Mainland China students flee Hong Kong campuses amid protest violence fears
Mainland Chinese students have begun fleeing Hong Kong campuses over security fears, police and university officials said Wednesday, as the city's seething political crisis saw some of its worst violence this week. The most intense clashes on Tuesday occurred at the Chinese University of Hong ...
Man tried twice for murder, has bond set in killing of Taiwanese woman
A Louisiana judge has set a bond for a man facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of a Taiwanese woman. Quinton Tellis is the same man who was tried twice for murder but never convicted in the Mississippi burning death of 19-year-old Jessica ...
Trading house Sumitomo Corp. will spend some ¥500 million ($4.5 million) by February 2020 to acquire a 6.7 percent stake in Taiwan's top electric bus-maker, RAC Electric Vehicles Inc. The two will seek to capitalize on the Taiwan government's plan to replace 15,000 conventional buses ...
U.S. sends warship through Taiwan Strait as top American military officer visits Japan
The U.S. Navy has sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait for the first time since September, in a move likely to anger China. The Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture-based guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville "conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on Tuesday," the navy said in a ...
Taiwan candidate chooses ex-Google executive as running mate
The pro-China opposition candidate in Taiwan's presidential election set for early next year has chosen a former Google executive as his running mate. Chang San-cheng, a political independent, on Monday joined the ticket of Nationalist Party candidate Han Kuo-yu, who lags behind Democratic Progressive Party ...
Taiwan warns of possible attack if China's slowdown 'becomes serious'
Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world's second largest economy amid a trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island's foreign minister has said. As Taiwan's presidential elections approach ...
China says it will 'fully respect' Taiwan's way of life after 'peaceful reunification'
China will "fully respect" Taiwan's way of life and social system once it has been "peacefully reunified," as long as national security is protected, the ruling Communist Party said on Tuesday, in another overture to the self-ruled island. China claims democratic Taiwan as its own ...
In boost for Taiwan leader, China-friendly veteran James Soong set to run for Taiwan presidency
Tsai Ing-wen's chances of being re-elected as Taiwan's president received a boost as one of Taiwan's most senior China-friendly politicians appears set to enter the election, potentially sapping votes from the main opposition candidate. People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong has decided to make ...
Sharp sees net profit fall 33.1% in April-September, attributes decline to weak TV sales
Sharp Corp. said Friday its group net profit in the April-September period fell 33.1 percent from a year earlier to ¥27.40 billion ($254 million), due to weak TV sales in overseas markets. Consolidated operating profit dropped 21.4 percent from a year earlier to ¥36.96 billion ...
Thousands gather on Taipei streets in East Asia's largest Pride march
More than 100,000 people thronged the streets of Taiwan's capital Taipei on Saturday for East Asia's largest Pride march, months after the self-ruled island began formally allowing same-sex marriage, the first place in Asia to do so. Proudly democratic Taiwan is a bastion of liberal ...
Solomons calls Chinese company's lease of entire island 'unlawful'
The Solomon Islands government said a deal signed by one of its provinces to lease the entire island of Tulagi to a Chinese company is unlawful and should be terminated, a move applauded by United States on Friday. Details of the long-term lease between Solomons' ...
China says Vice President Wang Qishan and Abe discussed Taiwan
China said Thursday that Vice President Wang Qishan raised the politically sensitive Taiwan issue with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the previous day, a detail that was missing from an earlier Japanese account of their discussion. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, speaking at a regular news ...
