TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next to China’s coast on Monday, the government in Taipei said, in an escalation of tensions after China said it would carry out regular patrols. China announced on Sunday that its coast guard would strengthen law enforcement activity around … Read more
January 15, 2024 10:05 PM EST Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the ruling Communist Party to do a better job winning the hearts of the Taiwanese people, in an old speech that was published this week following the the island’s election of a U.S.-friendly president. Read More: Taiwan’s Election Isn’t a Disaster for Xi Jinping—Unless … Read more
As the world held its breath Friday night, on the eve of Taiwan’s pivotal 2024 elections for president and parliament, a small group boarded an overnight ferry to Taiwan’s most isolated territory. My father and I—along with several cousins, aunties, and uncle—were sailing six hours across the Taiwan strait to the Wuqiu Islands, just miles … Read more
October 22, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT Tribal community members encircle Kulas Umo, a prominent sikawasay, or spiritual healer, in ritual dance and song as he spits rice wine to cleanse the ceremony and commune with ancestral spirits in the village of Fata’an in Taiwan’s Hualien County. (Nathaniel Brown for The Washington Post) Comment on … Read more
October 9, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT Semiconductors at the TSMC Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan produces about 90 percent of the world’s advanced computer chips. (An Rong Xu for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment TAICHUNG, Taiwan — It isn’t easy to say “not in my backyard” to one of the … Read more