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  • Taiwanese investigators secure the perimeter after several smoke grenades were set off inside the Taipei Main Station in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday.
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    Knife-wielding attacker kills three in central Taipei
  • Soldiers of the 58th Artillery Command mobolize the HIMARS missile system to a tactical position, as part of the ongoing Han Kuang military exercise, in Taichung, Taiwan, on July 12, 2025.
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    Rockets, howitzers and suicide drones: US and Taiwan announce one of their biggest-ever arms deals
  • US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at Gimhae International Airport, South Korea, on October 30, 2025.
    Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
    Trump’s security strategy is making a hard pivot on China. Why now?
  • The logo of China's lifestyle-sharing social media platform Xiaohongshu, which translates as "red note" or "little red book," is displayed on a smartphone screen in Suqian, China, on September 11, 2025.
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    Taiwan bans popular Chinese social media app amid growing number of fraud cases
  • Night view of Taipei 101 and the Taipei skyline in the distance behind vegetation and a mountain trail from Taipei Mountains in Taipei,  Taiwan, on December 14, 2021.
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    The global AI race is supercharging Taiwan’s economy. But many don’t feel better off
  • Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea on October 31, 2025.
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    The real reason behind China’s fury toward Japan’s Takaichi
  • Customers purchase sushi at a supermarket on August 9, 2025 in Beijing, China.
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    China warns there is ‘no market’ for Japanese seafood exports as spat over Taiwan comments escalates
  • The book cover of Taiwan's civil defence handbook at a printing house in Taoyuan, Taiwan on November 14, 2025.
    Ann Wang/Reuters
    Taiwan rolls out handbook on how to prepare for natural disasters – and a Chinese invasion
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  • Waves crash into the Heng Fa Chuen residential district as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches near Hong Kong on September 23, 2025.
    Tommy Wang/AFP/Getty Images
    Nearly 2 million evacuated as Ragasa slams into southern China, after killing at least 14 in Taiwan
    Sep 25, 2025
  • Fishermen in Hong Kong tied up their boats on Sunday, before Typhoon Ragasa, the biggest storm of 2025, is expected to make landfall in the region.
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    Most powerful storm on earth this year lashes Philippines. Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China on alert
    Sep 22, 2025
  • A low-cost autonomous cruise missile is displayed during the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition in Taipei on September 17, 2025.
    I-Hwa Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
    Taiwan unveils first missile jointly developed with American arms company
    Sep 18, 2025
  • A 300mm wafer is on display at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) stand during 2020 World Semiconductor Conference at Nanjing International Expo Center on August 26, 2020 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China.
    Yang Bo/China News Service/Getty Images
    How the US exerts controls over foreign chipmakers in China
    Sep 5, 2025
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  • Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind shakes hands with Taiwan's outgoing leader Tsai Ing-wen at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan on May 15, 2024.
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    Drag queen Nymphia Wind performs at Taiwan’s presidential office
  • Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’
  • How Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper withstands earthquakes
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  • Photo taken in Hualien, eastern Taiwan, on April 5, 2024, shows fallen rocks on a road leading to Taroko National Park, following a powerful earthquake on April 3. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)
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    Taiwan’s Taroko National Park closed ‘until further notice’ following earthquake
  • Coldplay has a request: They really, really want to play in China
  • Taipei protests against Beijing’s ‘unilateral’ moving of flight path closer to sensitive median line
  • Taiwan’s ‘Elephant Trunk Rock’ has collapsed

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