Lithuania tells its citizens to throw away their Chinese mobile phones after report found devices had built-in censorship capabilities Cybersecurity body report found Xiaomi devices could detect and censor terms ‘Free Tibet’, ‘Long live Taiwan independence’ or ‘democracy movement’ among terms included in the feature, which was turned off for EU region However, it could … Read more
What are you looking at? Playful Beluga whale lunges forwards every time zoo visitor approaches its tank Huang Chunchun visited the Pingtung Sea Life Museum in southern Taiwan She was standing by the glass of the aquarium when a Beluga whale approached Ms Chunchun described the encounter as the best experience of her entire life By … Read more
Australian minister warns ‘the drums of war are beating’ as it pledges to upgrade military bases and expand drills with US forces to combat China Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils plans worth half a billion US dollars Australian minister warns ‘the drums of war’ are beating in the Pacific region War between China and Taiwan … Read more
Xi flexes his muscles in the South China Sea by unveiling three new warships amid fresh sabre rattling at Taiwan Chinese President Xi has flexed his military muscles in the South China Sea Three new warships were revealed in a ceremony in Sanya on Friday It comes in a public display of strength amid fresh … Read more
Did Argentina rob art from its own museum to fund the Falklands War? Military junta stole £1.8m of paintings from Buenos Aires gallery to buy arms from Taiwan, new book claims British academic claims art heist was staged by Argentina’s military Government Sixteen masterpieces vanished into thin air from national museum in the 1980s Just three … Read more
The supply of PS5 and XBox consoles as well as electric cars, TVs, laptops, printers and 5G phones could be hit for up to 18 months due to a global shortage of microchips after a Taiwan mega-factory was scuppered by Covid-19, Trump’s trade war and even a natural disaster. Apple, Sony, Samsung, Epson, Microsoft, Ford, Toyota … Read more
Couple marry four times in a month to earn 32 days paid leave under Taiwan laws entitling newlyweds to eight days holiday: Groom’s employers are FINED for trying to stop him An unnamed bank employee claimed 32 days of leave using a loophole in system Over a period of 37 days, he and his wife … Read more
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier strike group will take a circuitous route to avoid the Taiwan Strait to prevent offending Beijing in its maiden voyage in May. The group, which includes the HMS Queen Elizabeth, will instead go through the South China Sea to the east of the island, which China claims as its … Read more
At least 48 people have been killed after a train smashed into a truck and derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan. Some 70 passengers remain trapped inside the mangled carriages, while another 40 have been rushed to hospital, after the train crashed outside the city of Hualien on Friday. The express train was packed with … Read more
36 people are killed and 70 remain trapped after train derailed in tunnel in Taiwan after crashing into a truck that slid off the road Train derailed inside tunnel outside the city of Hualien in eastern Taiwan Carriages were ripped apart and crumpled after train struck a truck Many were standing on the cramped train … Read more