Good Morning San Diego: Padres open offseason with signing of Taiwanese pitcher

New lake forms in the Mataian River

A new barrier lake has formed on the Mataian River (馬太鞍溪) in Hualien County and is expected to overflow before 10am today, local authorities said yesterday. The new lake has a capacity of about 600,000 tonnes of water — far smaller than the main...

Representatives of 10 Taiwanese varsities visit New Delhi, explore opportunities for dual-degree programs in India

Representatives of 10 universities from Taiwan were in New Delhi this week to explore collaborations with Indian universities for dual-degree programs and internships.They also promoted opportunities for Indian students, including exchange...

Bubble tea’s dark side: from lead contamination to kidney stones

They’ve become as ubiquitous on British high streets as coffee shops – bubble tea outlets offering their Instagram-worthy drinks in countless flavour combinations. The Taiwanese beverage, a blend of black tea, milk, sugar and chewy tapioca pearls,...

Taipei announces traffic controls for National Day

Taipei, Oct. 4 (CNA) Taipei will implement extensive traffic controls around Taipei 101 on Oct. 10 to make way for large crowds during a National Day fireworks and drone show, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Friday. The...

Parth’s race from Taipei to victory in 100m at Jr National Athletics

Parth Singh of Jharkhand secured gold in the U20 men's 100m final at the National Junior Athletics Championships with a time of 10.52s. Despite a long journey from Taiwan, he expressed a desire to improve and aims for a long jump medal. Meanwhile,...

Taiwan Semiconductor's Foundational Role Signals It May Be Undervalued Versus Nvidia, Analyst Says

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (NYSE:TSM) is gaining momentum as the artificial intelligence frenzy from tech giants drive unprecedented growth. The Taiwanese contract chipmaker’s leadership in advanced chipmaking continues to...

ST. VINCENT-POLITICS-Taiwanese diplomat says her country will not “provoke nor yield” to China

FM spokesperson: Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair

A file photo of Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. /VCG A file photo of Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. /VCG The Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair, and how to resolve it is a...

Silent siege: how Beijing is coercing Taipei without firing a shot

Oct 10, 2025 – 11.54am Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Login Beijing is applying relentless pressure on Taipei – military...

U.S.-China Competition and the Rise and Fall of Taiwanese Firms

Written by Thung-Hong Lin and Chun-Yin Lee. Image credit: Overlooking the Port of Keelung (基隆港) by Alexander Synaptic/ Flickr, license: CC BY-SA 2.0. From Xi Jinping’s rise to power, through the U.S.–China trade war, to Donald Trump’s tariff war,...

Why China Is Worried About Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s New Prime Minister

Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, appears to be a modern "Iron lady" in the mold of Margaret Thatcher with all the controversy that entails. However successful her tenure is, it is sure to reshape Japan's place in...

Pharmally, the Discayas and the ties that bind

THE compelling evidence that will back up the revisiting of one of the biggest official scams in history was fortunately chronicled detail by lurid detail in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report finalized just before the end of Rodrigo...

Yageo completes tender offer for Japan’s Shibaura Electronics

Yageo Corp (國巨), the world’s third-largest maker of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), yesterday said it has completed a tender offer for Japan’s Shibaura Electronics Co, and expects to take the Japanese firm completely under its corporate...

Taiwanese spend holiday helping typhoon victims

Volunteers returned in droves to Hualien County’s Guangfu Township (光復) yesterday, the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, trading shovels for brooms, squeegees and power tools as they helped residents clean homes and restore utilities....

Padres sign Taiwanese right-hander, add him to 2025 international amateur class

The Padres’ first move of the offseason will flesh out the club’s current crop of international amateurs. Taiwanese right-hander Lan-Hong Su has signed with the Padres for $750,000, perhaps the last significant addition before the 2025...

China more interested in expansion than solving economic problems, Taiwan official says

TAIPEI: China is more interested in expansionism than solving its own pressing economic and social issues, and Taiwan is determined to defend itself from Chinese aggression, the island's top security official said on Tuesday (Oct 21)....

SPEAK UP: Taylor Swift’s album, Billboard Live Taipei hit the market (2/2) 泰勒絲新出輯、告示牌新開幕（下）

A: While Taylor Swift’s new album conquers the Billboard charts, Billboard Live Taipei is set to open next month. B: Isn’t that a Japanese “live house” of the same name with the magazine? A: Yup, and the live music club’s first Taiwanese branch...

DPP proposes legislation to protect delivery workers’ pay and rights

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus unveiled draft legislation today aimed at protecting delivery workers’ rights, including guaranteed pay and minimum wage, the right to go offline and restrictions on platforms arbitrarily terminating...

Ministry scouting sites for Nvidia to build Taipei office

Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) yesterday said that his ministry is scouting new sites for Nvidia Corp to build its Taipei office, but the T17 and T18 plots in Taipei’s Beitou-Shilin Technology Park (北投士林科技園區) remain the top...