Sources: AP via Yahoo! News
Taiwan raises its COVID-19 alert level to level 3 nationwide, which is the same level as Taipei and New Taipei City, where masks are required to be worn at all times and gatherings of more than five people indoors and ten people outdoors are banned amid an increase in the number of locally transmitted cases. 2021-05-19
Beginning December 1, Taiwan will require almost all visitors to have negative COVID-19 tests before arriving in the country due to an increase in imported cases. The government will also increase the number of places where people must wear masks. 2020-11-18
China condemns Taiwan after President Tsai Ing-wen offered support and asylum to Hong Kong protesters facing prosecution in Hong Kong courts. 2019-08-19
Defense Distributed founder and 3D-printed gun activist Cody Wilson, who was arrested in Taiwan for allegedly having sex with a minor, is released from Harris County Jail. 2018-09-23
A fire in a bowling alley causes a roof collapse in Taoyuan City, Taiwan killing six firefighters. 2015-01-20
Taiwan protests China’s new air routes near the median line of the Taiwan Strait and vows to step up surveillance of aviation activity. 2015-01-14
The United States denounces a flag-raising ceremony at Taiwan's de facto embassy in Washington DC, saying the ceremony violated US-Taiwan ties. 2015-01-7
Typhoon Tembin (2012): Taiwanese authorities evacuate almost 5,000 people ahead of the typhoon. 2012-08-23
China warns the United States over its proposed sale of newer versions of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon to Taiwan. 2011-09-22
The life insurance company Metlife expects to sell its Taiwan unit soon, perhaps as early as April, according to anonymous sources cited by Reuters. Regulators blocked an early effort by MetLife to sell the same unit. 2011-02-22