The Executive Yuan today decried US President Donald Trump's 32-percent tariff on Taiwanese goods announced yesterday and said it would lodge a representation with Washington.In a news release, the Cabinet described the pledged US tariffs, expected to take effect next Wednesday, as "deeply unreasona
The impact of US President Donald Trump’s 32-percent tax on goods from Taiwan, which was announced yesterday and is to be implemented next Wednesday, would “exceed expectations,” the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce (CNAIC) said in a statement this morning.The CNIAC warned that
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today expressed gratitude for two resolutions passed by the European Parliament yesterday that back deepening ties with Taiwan and voice concern about heightened tension across the Taiwan Strait.The parliament yesterday adopted the annual report on the implementation
Traffic was heavy on several sections of Taiwan's freeway network this morning, as many people returned home for the long Tomb Sweeping Festival weekend.Traffic volume today was expected to reach 124 million vehicle kilometers, the highest during the four-day holiday and 1.3 times the normal daily v
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) today detailed a surge in Chinese military activity over the past 24 hours as Beijing wrapped up a second day of war games overnight yesterday, saying it had detected 59 warplanes and 23 navy ships operating around Taiwan.China announced yesterday that its Stra
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck off Tainan at 11:47am today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.The hypocenter was 32.3km northeast of Tainan City Hall at a depth of 7.3km, CWA data showed.The intensity of the quake, which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event, measured 4 in Taina
Sunny to cloudy weather will prevail across most of Taiwan today, with occasional showers in the eastern parts of the country and Hengchun Peninsula in the south, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA).Mountainous areas south of Hsinchu County are also likely to see some scattered sho
LEVERAGE AMBITIONS: The drills could seek to voice dissatisfaction with Lai, drum up support domestically or create negotiation opportunities for Xi, experts said
China’s military drills around Taiwan this week were aimed at testing the US’ response and strategic bottom line ahead of a potential Washington-Beijing summit, rather than the stated goal of deterring “Taiwanese independence” forces, academics said.The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Easte
WAR GAMES: China said the drills were to test its troops’ blockade-and-control capabilities, a day after the PLA performed ‘precision strikes’ exercises
China’s military last night announced it had ended two days of “live-fire” drills in which it practiced hitting key ports and energy sites, as part of exercises aimed at Taiwan.Named “Strait Thunder-2025A,” the drills were in the middle and southern parts of the Taiwan Strait as well as the East Chi
Advocates seeking to recall a group of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators yesterday said the expulsion of a woman who had advocated for China to take Taiwan by force was not a free speech issue, but a national security matter.At a news conference in Taipei, the groups urged Taiwanese to par
China on Tuesday launched its latest round of war games around Taiwan, which Beijing yesterday said were a “stern warning” against separatism.The Chinese military last night said it had concluded the two days of drills, codenamed “Strait Thunder-2025A.”The People’s Republic of China has claimed Taiw
Taiwan’s largest-scale annual military drills, the Han Kuang exercises, would be lengthened this year to include two weeks of computerized tabletop wargames and 10 days of live-fire drills, the nation’s armed forces announced yesterday.The Han Kuang exercises are held annually in two stages. This ye
CONDITION STABLE: Doctors removed a small kidney stone in a surgery that lasted about 45 minutes, after which Ko was to remain in hospital overnight to recover
Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), who is being detained while on trial on corruption charges, had a kidney stone surgically removed yesterday, according to the hospital in Taipei where the surgery was performed.Escorted by personnel from the Taipei Detention Center, Ko arrived at the hospital at
NEW MARKETS: Tourism from Western countries and South Korea has increased, while Japanese visitors have declined due to Japan’s struggling consumer spending
The number of foreign tourists visiting Taiwan is expected to increase to 2.1 million by the end of this quarter in a sign of the tourism sector’s recovery from COVID-19 pandemic doldrums, the Tourism Administration said yesterday.Overall, tourism had a promising start in the first month of the year
Taiwan has recorded its first fatal case of Coxsackie B5 enterovirus in 10 years after a one-year-old boy from southern Taiwan died from complications early last month, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.CDC spokesman Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞) told a news conference that the child initially
Taiwanese young people’s suicide rate has gone from 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2021 to 7 per 100,000 people in 2023, a trend that experts attribute to increased divorce rates, Internet habits and lack of sleep.“The National Taiwan University (NTU) Children and Family Research Center Sponsored by CTBC
Most young children in Taiwan need to engage in more physical activity to promote healthy development, a government-funded survey released yesterday said.A research team focusing on early childhood development funded by the National Science and Technology Council released its latest survey at a news
A majority of the public is dissatisfied with the government’s measures to make housing affordable and to handle cases of school bullying, according to a survey by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).The survey results, released with an accompanying report at a news conference yesterday, fou
There should be clear legal norms defining what constitutes “propaganda for war,” the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said yesterday, after three Chinese-born social media influencers had their residence permits revoked for advocating military “unification” with China.Article 20 of the Inter
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