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The Buddha Memorial Center of Fo Guang Shan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, housing a tooth relic of Gautama Buddha, is consecrated.
2011-12-24

Taiwan is to reduce the length of compulsory military service from one year to four months.
2011-12-14

Around 1,000 people protest in Taipei, demanding that the government make a weekly day off a legal right for Taiwan's 200,000 foreign live-in caregivers.
2011-12-11

Taiwanese media reports that former President Lee Teng-hui has been indicted on charges of embezzlement from a state diplomatic fund.
2011-06-30

Hundreds of Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese people are arrested in several countries across Asia during a crackdown on a telephone scam network.
2011-06-10

Military prosecutors in Taiwan indict a senior general on charges of spying for China.
2011-05-20

Taiwan's opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen launches her presidential bid.
2011-03-11

A gunman opens fire at a Kuomintang political rally in Taiwan; prominent member Sean Lien is shot in the face.
2010-11-26

China suspends military exchanges and reviews cooperation on issues with the United States after the latter agreed to a proposed weapons sale to Taiwan.
2010-01-30

Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party wins all three seats in by-elections against the ruling Kuomintang.
2010-01-9