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A boatload of Taiwanese activists protected by the island's coastguard was Thursday heading for Japanese-held islands at the centre of a bitter international wrangle involving Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei.

• 25 января 2013, 12:29

Taiwan said Wednesday that the number of newborns reached a nine-year high of 234,599 last year during the auspicious Year of the Dragon.

• 17 января 2013, 10:22

Sony is in talks with suitors including Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision over the sale of its battery business, a report said Thursday, as the Japanese firm tries to repair its dented balance sheet.

• 30 ноября 2012, 10:01

A Taiwanese lawmaker's call to scrap a top film festival because it made Taiwan too reliant on China's movie industry sparked heated criticism on Wednesday from film veterans and fans.

• 29 ноября 2012, 11:51

Huang Yu-siang was born with a gift and a disability. He has a huge talent for music, but he is blind. His story has become a movie that has captivated audiences in his native Taiwan.

• 24 ноября 2012, 13:15

Samsung has no plans to follow Taiwanese firm HTC in seeking a settlement over its patent disputes with Apple.

• 14 ноября 2012, 18:24

Taiwanese officials said Wednesday that visitors to the United States are estimated to increase by 50 percent now that the island has been added to the US visa waiver programme.

• 03 октября 2012, 14:24

Director Ang Lee brought the best-selling novel into stunning 3D life with a production featuring an unknown Indian actor, four tigers and the world's biggest wave machine.

• 29 сентября 2012, 14:51

Taiwan's ex-leader Lee Teng-hui on Friday defended himself in court against corruption charges stemming from his presidency between 1988 and 2000.

• 13 августа 2012, 13:41

Two women tied the knot on Saturday in Taiwan's first same-sex Buddhist wedding, a move rights groups hope will help make the island become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage.

• 11 августа 2012, 14:53

Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University has filed a suit against US tech giant Apple, claiming the company's Siri intelligent assistant has infringed on two of its patents.

• 30 июля 2012, 17:43

A group of Taiwanese academics has visited the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, defence officials said Monday, amid continued tensions over rival claims to the area.

• 16 июля 2012, 13:57

Two women plan to tie the knot next month in Taiwan's first same-sex Buddhist wedding, as gay and lesbian groups push to make the island the first society in Asia to legalise gay marriage.

• 11 июля 2012, 11:50

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC Thursday hailed as a victory a British court ruling that it did not infringe on a patent owned by the US technology giant Apple.

• 06 июля 2012, 10:12

South Kazakhstan oblast wrestler Yermek Bayduashev has qualified for 2012 London Olympic Games in free-style wrestling.

• 29 апреля 2012, 12:42