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U.S. President Joe Biden states that American troops would defend Taiwan militarily in the event of a Chinese invasion, a departure from a traditional policy of strategic ambiguity.
2022-05-23

Taiwan reports its first two locally transmitted cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
2022-01-3

Singapore begins reopening its borders with the launch of Vaccinated Travel Lanes for fully vaccinated travellers from Germany and Brunei, while quarantine-free restrictions will be eased for travellers from Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China outside of Jiangsu Province, New Zealand and Taiwan.
2021-08-19

Taiwan reports a record 38 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 225.
2021-06-5

Taiwan confirms their first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in Brazil, prompting the government to impose a 14-day quarantine for all travelers arriving from Brazil at a centralized facility beginning February 24.
2021-02-21

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying 13 people crashes in New Taipei, Taiwan. Eight people are killed, including the Chief of the General Staff Shen Yi-ming, the head of the Republic of China Armed Forces.
2020-01-2

Multiple earthquakes, including a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, strike near Hualien City, Taiwan. At least 9 people are killed and over 250 are injured, with extensive damage to many structures in the city.
2018-02-6

Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency criticizes Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen as politically extreme and lacking emotional balance because she is unmarried and does not have children.
2016-05-26

Taiwan prepares to permanently ban killing of poultry in traditional markets amid concerns over the spread of the H7N9 avian flu virus in mainland China.
2013-04-17

Taiwan arrests Major General Lo Hsieh-che, head of the Taiwanese Army's electronic communications and information department, for allegedly leaking secrets to the People's Republic of China.
2011-02-8