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It is announced that a record seventy-one military vehicles from the Chinese Air Force entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone in the past 24 hours.
2022-12-26

The number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Taiwan surpasses 70%.
2021-10-28

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the United States will be lifting all restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, saying the "self-imposed" restrictions were introduced decades ago to appease the Chinese Communist Party government in mainland China.
2021-01-9

Taiwan donates 10 million masks to countries hardest hit by COVID-19.
2020-04-2

Taiwan scrambles its air force to intercept Chinese jets after they circled the island during a combat drill. The drill is denounced by the Taiwanese Defense Ministry as a violation of its sovereignty.
2020-02-9

Typhoon Nepartak hits eastern Taiwan causing three deaths so far, 124 injuries, thousands of people to be evacuated, disrupting transport and power supplies.
2016-07-8

The United States announces a deal to sell $1.83 billion worth of arms to Taiwan, which includes two decommissioned U.S. Navy frigates, Assault Amphibious Vehicles, and surface-to-air missiles. China has also expressed its disapproval over the deal, claiming it would affect their internal affairs.
2015-12-16

A TransAsia Airways ATR 72 turboprop aircraft with 58 people on board en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, Taiwan crashes into the Keelung River near Taipei just after liftoff killing at least 31 people with several injures and missing.
2015-02-4

Over 50 Taiwanese ships clash with ships from the Japan Coast Guard in waters off the Senkaku Islands.
2012-09-25

Heading toward Taiwan, slow-moving Typhoon Saola's torrential rains lead to the deaths of at least 12 people and displacement of 154,000 in the Philippines.
2012-08-1