Taiwan

30 Sep 2020
As the latest addition to its X50 line-up, Vivo has launched the X50e 5G in Taiwan. The handset joins the X50, X50 5G, X50 Pro, X50 Pro+ and X50 Lite models that are available in various regions.

23 Sep 2020
A viral video showing crying soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has given quite the opportunity to Taiwanese media to mock China.

19 Aug 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic putting brakes on flying worldwide, frequent fliers are trying different styles to satisfy their "wanderlust".

05 Nov 2019
Taiwanese shuttler Chou Tien-chen, who is currently ranked number two in the world among singles players, has taken a bold decision to become his own coach, as he eyes his maiden Olympic gold.

13 Aug 2019
HTC is all set to make a comeback in the Indian smartphone market with its new handset.

24 May 2019
Taiwan, which made history by becoming the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage last week, held another proud moment for the queer community this week.

04 May 2019
A few days back, we reported about an iPhone that worked perfectly well after being bitten by a shark.

11 Apr 2019
Dubbed as the "world's first" such incident, doctors at the Fooyin University Hospital in Taiwan were horrified when they found four live bees inside a 29-year-old woman's eyes.

03 Apr 2019
Expanding its portfolio of Nokia smartphones, brand-licensee HMD Global has launched the X71 model at a price tag of TWD 11,900 (approximately Rs. 26,500) in Taiwan.

02 Apr 2019
As the latest addition to its portfolio of Nokia smartphones, brand-licensee HMD Global will launch the X71 model in Taiwan on April 2.

23 Feb 2019
In an incident of major violation of rules, a pilot of China Airlines (the national carrier of Taiwan) was found sleeping in the cockpit while flying a Boeing 747.

22 Jan 2019
In a tragic incident, a social media adventure star was found frozen to death at National Park in Taiwan yesterday.

03 Jan 2019
Taiwan's leader has rejected the Chinese president's call for unification under a "one country, two systems" approach.

26 Dec 2018
Taiwanese authorities have commenced a search for 152 Vietnamese tourists who arrived with tourist visas last week, and have since gone missing.

22 Aug 2018
Internet is a divided space: it can't decide whether these desserts are creepy or cute.

06 Jul 2018
A day after Air India, on Beijing's demand, made a change on its website to refer to Taiwan as "Chinese Taipei", the Indian government has justified its action.

05 Jul 2018
National carrier Air India changed the name of Taiwan to Chinese Taipei on its website, following instructions from the government.

05 Jul 2018
Prodded by Beijing, and following on the footsteps of several major airlines, Air India has now modified its website to show Taiwan as "Taipei, Taoyuan International Airport, TPE, Chinese Taipei".

04 May 2018
Samsung's next Galaxy S series flagship smartphone Galaxy S10, which will launch in 2019, is codenamed "Beyond," according to reports.

26 Mar 2018
A group of researchers have determined that SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, launched in August 2017 (the Formosat-5 mission), created a gigantic circular shock wave, carving a nearly 900-km-wide hole into the plasma of the ionosphere.

07 Feb 2018
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook Taiwan's tourist city of Hualien just before midnight, leaving at least two dead, 200 injured and buildings and roads damaged.

20 Oct 2017
As HTC announced an event it has planned in Taiwan on November 2, rumors are rife that the company will launch the successor to the six-month-old U11 on that day.

01 Oct 2017
Apple is currently investigating reports of its iPhone 8 Plus splitting open, the reasons for which remain unclear.

06 Sep 2017
Post the launch of ASUS Zenfone 4 series, an upgrade over the Zenfone 3 series, in Taiwan, the company is likely to bring its camera-centric series to India on September 14, two days after the much-touted iPhone 8 launch.

31 Aug 2017
If you have pre-booked a JioPhone, this news is going to go either way for you.

07 Aug 2017
In a new development, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed to China's terms for negotiations and refrained from insisting the legal bindingness of the South China Sea (SCS) Code of Conduct.

30 Jun 2017
The US is planning to sell around $1.4 billion in arms to Taiwan, the first such sale under the Trump administration.

17 Jun 2017
Tablets made of stone were one of the earliest tools used for writing before invention of paper.

24 May 2017
In a landmark judgement, judges from Taiwan's highest court ruled in favour of gay marriage, making the small island nation the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.

29 Apr 2017
US President Donald Trump has rejected Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's suggestion that the two leaders speak again on the phone.

27 Apr 2017
Liang Sheng Yuehm, a 21-year-old Taiwanese trekker has been rescued, 47 days after he and his girlfriend went missing in the Himalayas.

19 Jan 2017
China urged USA to disallow a delegation from Taiwan to attend the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump.

11 Jan 2017
The Taiwanese government scrambled jets and navy ships as Chinese warships accompanied by the country's only aircraft carrier sailed through the Taiwan Strait.

09 Jan 2017
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departed for her Latin America tour and will make a controversial stop over in the United States; Beijing had urged the US to deny permission for Tsai Ing-wen's aircraft to land on US soil.

30 Dec 2016
China has been angered by the US allowing Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to transit via the US on her visit to Latin America; Beijing had urged Washington to block the transit request.

12 Dec 2016
In a sign of a significant step away from four decades of US foreign policy, US President-elect Donald Trump said he did not have to stick to the "One-China" policy.

04 Dec 2016
Breaking a decades-long diplomatic tradition, the US President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, irking China.

03 Nov 2016
Almost an year after 20-year-old Liu Dawei was convicted on a weapons smuggling charge for owning replica guns, the Fujian High People's Court had started reviewing his family's appeal.

15 Sep 2016
Super typhoon Meranti lost some strength before reaching the city of Xiamen in China, in the early hours of Thursday.

08 Aug 2016
Taiwan-based start-up Gogoro teamed up with a subsidiary of Bosch, called Coup, marking its entry into Europe.