Despite Executions Continuing to Take Place in Taiwan, KMT Calls for Referendum on Capital Punishment

語言: English Photo Credit: Fu Kun-chi/Facebook IN A SURPRISE move, the KMT suggested last week that it would seek to counter the current wave of recalls against it. It was initially unclear what the KMT would seek to hold a national referendum on. After …

Taiwan's population declines for 14th consecutive month

Taipei, March 10 (CNA) Routine data from the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) released on Monday showed that Taiwan's population decreased in February, marking the 14th consecutive month of decline. Taiwan's population at the end of February 2025 was …

TSMC falls below NT$1,000 mark as Taiwan shares end lower

Taipei, March 10 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan came under pressure Monday as the bellwether electronics sector, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Inc. (TSMC) continued to tumble, dragged down by concerns over a possible recession in the United States, …

Padilla meets with potential investors in Taiwan

Camarines Norte Governor Ricarte “Dong” Padilla has visited Taichung in Taiwan to meet with business men and potential investors. During the occasion, Padilla touted the Economic and Freeport Zone in Jose Panganiban where these businesses can locate. “ …

How Beijing frames the Taiwan issue in a statue and its descriptive plaque

BEIJING – Inside the Taiwan Hall, one of the many cavernous meeting rooms at the Great Hall of the People named after provinces and regions in China, there is a statue that embodies what is tricky about the Taiwan issue. The white statue, which caught my …

Laomei Green Reef and the geology of Taiwan

Waves hit the vibrant Laomei Green Reef during low tide in Shimen District, New Taipei City (Photo: Wang Chaoteng). The Laomei Green Reef on the north coast of Taiwan is covered in a carpet of bright green algae. Named by CNN as one of the eight wonders of …

Taiwan launches care program for live-in migrant caregivers

Taipei, March 10 (CNA) The Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Monday launched a care program aimed at helping seriously ill or injured migrant live-in caregivers recover and return to work as soon as possible. Under the program, employers of seriously ill or …

US Weapons Will Not Alter Inevitable Demise of 'Taiwan Independence': Spokesperson

"The more rampant 'Taiwan independence' separatists become, the tighter the noose around their necks and the sharper the sword hanging over their heads will be," said Wu Qian, spokesperson for the delegation of the People's Liberation …

China vows 'reunification' with Taiwan and to ‘resolutely oppose Taiwan independence’

Roots and religion: a Fujian city’s mission to forge cultural bonds with Taiwan

Authorities in the southeastern province of Fujian have promoted religious and ancestral ties with Taiwan as part of Beijing’s push to forge cross-strait cultural connections, according to a municipal party chief. “Taiwan and Fujian are of the same root …