The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island ...

Taiwan is a self-governing island of 23 million people with a vibrant, if often polarised, democracy. Its political system allows voters to remove their elected representatives before the end of ...

Amid U.S. tariff threats, Taiwan's President Lai commits to buying more U.S. goods. Congressional delegations discuss trade, ...

The prosecution against Mr. Ko appears likely to fan political divisions in Taiwan. The island’s president ... the floor area of a commercial building project. In the indictment, prosecutors ...

The 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday for most ...

Prior entering politics, Tang was a well-known civic tech activist (often referred to as a “civic hacker”) despite leaving ...

The Taiwanese president says trade tensions between the United States and Taiwan are just “frictions between friends.” ...

building a Taiwanese space industry, and enhancing social welfare. “The task before Lai is to stay the course without getting frustrated,” says Chong Ja Ian, an expert on Taiwan politics at ...

The political turmoil in Taiwan came to a head in late December ... said Taiwan should deter Chinese leader Xi Jinping by building up a large stockpile of hard-to-destroy weaponry that can inflict ...