The Chinese Communist Party’s new proposals for imposing personal income taxes could put Taiwanese citizens working or living in mainland China at a disadvantage. In late August, the Standing Committee of the Party’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, convened to discuss proposals for reforms to personal income tax laws. Taiwan has its own constitution, […]

El Salvador’s move to end diplomatic relations with Taiwan and switched alliances to China was prompted by economic considerations, a presidential spokesperson said on Aug. 21. The Latin American country announced in a nationally televised speech its decision to break ties with Taiwan on Aug. 20 and instead established relation with China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). […]

SHANGHAI/TAIPEI—Chinese food delivery platforms Meituan-Dianping and Ele.me have taken down listings for Taiwan’s 85 Degrees Celsius Bakery Cafe, checks on their apps showed, amid boycott calls from social media users who said the chain supported Taiwan independence. The move by the Chinese companies comes after 85 Degrees, which has 628 stores in mainland China, was […]

For many, suggesting a vacation to Asia conjures up images of Tokyo, Hong Kong, or island paradises like the Maldives and Bali. Often overlooked is the beautiful island nation of Taiwan. It may be a small country, but it has a big heart, with some of the world’s most hospitable people. From glistening high-rises like […]

SHANGHAI—Forty of 44 international airlines have amended their website references to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, China’s civil aviation regulator said on July 26. Among them were four American airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). China has demanded that foreign firms, […]

A city in Taiwan has voiced anger after the Chinese regime abruptly killed plans for the island nation’s Taichung City to host a multimillion-dollar international sports game next year. On July 24, the East Asian Olympic Committee (EAOC)—a sub-body of the International Olympic Committee—held a meeting at the request of China and revoked Taichung’s right […]

Randall Schriver, the Pentagon’s top Asia official, reaffirmed the strong relationship between the United States and Taiwan, while discussing Taiwan’s important role in the United States’ defense strategy in the Asia-Pacific, in a talk given at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on July 18. Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, […]

Chinese Christian human rights activist Huang Yan has been granted asylum by the Taiwanese government for a three-month stay, after she successfully escaped harassment from Chinese agents in Thailand. Her freedom in Taiwan has made the Chinese regime nervous. Her husband Wu Guisheng was taken away by police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, […]

Whether Taiwan is part of China’s territory is a question that 44 international airlines have been compelled to answer since the Chinese regime issued a demand in April to remove all references to Taiwan from their websites and promotional materials. More than 20 airlines have since given in to Beijing’s request and removed any reference […]

The Taiwanese government officially dissolved the Communist Party of the Republic of China on June 4. More commonly known as Taiwan, the self-ruled island passed the Political Party Law in November 2017, which prohibits political parties from investing in businesses, or possessing party names and logos that have a hidden discriminatory or hateful meaning. Additionally, […]

TAIPEI—Taiwan prosecutors indicted the spokesman for a pro-China political party and two other party members for allegedly seeking to recruit Taiwan military officers on behalf of China and violating the National Security Act, a court statement said. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement on June 13 that New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung […]

TAICHUNG—Taiwan simulated repelling an invading force on June 7 and used civilian-operated drones for the first time as part of annual military drills on the self-ruled island, amid escalating tensions with the Chinese regime. The drills were presided over by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and watched by the visiting king of eSwatini, the African kingdom […]

Morris Chang, founder, chairman, and CEO of the world’s largest contract chipmaker, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), announced his retirement at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting on June 5. He established the firm in 1987 and pioneered the idea of manufacturing chips for chip design firms without their own factories. Chang, 86, will be succeeded […]

SYDNEY—Australia’s Qantas Airways said it plans to change its website to refer to Taiwan as part of China, not an independent nation, but that it needed extra time to comply with the request from the Chinese regime. In April, China’s aviation regulator gave three dozen airlines a May 25 deadline to remove references on their […]

Taiwan has been braving relentless cyberattacks by Chinese hackers in the past four years, according to the latest statistics provided by the island nation’s military. Taiwanese websites, especially those run by the military, have been attacked hundreds of millions of times by the Chinese regime’s cyber army and unknown sources, reported Taiwanese newspaper The Liberty […]

In Taiwan, another businessman has been placed under investigation for conducting espionage for China—the second incident in a little over a month. Lin Wei-lin, 39, a Taiwanese businessman who, after retiring from serving in Taiwan’s Marine Corps, started a mechatronics business in 2000 in Suzhou City, located in Jiangsu Province on the eastern coast of […]

OUAGADOUGOU/TAIPEI—Taiwan lost its second diplomatic ally in less than a month when Burkina Faso said on May 24 that it had cut ties with the self-ruled island, following intense pressure from the Chinese regime. The Chinese Communist Party considers Taiwan a part of its territory and insists on a “one China policy” that precludes any […]

U.S.-based memory chip maker Micron Technology is planning to expand its operations and hire 800 more employees in Taiwan by the end of this year. It plans to hire 350 more next year. As Chinese semiconductor firms have been trying to poach engineers from U.S. companies, Micron is hiring more talent in Taiwan to counter […]

The Chinese regime has ratcheted up its aggressive rhetoric toward Taiwan in recent weeks, culminating in an announcement on April 12 that the Chinese military will hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Straits on April 18. Taiwan has a separate political and economic system from mainland China and is, for the most part, a […]

Amid the continuing military standoff and tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has announced a whopping list of new economic benefits designed to lure Taiwanese businesses and individuals to come to the mainland. The Taiwanese government and some observers warn that the new “gift package” from the Chinese regime, which […]