Sources: People
Taiwanese foreign minister Lin Chia-lung visits the Philippines as part of a business mission. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs later states that it did not recognize any Taiwan official as a member of the business delegation, reiterating its adherence to One China. 2025-08-28
Typhoon Koinu makes landfall in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan as a category 4 typhoon, with winds of over 342 kilometers in Orchid Island, becoming the strongest on record. 2023-10-5
The U.S. Department of Defense announces the provision of a $345 million military aid package to Taiwan. 2023-07-28
Taiwan reports a record 30,035 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported more than 30,000 cases since the pandemic began. 2022-05-6
Taiwan receives its first shipment of 932,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-09-2
The Cabinet of the Solomon Islands votes to shift diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu says that, since the Solomon Islands decided to establish diplomatic relations with China, this prompts Taiwan to cut ties with the Solomon Islands". 2019-09-16
China says Chinese passengers flying from the Chinese cities of Nanchang, Kunming, and Chongqing, will be allowed to stop at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport before flying to a third destination. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou applauded this step toward normalizing relations between the two states. Taiwan's opposition party expressed concern that Beijing is trying to interfere with the country's January 16, 2016, presidential and legislative elections. 2016-01-5
A train overturns on the Alishan Forest Railway near the town of Alishan in Taiwan resulting in at least five deaths and forty injuries. 2011-04-27
Typhoon Fanapi arrives in China's Fujian province after causing widespread damage in Taiwan. 2010-09-20
Taiwan employs capital punishment for the first time since 2005, executing four men for "grave offences such as fatal kidnappings and murders". 2010-05-1