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Taiwan reports its first death from COVID-19 since May 2020 in a woman in her 80s.
2021-01-30

The government of Solomon Islands says that a proposed independence referendum in Malaita Province is illegal. Daniel Suidani, the provincial premier of Malaita, proposed the referendum in protest to the decision by the central government to switch recognition from Taiwan to China last year.
2020-09-7

President of Palau Thomas Remengesau Jr. condemns the exclusion of Taiwan from the World Health Organization, saying that it "endangers, not only Taiwanese people, but people everywhere". Palau remains one of Taiwan's few political allies in the Pacific.
2020-05-2

Panama severs diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establishes formal relations with China.
2017-06-12

Taiwan authorities arrest three construction company executives of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building, which collapsed Saturday, on suspicion of negligent homicide. Almost all of those killed have been recovered from the rubble from this building; the 100-plus missing are likely buried in the debris.
2016-02-9

The death toll from the Taiwan earthquake rises to 38 with more than 100 people missing.
2016-02-8

The death toll from yesterday's earthquake in Taiwan rises to at least 29, with at least 120 trapped under collapsed buildings in Tainan, while 198 people have been rescued.
2016-02-7

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

The presidents of China and Taiwan are scheduled to meet in Singapore on November 7th, the first such meeting since the Chinese Communist Revolution.
2015-11-4

Typhoon Fanapi arrives in China's Fujian province after causing widespread damage in Taiwan.
2010-09-20