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SLIDESHOW: How China felt Typhoon Mangkhut’s force

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 11:28 AM

A day after Typhoon Mangkhut devastated the Philippines, the powerful typhoon also lashed China, damaging infrastructure and leaving many areas flooded. Read more »

Tigerair Taiwan announces Cebu-Taipei flights with seat sale

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 08:11 AM

Taiwan's only low-cost carrier said it would offer a 2-day seat sale for the new route starting Monday. Read more »

China tells Taiwan to halt all mainland spying, sabotage activities

Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 05:18 PM

BEIJING - China on Sunday accused Taiwan's spy agencies of stepping up efforts to steal intelligence with the aim of "infiltration" and "sabotage", and warned the island against further damaging already strained cross-strait ties. Read more »

Nauru blasts 'insolent' China envoy at stormy Pacific summit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 01:49 PM

YAREN, Nauru - Nauru's president has labeled China's top diplomat at the Pacific Islands Forum "insolent" and accused him of trying to use Beijing's might to bully the tiny island nation. Read more »

China lures chip talent from Taiwan with fat salaries, perks

Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Sep 04 04:49 PM

Attracting talent from Taiwan has become a key part of an effort by China to put the industry into overdrive and reduce the country's dependence on overseas firms for the prized chips that power everything from smartphones to military satellites. Read more »

Man executed by firing squad in Taiwan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 04:03 AM

Taiwan executed a death-row inmate on Friday, the first execution carried out under President Tsai Ing-wen's government despite ongoing calls from rights groups to abolish the death penalty. Read more »

Dragons and steamed buns at Taiwan's temple-like church

Michelle Yun, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 25 04:03 PM

Taiwan embraces freedom of religion and has one of the highest densities of temples in the world, with close to 70 percent of the population believers in Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese folk traditions. Read more »

US senator plans measure to help Taiwan keep its allies

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 07:44 AM

A leading US Republican senator said Thursday he is preparing legislation to discourage Taiwan's few remaining allies from switching their allegiance to China, after El Salvador became the third country this year to move toward Beijing. Read more »

Taiwan loses another ally to China

Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 11:38 AM

TAIPEI - Taiwan lost another ally to Beijing on Tuesday when diplomatic ties with El Salvador were severed, as China presses the remaining nations with diplomatic links to Taipei to end them.  Read more »

Empty hotels, idle boats: What happens when a Pacific island upsets China

Farah Master, Reuters
Posted at Aug 20 07:37 AM

Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.  Read more »

China police detain man for asking why can't Taiwan be called a country

Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 06:57 PM

Taiwan is China's most sensitive diplomatic issue. Read more »

Taiwan protests drug 'supplier' tag, denies it is source of shabu shipment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 09:18 PM

The shipment of P6.8 billion worth of illegal drugs that recently slipped past authorities in Manila did not come from Taiwan, officials said Wednesday. Read more »

Taiwan leader makes rare US speech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 06:16 PM

Taiwan's president has given a speech in the United States—the first time in 15 years that a leader of the island has spoken publicly on American soil—in a move likely to anger Beijing. Read more »

No one can 'obliterate' Taiwan's existence, president says

Reuters
Posted at Aug 13 03:26 AM

TAIPEI - Vowing that “no one can obliterate Taiwan’s existence”, President Tsai Ing-wen left on Sunday for the United States and two of its remaining diplomatic allies, amid pressure from China to try to stamp out references to the island internationally.  Read more »

US airlines change Taiwan references in websites

Reuters
Posted at Aug 09 01:33 PM

China demanded that foreign firms, and airlines in particular, do not refer to self-ruled Taiwan as a non-Chinese territory on their websites, a demand the White House slammed in May as "Orwellian nonsense." Read more »

Fugitive 'Ardot' Parojinog arrives in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 03:05 AM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) - Fugitive Ricardo "Ardot" Parojinog has arrived in Manila from Taiwan, police said Friday. Read more »

Ardot Parojinog, sinusundo na ng PNP mula Taiwan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 03:06 AM

Patungo na sa Taiwan ang PNP para sunduin ang wanted na si Ardot Parojinog, kapatid ng napatay at nasa drugs watch list na si Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo "Aldong" Parojinog. Read more »

'Ardot' Parojinog set to return to PH: source

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 12:22 PM

MANILA - Fugitive Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo "Ardot" Parojinog, who was nabbed in Taiwan, may return to the Philippines on Friday, a Philippine National Police source told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Taiwanese firm to bring cutting-edge manufacturing tech to PH

Cal-Comp Technology
Updated as of Jul 25 04:23 PM

Cal-Comp Technology (Philippines), Inc., the local arm of global tech conglomerate New Kinpo Group (NKG), is looking to bring artificial intelligence, robotics, and other cutting-edge technology to the Philippines. Read more »

US airlines poised to change Taiwan references as China deadline looms

David Shepardson and Michael Martina, Reuters
Posted at Jul 24 08:37 PM

Major US airlines are expected to change how their websites refer to Chinese-claimed Taiwan by Wednesday in an effort to avoid Chinese penalties, three sources said, after coordination between the carriers and the US government. Read more »