A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.

Taiwan is an ideal place for Chinese filmmakers to evade censorship. But the island democracy has its own restrictions on what Chinese films are allowed to air.

Semiconductor business between Taiwan and the United States is a "win-win" model for both sides given the high level of complementarity, the government said on Tuesday in response to tariff threats from U.

President Donald Trump has threatened to introduce tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, which could hit Nvidia, one of TSMC's biggest customers.

After a strong earthquake hit Taiwan on January 21, 2025, an old picture of a tilting building resurfaced in social media posts that falsely portrayed it as showing the aftermath. But authorities reported no major damage after the quake,

Taiwan's government has been swift to respond to the talk of huge tariffs by the recently inaugurated 47th president of the United States.

Hours after Donald Trump’s chilly inauguration in Washington, Taiwan’s parliament voted to freeze billions of dollars in defense spending, in a move some worry could frustrate the famously transactional president,

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U.S. officials have long called on Taiwan to dramatically boost its defense spending as the power gap across the Taiwan Strait grows.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future

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