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Taiwan Envoy Hails Nigeria-Caribbean Diplomacy
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 4, 2025
News Investigators/ Andy Yih-Ping Liu, Taiwan’s Representative and Head of Mission in Nigeria, has congratulated Nigeria on its renewed diplomatic engagements with Saint Lucia and Caribbean States. In a statement on Friday, Mr Liu described...
A sugar tax would make a healthier Taiwan
Taipei Times
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July 4, 2025
Data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare showed that diabetes was the fifth-leading cause of death among Taiwanese last year. Even more concerning is that the disease is more commonly affecting young people. Long-term consumption of...
Caught in the Middle: South Korea’s Strategic Dilemma in a Taiwan Contingency
The Defense Post
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July 4, 2025
The possibility of a military contingency in the Taiwan Strait — once considered remote — has become an increasingly prominent scenario in regional strategic planning. As tensions between the United States and China deepen and Chinese military...
Taiwan slams China's vice minister Hua Chunying over 'distorted' UN 2758 claims
California Telegraph
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Taipei [Taiwan], July 4 (ANI): Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has strongly condemned recent remarks made by Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying on UN Resolution 2758, calling them 'blatant and egregious bullying,'...
Taiwan Is on the Cusp of an Energy Revolution
Foreign Policy
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Taiwan is experiencing an energy crisis. As the island completes a phaseout of nuclear power plants—long the bedrock of its energy mix—plans for a promised offshore wind buildup have sputtered. All the while, industry has become more dependent on...
China’s latest Resolution 2758 comments are ‘blatant bullying’ of Taiwan: DPP
Taipei Times
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July 3, 2025
The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Department of China Affairs today condemned China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying’s (華春瑩) latest comments on UN Resolution 2758, adding that the people of Taiwan would not accept China’s...
Netflix launches talent cultivation program in Taiwan
Focus Taiwan
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July 4, 2025
Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Video streaming giant Netflix is launching a talent cultivation program in Taiwan aimed at producing high-quality Mandarin content, the company announced in a press release on Thursday. Netflix's head of Chinese language...
World News | Taiwan Slams China's Vice Minister Hua Chunying over 'distorted' UN 2758 Claims
Latestly
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July 4, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan], July 4 (ANI): Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has strongly condemned recent remarks made by Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying on UN Resolution 2758, calling them "blatant and egregious bullying,"...
Taiwan's ambassador to Holy See presents Letter of Credence
Focus Taiwan
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July 4, 2025
Vatican City, July 3 (CNA) Anthony Ho (賀忠義), the new ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Holy See, presented his Letter of Credence to Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, officially beginning his tenure. Ho succeeded Matthew Lee (李世明), who...
Academia Sinica cuts Taiwan's GDP growth forecast on U.S. tariffs
Focus Taiwan
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July 4, 2025
Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institution, has lowered its forecast for Taiwan's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 to below 3 percent, citing uncertainties caused by the United States' haphazard tariff policies....
William Jones Cup 2025: Asia’s Top Teams Battle for Glory in Taiwan
Philippines Graphic
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July 4, 2025
The summer of 2025 is turning up the heat in the world of basketball. The William Jones Cup, Taiwan’s iconic annual tournament, has returned with even more energy and excitement. This year, both women’s and men’s teams from Asia, Oceania, and the...
Taiwan Congratulates Nigeria’s Diplomatic Endeavors in St. Lucia, Others
This Day
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July 4, 2025
Taiwan’s Representative/ Head of Mission in Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to the Caribbean nation of Saint Lucia as a landmark achievement in Nigeria diplomacy. He said, “We, the people and...
Strengthening Taiwan-Palau Friendship
Island Times
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July 4, 2025
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), under the auspices of the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), is proud to present the Taiwan-Palau Trade and Cultural Show, held from July 11 to 13, 2025, at the Surangel & Son’s Super...
Vanishing Millet Fields, Endangered Sparrows: The Climate Crisis and Taiwan’s Forgotten Guardians
Greenpeace International
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July 4, 2025
Within Taiwan’s Indigenous communities, an environmental friendly tradition persists: in times of more extensive cultivation, farmers would plant extra millet, generously leaving a portion of the harvest for the birds. This seemingly small act of...
Taiwan extols Nigeria’s diplomatic endeavors in St. Lucia and The Caribbean states
Business Day
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July 3, 2025
Taiwanese government has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s successful State visit to the Caribbean nation of Saint Lucia as a truly a landmark achievement in Nigeria diplomacy. “We, the people and Government of Taiwan, wholeheartedly...
Asian currencies: Taiwan’s dollar hits highest since April 2022
Business Recorder
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July 4, 2025
BENGALURU: Most stock markets in emerging Asian economies rose on Thursday, after trade discussions between the United States and Vietnam raised the possibility of breakthroughs for other countries in the region ahead of the July 9 tariff...
Cramps, fatigue and hallucinations: paddling 200km in a Paleolithic canoe from Taiwan to Japan
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
Dr Yousuke Kaifu was working at an archaeological site on the Japanese islands of Okinawa when a question started to bubble in his mind. The pieces unearthed in the excavation, laid out before him, revealed evidence of humans living there 30,000...
Taiwan to showcase 'island of miracles' during Expo 2025 Osaka
Focus Taiwan
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July 3, 2025
Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Taiwan will present a cultural program from Aug. 2-20 titled "We Taiwan" during the ongoing World Expo in Osaka, Japan, to show the country as an "island of miracles" with unlimited innovation, the Ministry of Culture said...
Fewer people doesn’t always mean better outcomes for nature – just look at Japan
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
Since 1970, 73% of global wildlife has been lost, while the world’s population has doubled to 8 billion. Research shows this isn’t a coincidence but that population growth is causing a catastrophic decline in biodiversity. Yet a turning point in...
Taiwan, South Korea and Japan also need to spend 5 percent on defence
The Strategist
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July 3, 2025
There’s no shortage of measures that the United States’ major East Asian friends could spend an increased defence budget on. NATO allies of the US have agreed to allocate 5 percent of GDP to defence and related spending. With the growing risk of...