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At least 50 people are killed and 156 others are wounded when a Taroko Express train, headed for the celebration of the Tomb Sweeping festival, derails in Hualien, Taiwan.
2021-04-2

Taiwan reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 after a teenager who returned from the United Kingdom on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 the following day.
2020-12-30

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

São Tomé and Príncipe breaks relations with the island country of Taiwan. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-38388181 (BBC)]One-China policy
2016-12-21

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

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 kills two people in the Philippines with thousands of people evacuated in the Philippines and Taiwan.
2015-08-21

Protesters storm and occupy the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan due to a unilateral move by the Kuomintang that forces the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement to the legislative floor without giving it an item-by-item review.
2014-03-18

Yang Jiechi, the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, warns the United States that relations between China and the US will deteriorate if it sells weapons to Taiwan.
2011-03-7

Nine people are killed and 12 injured in a fire in a bar in Taichung, Taiwan.
2011-03-6