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Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te states that he does not intend to implement retaliatory tariffs against the United States. He instead expressed Taiwan's intent to import more American exports and increase its investments in the U.S. economy, beginning with a proposal for a Taiwan–U.S. bilateral zero-tariff deal.
2025-04-7

Taiwan officially begins extending its compulsory military service from four months to one year amid increased tensions with China.
2024-01-25

Taiwan reports a record for the second consecutive day of 11,517 new COVID-19 cases.
2022-04-29

Apple and Google reject an update by the National Health Service to their contact tracing app because it breaches their privacy rules.
2021-04-12

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the United States will be lifting all restrictions on contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, saying the "self-imposed" restrictions were introduced decades ago to appease the Chinese Communist Party government in mainland China.
2021-01-9

Google and YouTube announce that after the polls close on November 3 for the Presidential election, they will stop allowing political ads even if there is confusion or civil unrest while votes are counted.
2020-09-25

Taiwan is recovering after Typhoon Nepartak hit yesterday killing two people and injuring 72.
2016-07-9

Plaintiffs withdraw a lawsuit against Google that had asserted that it was illegally tying its licensing of the Android operating system to the favorable treatment of Google apps.
2015-04-3

A TransAsia Airways ATR 72 turboprop aircraft with 58 people on board en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, Taiwan crashes into the Keelung River near Taipei just after liftoff killing at least 31 people with several injures and missing.
2015-02-4

Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC loses a patent infringement case in the United States, with the United States International Trade Commission ruling that Apple Inc.'s iPhone technology does not violate HTC's patents.
2011-10-18