April 3, 2024 1:56 PM EDT A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, leaving nine people dead and at least 946 are injured. The earthquake was the largest to hit the island in a quarter century, and officials say that the number of casualties is expected to rise as … Read more
An aerial view shows workers taking down a collapsed building in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien county following an earthquake/ Sam Yeh | Afp | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co evacuated some production lines after a major earthquake hit Taiwan early Wednesday. The island was rocked by a massive earthquake that collapsed buildings and prompted tsunami advisories from Japan … Read more
China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days after two of its fishermen drowned being chased by the Taiwanese coast guard, which accused the boat of trespassing BANGKOK — China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days after two … Read more
Pedestrians cross a road in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taiwan’s economy faces uncertainty as tensions with China are likely to rise following the victory of the Democratic Progressive Party in the island’s presidential elections, with analysts’ views differing on the question of a slowdown. Risk perceptions … Read more
Lai Ching-te, who won Taiwan’s presidential election last Saturday, will be facing a crossroads in the country’s technology industry when he takes office in May. Lai’s administration will be the third term of Democratic Progressive Party rule in Taiwan, and he is widely expected to continue the work of his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, when it … Read more
Beneath unseasonably clear blue skies on Saturday, the people of Taiwan decided their own future, electing doctor-turned-politician William Lai as their new leader. It was a vote for continuity given Lai represents the same Beijing-skeptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen, but it was also a blunt rejection: a spurning of … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Retired U.S. officials met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday and praised the island’s democratic process that produced a new president-elect and legislature over the weekend in defiance of China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and threat to annex it by military force. “Taiwan’s democracy has set a shining example for … Read more
Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te won the island democracy’s presidential election on Saturday after his rivals conceded, keeping the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in control for a third term, despite warnings from China over his pro-sovereignty views. Lai, 64, secured over 40% of the vote in the three-way race, outpacing his closest rival, Hou … Read more
Taiwan’s presidential election campaign evolved early on into a classic three-way race. This supplied the dynamics for the most notable events, including the attempt to create a coalition last November to unit two of the contenders—the KMT Nationalists and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP)—to try and create an unassailable united front against the third, the … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s president-elect, has vowed to safeguard the island’s de-facto independence from China and further align it with other democracies. Lai, 64, emerged victorious in elections Saturday on the island of 23 million people that China claims as its own. He is currently vice president with the Democratic Progressive Party, which … Read more