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Taiwan speaker offers concessions to end parliament seizure

Apr 06, 2014 (AFP)

A senior ruling party politician offered concessions Sunday to demands made by student protesters who have occupied Taiwan's parliament for almost three weeks, ...

Taiwan pro-China activists rally against parliament seizure

Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)

Hundreds of Taiwanese protesters who support a controversial trade pact with China clashed with police Tuesday when they tried to push their way towards parliam...

Taiwan stages mass anti-China trade pact rally

Mar 30, 2014 (AFP)

Tens of thousands of Taiwanese protesters took to the streets in Taipei on Sunday in a bid to pressure embattled President Ma Ying-jeou to retract a controversi...

Taiwan protesters vow mass rally in 'war' against China pact

Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwanese protestors opposed to a contentious trade pact with China on Thursday vowed to escalate their "war" with the government, calling for a huge weekend ra...

Dozens held in Taiwan as tensions over China pact flare

Mar 23, 2014 (AFP)

Dozens of people were detained in Taipei late Sunday after violent clashes erupted between police and protesters, following the Taiwanese president's refusal to...

Lawmakers press US to fund Taiwan fighter jets

Mar 14, 2014 (AFP)

US lawmakers pressed Friday for a robust defense of Taiwan, voicing alarm over Pentagon plans to defund upgrades of the island's fighter jets as part of budget ...

Turkey's moderate ex-army chief pushed to the limit

Mar 07, 2014 (AFP)

Former Turkish army chief Ilker Basbug, the highest-profile defendant convicted in a mass trial over an alleged coup plot, was set to walk free from jail on Fri...

Taiwan opposition party expels ex-chief over China visit

Mar 04, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan's radical pro-independence party the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) said Tuesday it would expel its former party chief after his controversial visit to Ch...

Taiwan, China sign two more agreements

Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan and China signed agreements on meteorology and earthquake monitoring Thursday, in yet another sign of improving ties between the former rivals. The pacts...

Son of Taiwan's ex-Veep Lien joins Taipei mayoral race

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

Sean Lien, the son of Taiwan's former vice-president Lien Chan who made an ice-breaking trip to China in 2005, announced Monday he is seeking to run for mayor o...

Taiwan 'aerotropolis' plan buoyed by Chinese tourists

Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan's ambitions to become a regional air hub finally look set to take off with approval for a mega "aerotropolis" to cash in on improving ties with China and...

Taiwan independence group topples Sun Yat-sen statue

Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)

A radical Taiwanese independence group said Sunday they had pulled down a statue of the founding father of the nationalist republic who fled from the Chinese ma...

Taiwan ex-officers jailed for recruiting spies for China

Feb 21, 2014 (AFP)

A Taiwanese court on Friday sentenced two former officers to ten months in prison for helping to recruit spies for China. Ex-navy lieutenant Chien Ching-kuo was...

Taiwan, China set to sign two more pacts

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan and China plan to sign agreements on meteorology and earthquake monitoring as ties improve between the former rivals, officials said Thursday. The pacts ...

China respects Taiwan system, Xi tells Taipei ex-VP Lien

Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)

China's President Xi Jinping Tuesday told a former vice president of Taiwan that Beijing respects the island's social system and lifestyle, state media reported...

Taiwan, Macau sign official aviation pact

Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan and the semi-autonomous Chinese territory of Macau on Monday signed their first official aviation agreement in another sign of warming ties between Taipe...

Taiwan's ex-VP Lien to meet Chinese leader Xi

Feb 14, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan's former vice president Lien Chan is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week in the latest high-level talks between the two sides, ...

China, Taiwan discussing liaison offices: visiting envoy

Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)

A Taiwan official visiting China said Wednesday the two sides were "actively discussing" setting up liaison offices, a day after they held their first governmen...

China and Taiwan to hold historic talks

Feb 11, 2014 (AFP)

China and Taiwan will hold their first government-to-government talks Tuesday since they split 65 years ago after a brutal civil war -- a symbolic yet historic ...

China, Taiwan set for first official talks in 65 years

Feb 10, 2014 (AFP)

China and Taiwan on Tuesday will hold their highest-level talks since their acrimonious split 65 years ago -- a symbolic yet historic move that marks the first ...