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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
2022-08-22

Taiwan reports a record 30,035 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported more than 30,000 cases since the pandemic began.
2022-05-6

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passes legislation legalizing same-sex marriage and limited joint-custody rights, making Taiwan the first country in Asia to do so. President Tsai Ing-wen and her cabinet helped draft the bill, and she will sign it into law on or before May 24.
2019-05-17

El Salvador severs diplomatic relations with Taiwan, opting to instead establish ties with China.
2018-08-21

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

Archaeologists in Taiwan discover 48 sets of remains unearthed in graves in Taichung. The most striking discovery among them is the 4,800-year-old skeleton of a mother looking down at a child cradled in her arms.
2016-04-27

Mainland China's leader Xi Jinping and Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou meet in Singapore, the first meeting between a Chinese and Taiwanese leader since the Chinese Communist Revolution. [http:--edition.cnn.com-2015-11-07-asia-china-taiwan-summit-index.html (CNN)]2015 Ma–Xi Meeting
2015-11-7

Taiwan prepares for the impact of Typhoon Dujuan tonight, with thousands of people evacuated from outlying islands ahead of this. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20150928-super-typhoon-dujuan-nears-taiwan?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2015-09-28&dlvrit=66745 (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019
2015-09-28

Typhoon Goni leaves seven people dead and two people missing as it moves from the Philippines towards Taiwan and Okinawa, Japan.
2015-08-22

Taiwan demands an apology from the Philippines related to an incident where a Taiwanese fisherman died after a Philippine Coast Guard intercepted his fishing vessel in the disputed waters of the Bashi Channel.
2013-05-10