Sources: AP via Yahoo! News
Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te arrives in Eswatini after an earlier trip was cancelled when several countries revoked overflight permissions, a move attributed by Taiwanese officials to pressure from China. 2026-05-2
Around 200 demonstrators in Taipei, Taiwan call for the war to end. 2022-02-26
Taiwan announces that it will be opening a representative office in Vilnius, Lithuania. This comes amid warming relations between the two nations and the opening of a Lithuanian office in Taipei. The office will be known as the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, making it the first Taiwanese diplomatic mission in Europe to include Taiwan in its name. 2021-07-20
Taiwan severs diplomatic relations with Kiribati, according to Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu. Only the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu maintain formal relations with Taiwan in the Pacific. 2019-09-20
An arrest warrant is issued in Texas for 3D-printed gun rights activist and Defense Distributed owner Cody Wilson in connection with the sexual assault of a child. Wilson was last known to be in Taiwan. 2018-09-19
China cancels an invitation to a Taiwanese children's choir after it performed the island's national anthem at last month's inauguration of President Tsai Ing-wen; the Puzangalan Choir consisting of children from the Paiwan aboriginal tribe had been due to take part in a choral festival in Guangdong province in July. 2016-06-16
The Special Investigation Division of Taiwan initiates a review stemming from allegations that President Ma Ying-jeou has received illegal political donations from Ting Hsin International Group, a disgraced conglomerate at the center of the recent food scandal. 2014-12-26
The first governmental meetings occur between the People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) after a 65-year hiatus. 2014-02-11
Typhoon Tembin (2012): Taiwanese authorities evacuate almost 5,000 people ahead of the typhoon. 2012-08-23
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Taiwan, injuring 12 and disrupting communications and rail services. 2010-03-4