The Latest Breaking News from Taipei

Taiwan’s opposition Nationalist Party has picked the popular mayor of New Taipei City as its candidate in next year’s presidential election, seen as a referendum on the island’s future relations with China

Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party picked New Taipei City mayor Hou Yu-ih on Wednesday to be its presidential candidate in the election next year, with China tensions set to top the election agenda.

Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) will pick New Taipei City mayor Hou Yu-ih to be its presidential candidate, a senior party source told Reuters on Wednesday.

Taiwan is littered with monuments to one of its most divisive leaders. However, as efforts to remove them stall, some activists to are taking matters into their own hands.

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss ramped up her war of words with Beijing hours before flying to Taipei to show solidarity with the breakaway island

Double Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu’s gallant fight ended in agony as India made a dismal start to their Sudirman Cup campaign, going down to the formidable Chinese Taipei in the opening round

Star shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and H.S. Prannoy will look to hit top gear as the Indian badminton team begins its campaign at the BWF Sudirman Cup

Annual emergency drills have for the first time included a military strike on Taipei, a sign of worsening cross-strait relations

With the chilly winter breeze subsiding, Taiwan is gaining favour with Thai tourists looking for short-haul affordable holidays. My recent trip to Taipei coincided with the launch of the "Taiwan The Lucky Land" campaign, which offers foreign visitors the chance to win NT$5,000 (5,470 baht) in coupons as pocket money…

Police in Taiwan say the female friend of an Australian university student is under investigation for poisoning him with a powerful rodent killer, with officers seizing evidence from her Taipei home.

Since April 21, a pro-China account online has been sharing images purporting to show proof that young Taiwanese people are "passionate about the Nazi logo". However, these images of the Nazi party flag were actually taken during fringe events in a country that experts say has no significant neo-Nazi ideological…