Lai Ching-te, a former doctor from a poor mining family, was propelled into politics by a military crisis in the Taiwan Strait 27 years ago. Now, the soft-spoken political veteran is tasked with ...

Taiwan’s main opposition party has elected a Beijing-leaning firebrand leader who promises to “unite” not just the Kuomintang (KMT), but also “all of Taiwan” amid the threat of a full-scale invasion ...

If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.

Members of Indigenous groups protest for a stronger law granting rights to Pingpu peoples, May 21, 2025. Credit: Facebook/ Central Taiwan Ping-Pu Indigenous Groups Youth Alliance On October 17, 2025, ...

The WHO ignored early COVID-19 warnings from Taiwan, US Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill said on Friday, as part of justification for Washington withdrawing from the global ...

William Lai Ching-te from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who is seen as a “dangerous separatist” by China, has won Taiwan’s presidential election. Lai, the current vice president, ...