The Latest Breaking News from Taipei

Taipei (AFP) - Physician Lin Yuh-ting has taken time out of her weekend to learn civilian defence tips she can relay to her two young children in case China invades self-ruled Taiwan.

Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, has no plan for now to visit China, he said on Tuesday, in his bid to become the presidential nominee of Taiwan's main opposition party.

Taiwan’s staunchly conservative attitudes towards drugs pose challenge to burgeoning cannabidiol industry.

Paraguay’s presidential election features opposing views over whether to maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Taipei (AFP) - At a barbed-wire museum where political prisoners were once held, visitors lauded Taiwan's modern-day democracy shaped by its own national identity on the island across from authoritarian China.

Taipei (AFP) - A US warship sailed through the waters separating Taiwan and mainland China, the US Navy said, days after Beijing staged war games around the self-ruled island.

China denied on Friday that it had imposed a no-fly zone in the seas north of Taiwan for Sunday, even though Taipei said it was told by Beijing that China would impose one.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China's air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing's military activities around the island ebbed. China began the exercises, including simulated precision strikes with bombers and missile forces,…

Taiwan said China dialed down plans for a no-fly zone near the island after it complained about risks to flight safety, a rare possible instance of backtracking by Beijing as tensions between the two sides simmer.

Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan's ruling party nominated Vice President William Lai as its candidate for next year's presidential elections on Wednesday, choosing a contender who has been more outspoken on Taiwanese independence than incumbent Tsai Ing-wen.

Taipei (AFP) - Patriotic badges showing Winnie the Pooh being punched in the face by a Taiwanese black bear -- a humorous dig at China's leader Xi Jinping -- have gone viral across the self-ruled island.