Taiwan quake: Rescue efforts continue for 600 stranded in Hualien
While those trapped in buildings in Hualien City have all been rescued, rescuers are still searching for those cut off in the gorges, including dozens of hotel employees at a…
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Mainland China offers aid to Taiwan after powerful earthquake
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for Chinese mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office, emphasized the mainland is closely monitoring developments and has extended heartfelt condolences.
9 dead, over 800 injured in 7.3-magnitude quake in China’s Taiwan
At least 28 buildings collapsed throughout Taiwan following the earthquake, with 17 of them located in Hualien County.
Taiwan earthquake: Terrifying episode, but life goes on in Taipei
Although damage from the earthquake in the greater Taipei region was mild compared with Hualien, it was startling to spot cracked walls and fallen tiles in and around the capital.
Four dead, dozens injured after 7.4-magnitude quake rocks Taiwan
The quake is the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, and sparked a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines that was later lifted.
Evacuation shelters to be built in 5 municipalities of Sakishima Islands
The shelters are required, among other things, to be built as deep underground as possible, to have doors capable of withstanding missile blasts, and to store three liters of…
30 Buddhist relics returned from Taiwan
The relics were escorted to Beijing by a delegation from the United Association of Humanistic Buddhism, Chunghua. Most of the relics were believed to have been stolen from Shanxi…
Former Taiwan president Ma to make second trip to China next month
Since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong’s communists, no serving Taiwanese leader has visited China.
Taiwan warns of ‘enormous’ Chinese bases near its South China Sea holding
Some lawmakers from both the ruling and main opposition parties have called on President Tsai Ing-wen to visit Itu Aba before she steps down in May to assert Taiwan’s…
Taiwan teacher draws flak for dropping his own cat in class to teach physics
The teacher – identified in Taiwan news reports as Mr Lee Feng – was trying to demonstrate a principle in physics known as the “conservation of angular momentum.”