to its Arab...