Category: Taiwan
Second Taiwanese fighter crash within a week
A Taiwanese fighter jet ploughed into the sea off the island’s north coast on Monday, the air force’s second crash in less than a week, military officials said. [...]
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Philippines rejects Taiwan ‘murder’ claims
The Philippines Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major [...]
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Pinoys urged to stay indoors in Taiwan
The chair of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office is urging Filipinos in Taiwan to stay indoors after work and to avoid drinking in public after 2 overseas Filipinos were [...]
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Taiwan’s Banks Flee Worst Margins to Capture Higher Asia Share
Taiwanese lenders led by Bank of Taiwan are taking their highest share of syndicated loans in Asia since 2010 as they expand outside the island’s saturated market to [...]
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Taiwan Dollar Climbs Most in Three Weeks on Inflows; Bonds Drop
Taiwan’s dollar strengthened the most in three weeks as global funds added to their holdings of the island’s equities amid a government review on capital gains [...]
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Thousands in Taiwan rally against nuclear power
Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei on Sunday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese [...]
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China-Taiwan: Risk of war ‘near zero’ – The Interpreter
This is one of those interviews that I wish could have gone longer. Former Taiwan deputy Defence minister Dr Chong-Pin Lin visited the Lowy Institute last week for a [...]
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South China Sea dispute: Taiwan flexes its muscles
It started with a common enough skirmish in the hotly disputed waters of the South China Sea. Ten days ago, a Philippine coast guard ship went too far in chasing off a [...]
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Taiwan accuses Philippines of lack of cooperation
The Taiwan investigation team, tasked with conducting a probe into the fatal shooting of a Taiwan fisherman, has returned to Taipei from Manila. On arrival, the team held a [...]
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Taiwan investigation team to revisit Philippines soon
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) A Taiwanese delegation will again soon visit the Philippines to investigate the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government patrol [...]
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Philippines fears for workers in Taiwan amid row over death
The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the [...]
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Taiwan and Singapore conclude trade pact talks
Taiwan and Singapore have concluded two-year talks about a bilateral trade pact and will release an official report once an assessment has been completed, the Ministry of [...]
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PHL vessel in encounter that killed Taiwan fisherman grounded
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel involved in an encounter off disputed waters where a Taiwanese fisherman was killed last May 9 has been grounded [...]
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Taiwan thanks China for condemning PH over fisherman’s death
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council responsible for relations with China Thursday urged Beijing to stay out of the row the island has with the Philippines over the [...]
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Taiwan stages exercise amid Philippines row
Taiwan held a military exercise Thursday in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies from [...]
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