Taiwan's Hong wins 3 silvers in Asian Weightlifting Championships

Taipei, May 10 (CNA) Taiwanese weightlifter Hong Zi-yu (洪梓瑜) on Friday clinched three silver medals at the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the women's 45 kilogram category in Jiangshan, China. She lifted a 73 kg snatch, 88 kg clean and jerk, …

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Taiwan wins 6 gold medals at Paris invention competition

Paris, May 10 (CNA) Innovations from Taiwan have won six gold medals at the 124th edition of the Concours Lépine, an annual invention competition held in Paris. The six Taiwanese gold medalists stood out among 250 competitors at the award ceremony on …

Taken For Granted: Taiwan’s Flagship Foreign Policy Neglects Labor Issues

語言: English Photo Credit: European Values Center IN ITS QUEST to diversify its political and economic engagements with the world, Taiwan keeps looking south. At the recent Yushan Forum, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation Chairman Michael Hsiao (蕭新煌) proudly …

Heavy rain forecast for western Taiwan Saturday

Taipei, May 10 (CNA) The Central Weather Administration (CWA) on Saturday morning issued heavy rain or extremely heavy rain advisories for the western half of Taiwan, which will stay in effect until nighttime. Extremely heavy rain advisories were issued …

World News | Taiwan Detects Heightened Military Activity Around Itself

Taipei [Taiwan], May 10 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that seven sorties of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, eight People's Liberation Army Naval (PLAN) vessels and one official ship were detected operating …

Xi reaffirms Taiwan claim in Moscow amid Victory Day celebrations

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reiterated China’s claim over Taiwan, labelling its “restoration” as an “unstoppable” outcome of World War II. In a May 7 article published in Russia’s state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Xi stated: “Taiwan’s restoration to China …

Taiwan lawmaker urges adding Bitcoin to national reserves

Taiwanese legislator Ko Ju-Chun has urged the government to consider including Bitcoin in its national reserves, alongside gold and foreign currencies.  Speaking at a national finance conference on May 9, Ko suggested allocating a small portion of the …

EDITORIAL: KMT does not represent Taiwan

On Wednesday, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) drew parallels between the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) under President William Lai (賴清德) now and the fascism of Germany under Adolf Hitler. The German Institute Taipei, Berlin’s …

Indiana Court of Appeals considers a case of contamination at a Taiwan factory

Over 18,000 people were employed at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Taoyuan after its opening in Taiwan in 1969. The plant made electronic parts for televisions.   In 1992, it was discovered that groundwater at the plant site had been contaminated, …