though tensions continue owing to the unresolved territorial claim. Language: Mandarin Chinese. Religion: nonreligious majority, Buddhist and Taoist minorities. Currency: New Taiwan dollar. Capital: Taipei. Pop: 22 610 000 (2003 est). Area: 35 981 sq km (13 892 sq miles). Former name:Formosa...
Chinese and Taiwanese national flags are displayed alongside military airplanes in this illustration taken April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Sunday to warn away 27 Chinese aircraft that entered its...
For instance, the regime could bribe Taiwanese politicians, ban trade and tourism from China, convince the few remaining countries that recognize Taiwan diplomatically to switch to China, block Taiwan's participation in international organizations and meetings, and assassinate some Taiwanese to instill ...
who buy mung beans, cook them, and then decide to grow their own. Selected for a Hsin-Yi picture book award, this book was published by Tomorrow Publishing House back in 2019. The author is a university professor, and former host of 智者生存 [Survival of the Wisest], the Taiwanese versi...
Amid tensions between governments, Taiwanese and Chinese join together in the theater
The forum, first held in 2010, is one of the few high level venues for talks between Chinese and Taiwanese officials after China cut off a regular dialogue mechanism with Taiwan’s central government in 2016 following the election of Tsai Ing-wen as president. ...
However, he said the ship China has sent to lead the inspections, the Haixun 6, is currently in waters close to the Chinese coast. Ko added he was not aware of recent cases of China boarding Taiwanese ships to inspect them. Taiwan's stock market largely brushed off th...
But on Feb. 14, two Chinese citizens were killed during a collision between a Taiwanese Coast Guard boat and a Chinese boat, sparking an escalation of tensions. Chinese tourists are now traveling to some of Taiwan's remote islands, but the return of travelers to Kinmen has been slow.Figures...
Jan. 31, 2007 - "Bond" heads to China. Actor Daniel Craig, the new Bond star walked around Beijing's forbidden city before Monday's premiere of "Casino Royale" in China."Casino Royale" is the 21st Bond movie and the first one to be shown on the big screen in a country with the ...
His landing in the northern Linkou district shocked many Taiwanese, who questioned how he had apparently evaded the island’s navy and coast guard. Wang is being held incommunicado, a reflection of the ongoing tensions between Taiwan and China, which claims the island as its own and d...