Chinese drills to affect more than 100,000 air passengers, says Taiwan ministryChina's military drills surrounding Taiwan are set to disrupt air travel, impacting over 100,000 international passengers and approximately...
29 Dec, 2025, 04.35 PM IST
Taiwan detects 28 Chinese aircraft around islandTaiwan's defence ministry reported detecting 28 Chinese aircraft around the island within a three-hour window on Wednesday. This follows re...
29 May, 2024, 06.27 PM IST
Taiwan detects 21 Chinese military aircraft, 7 naval ships encircling itAccording to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence, of the 21 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 14 crossed the Taiwan Strait median ...
21 Apr, 2024, 02.02 PM IST
36 Chinese military aircraft detected around TaiwanThe Taiwan defence ministry reported a record-high of 36 Chinese military aircraft near the island, including 13 crossing the sensitive Tai...
22 Mar, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
Typhoon Koinu injures 190 and brings record-breaking winds to TaiwanTyphoon Koinu hit southern Taiwan, causing no deaths but injuring 190 people. The typhoon brought heavy rain and record-breaking winds, lea...
05 Oct, 2023, 12.45 PM IST
China rocket launch sends debris into sea near Taiwan: Taipei authoritiesTaiwan's transport ministry said Beijing had also planned to prohibit aircraft from entering the zone -- criss-crossed by a number of inter...
16 Apr, 2023, 10.13 AM IST
China to ban vessels from area near Taiwan over rocket debrisChina has not commented on the no-fly zone but South Korea, which was also briefed on the plans, said it was due to a falling object relate...
13 Apr, 2023, 02.43 PM IST
Taiwan's $82 million plan to boost travel includes cash incentives for touristsThe incentives, worth NT$5,000 ($165) each, were announced Thursday as part of a NT$5.3 billion package to attract international tourists. ...
24 Feb, 2023, 03.20 PM IST
Ships delay sailing to Taiwan port to avoid China drill zoneShip owners, worried about the possibility of missile strikes, are choosing to idle vessels and burn extra fuel until the drills pass.
06 Aug, 2022, 10.33 AM IST
Taiwan says China can 'paralyse' its defences, threat worseningChina has also improved its reconnaissance abilities using Beidou, China's answer to the U.S.-owned GPS navigation system, the ministry add...
01 Sep, 2021, 01.22 PM IST
Chinese military holds amphibious landing drill close to Taiwan after US Senators visitAccording to a statement by the Eastern Theatre Command of the People's Liberation Army, its 72nd Group Army carried out naval training tha...
10 Jun, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
Taiwan launches shipbuilding program amid China threatsPresident Tsai Ing-wen presided over the launching ceremony at a shipyard in the southern port city of Kaohsiung for the first in the serie...
13 Apr, 2021, 11.58 AM IST
Taiwan says China bolstering ability to attack, blockade islandThe ministry, in its once-every-four-years defence review, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, warned China was deploying "grey zone" warf...
19 Mar, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Taiwan releases new passport design to distinguish it from ChinaThe new cover repositions and significantly shrinks the words Republic of China (ROC), the country's official name, making them hard to see...
09 Oct, 2020, 08.40 PM IST
Chinese Su-30 fighters and Y-8 aircrafts buzz Taiwan for a second day as tensions riseThe defence ministry said Su-30 fighters and Y-8 transport aircrafts were among the Chinese aircraft that entered Taiwan's air identificati...
10 Sep, 2020, 01.49 PM IST
Uber business model faces legal scrutiny in Taiwan, Chinese mega cityUber, valued at around $40 billion, operates in eight Chinese cities. Chongqing, where it has been carrying out a free trial, would be the ...
22 Dec, 2014, 04.06 PM IST
- Taiwan, China set to begin direct daily flights
Direct daily flights between China and Taiwan begin on Monday, the latest step in rapidly improving relations between the island and the ma...
14 Dec, 2008, 11.37 AM IST