Sources: Focus Taiwan
Taiwan officially begins extending its compulsory military service from four months to one year amid increased tensions with China. 2024-01-25
Somaliland Foreign Minister Essa Kayd rebukes China's apparent attempts to dictate the unrecognized breakaway state's foreign relations with Taiwan and reaffirms the state's recognition of the Republic of China. 2022-02-11
Taiwan reports a record 335 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 333 of which are locally transmitted cases. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,017. 2021-05-17
Taiwan grants emergency use authorization for the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-02-20
The Nanfang'ao Bridge, the only steel single-arch bridge in Taiwan, collapses on fishing boats in Su'ao. Ten people are injured and six are believed to have been trapped. 2019-10-1
A fire in a circuit board factory in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, kills seven people including five firefighters. It is the city's third major industrial fire this year. 2018-04-29
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen refutes accusations that she would have interpreted the 1992 consensus differently. 2016-07-25
Taiwan and China brace for the impact of Typhoon Nepartak, the first major typhoon of 2016. Thousands of people have been evacuated in Taiwan while over 35,000 military personnel have been placed on standby to help with relief efforts. 2016-07-7
Taiwan evacuates hundreds of people ahead of Typhoon Soudelor (2015). 2015-08-7
China's top cross-strait negotiator for Taiwan, on a landmark visit, cancels three public appearances at the last minute after protests against his bridge-building trip turned violent; protesters earlier splashed white paint and threw ghost money at the negotiator's motorcade while shouting slogans such as "Taiwan, China, one country on each side". 2014-06-28