Taipei

China’s Weibo blocks top trending ‘Taiwan election’ hashtag amid self-ruled island’s polls

In mainland China, whose leaders are closely watching the result, “Taiwan election” was one of the highest trending items on Weibo after polls opened early Saturday morning -- at one point showing up to 163.2 million post views

Taiwan votes in key election amid threats from China

Communist China claims self-ruled Taiwan, separated from the mainland by a 180-kilometre (110-mile) strait, as its own and says it will not rule out using force to bring about “unification”, even if conflict does not appear imminent

Taiwan slams Chinese balloons, cites safety threat, calls it ‘psychological warfare’

Taiwan is on high alert for Chinese military and political activity ahead of the January 13 presidential and parliamentary elections. It says China is exerting military and economic pressure in an attempt to interfere in the elections

A month ahead of elections, Taiwan spots Chinese weather balloon in strait

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, frequently accuses Beijing of seeking to exert military or economic pressure to sway its elections toward outcomes favourable to the Chinese government

Most Taiwanese do not view US as ‘trustworthy’, but majority trusts its security commitment for island: Survey

The survey also indicated strong support for American arms sales to Taiwan, with over 65 per cent of respondents expressing approval. Approximately 57 per cent believed that the US would use force to assist Taiwan if Beijing attempted to unilaterally change the status quo

Taiwan: Opposition parties aiming to form alliance for January polls

The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) vice president and presidential candidate William Lai has nearly always been in the lead in surveys, leaving former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je of the TPP and KMT to compete for second place

Drills near Taiwan to combat 'arrogance' of separatists forces, says China

Taiwan's defence ministry on Wednesday reported further Chinese military movements, saying that in the previous 24 hours, it had detected and responded to 16 Chinese aircraft entering the island's air defence identification zone.

Chinese military movements around island ‘abnormal’, says Taiwan; flags amphibious drills

China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has in recent years carried out many such drills around the island, seeking to assert its sovereignty claims and pressure Taipei

'Godzilla Ramen' goes viral in Taiwan: Would you take a bite of it?

'Godzilla Ramen' as it is called by netizens, is a new offering by a Yunlin-based eatery in Taiwan. The ghastly dish features the leg of a crocodile — specifically, the front one, which sticks out of a bowl of noodles and soup as though it is crawling out of it

Noodle shop in Taiwan’s Taipei serves Ramen made with 14-legged deep-sea isopods

The restaurant enthusiastically announced the limited-edition dish in a post on its official Facebook page, noting first that it had “finally gotten this dream ingredient”! The enormous isopod is known as ‘the big king pods’