Sources: Focus Taiwan
Taiwan says the Kenyan foreign ministry revoked visas issued to Taiwanese scientists and prevented them from attending the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa. China states that Kenya's actions are consistent with its adherence to the One China policy. 2026-06-16
American climber Alex Honnold free-solo climbs the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan, setting the record for the highest free solo climb of an urban structure, after completing the 508 m climb during a livestreamed event. 2026-01-25
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan, prompting tsunami warnings for Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A large section of the uninhabited Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by rockfalls, with more than 930 others injured. 2024-04-3
Taiwan reports a record 38 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 225. 2021-06-5
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
Taiwan scrambles navy ships and jets as Chinese warships, led by the aircraft carrier "Liaoning", sail through the Taiwan Strait following exercises in the South China Sea. 2017-01-11
Taiwan accuses China of "extrajudicial abduction" after 45 Taiwanese acquitted of fraud in Kenya were forcibly deported to China. 2016-04-12
Three Taiwanese MPs and military officers visit the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, amid mounting tensions in the area. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-291204-taiwan-mps-visit-disputed-spratlys-to-renew-claim ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2012-04-30
Typhoon Nanmadol hits Taiwan after killing 11 people in the Philippines. 2011-08-29
A massive landslide hits a north Taiwan highway close to Keelung. 2010-04-27