ELEPHANT IN ROOM: Hou called for cultural exchanges with China to build trust across the Strait, while Lai said Taiwanese do not need to rely on China
GOLD, TWO BRONZES: Jason Chien won the top prize for his comic ‘Wind Chaser Under the Blue Sky,’ while Lin I-chen and Shimizu also won at the internat
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterTaiwanese believe they would need NT$16 million (US$515,049) to cover their retirement expenses, suggesting an 8.3 perc
/ Staff writer, with CNATaiwan was the 14th-richest among 193 countries and territories in the world this year, an analysis by Global Finance magazine
FRONTLINE EXPERIENCE: Facing Chinese cyberattacks, India and the US have turned to Taiwan as a model for creating global cyberdefense strategies, a re
INTERFERENCE: Beijing has adopted psychological warfare including trade barriers to gain influence on the voting behavior of Taiwanese, a report said
SOWING DOUBT: China is attempting to convince young Taiwanese that conscription means sacrificing their futures, while voting for the DPP would lead t
By Yang Cheng-yu, Lin Hsin-han and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe Legislative Yuan yesterday passed the Nutrition and Healthy D
NDAA 2024: The US bill authorizes the secretary of defense to set up a ‘comprehensive training, advising and institutional capacity-building program’
EU-CHINA TIES: One of the reports said the EU would bolster security and economic cooperation with partners, including Taiwan, to maintain stability a
Staff writer, with CNAPresident Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday at a ceremony to promote 26 senior military officers touted her administration’s efforts
MATTERS OF TRADE: President Tsai Ing-wen asked new chief representative Kazuyuki Katayama to back Taiwan’s bid to join the CPTPP and other internation
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterNew Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, yesterday vowed
COMMITMENTS: The US, Japan and South Korea launched new initiatives to ‘counter the threats’ by Pyongyang, an official said as he also referred to pea
/ Staff writer, with CNAThe government remains steadfast in its commitment to facilitating transitional justice and preserving the stories of those pe
By Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writerJapanese are more likely to view China as a major threat than Taiwanese, although both sides agree that Beijing’s pow
‘TAIWAN CAN HELP’: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the global law enforcement network to uphold the principles of professionalism and neutra
By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwanese who have recently traveled to China for tourism, to visit friends
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterSeptember’s export expansion was not an isolated incident, but sign of a nascent recovery that would grow more evident
COUNTER DISINFORMATION: More engagement and media literacy are needed to push back against misinformation and claims that the US is an unreliable part