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Chiang statues become targets as Taiwan confronts history
Aug 02, 2015 (AFP)
One has been beheaded, others defaced. Some are dressed in costumes by pranksters. Statues of Taiwan's former ruler Chiang Kai-shek have been increasingly targe...
Protesters vow to escalate action over student suicide
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
Protesters who stormed Taiwan's education ministry after a student committed suicide vowed to escalate their action Friday as the government struggled to defuse...
Hundreds protest in Taipei after student suicide
Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early on Friday calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide, amid a deepening row o...
Taiwan police release protesters held over ministry break-in
Jul 24, 2015 (AFP)
Police released 30 protesters, most of them students, Friday who were held after they broke into the education ministry in the capital Taipei to oppose "China-c...
Students protest in Taiwan over 'China-centric' education
Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)
Around 200 students protested outside Taiwan's education ministry Wednesday against what they say are "China-centric" changes to the school curriculum. Increasi...
Taiwan's KMT picks pro-China Hung for presidential race
Jul 19, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) officially endorsed pro-China candidate Hung Hsiu-chu Sunday to run for president next year, as the deeply divided party faces ...
China to remove visa requirements for Taiwanese: Xinhua
Jun 14, 2015 (AFP)
China will lift an entry permit requirement for Taiwanese travelling to the mainland, state media reported Sunday, part of a wider plan to reduce barriers betwe...
AIIB issue raised in Taiwan-China talks
May 23, 2015 (AFP)
China's top Taiwan affairs official Zhang Zhijun met his Taiwanese counterpart Saturday, with Beijing's rejection of Taipei as a founding member of a China-led ...
Taiwan's Ma promises push for China trade bill
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's embattled President Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday he would push for legislation to guarantee transparency over controversial trade pacts with China that ...
China's Xi warns against Taiwan independence: Xinhua
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping warned on Monday against Taiwan being seen as a country as he met the head of the island's ruling party, the first such...
Taiwan ruling party chief heads to China for Xi meeting
May 02, 2015 (AFP)
The head of Taiwan's ruling party departed Saturday for a high-profile visit to China, in the first visit to the mainland by a Kuomintang chief since 2008. Eric...
Taiwan opposition reveals female presidential candidate
Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan could be on track for its first ever female leader after the island's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) announced Wednesday that its cha...
Taiwanese activists rally to keep 'Sunflower' spirit alive
Apr 10, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwanese rallied Friday to mark the anniversary of the end of the "Sunflower Movement", which saw demonstrators occupy parliament for more than three weeks in ...
Taiwan president says China ties 'back to normal' after protests
Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's embattled President Ma Ying-jeou said ties with China are "back to normal" after major protests against a trade pact with Beijing last year, despite co...
Taiwan orders military discipline review after scandals
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has ordered a thorough review of military discipline after scandals that sparked a public outcry, his office said Monday. Meetin...
Taiwan's largest missile ship goes into service
Mar 31, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's largest-ever missile ship went into service Tuesday after a ceremony presided over by President Ma Ying-jeou as the island strives to modernise its mil...
Taiwan protesters pelt eggs over China flight route
Mar 29, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwanese demonstrators threw eggs and slippers to protest against China's launch of a controversial new flight route on Sunday, accusing the government of fail...
Taiwan leader backs joining China-led infrastructure bank
Mar 27, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan's leader said he is in favour of joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in comments published Friday, making it the latest economy to express i...
Taiwan protesters scuffle with police over China flight route
Mar 26, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwanese protesters scuffled with police on Thursday ahead of China's launch of a controversial flight route, which they say has been allowed to go ahead despi...
Enduring impact of Taiwan's 'Sunflower Movement' one year on
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
A year after students occupied Taiwan's parliament in an audacious protest against trade links with China, the island's political landscape has shifted dramatic...
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