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De krachtige tyfoon Champi nadert de kusten van het eiland Taiwan. Champi zal naar verwachting vrijdag en zaterdag langs de oostkust trekken alvorens naar China en Japan door te stoten. Dat zegt de Centrale Weerdienst van het land (CWA). Ruim 150 vluchten werden al geannuleerd en het leger werd in staat van paraatheid gebracht om deel te nemen aan reddingsop

Taiwan is probing organised crime's links to Chinese efforts to carry out "transnational repression", a security official said on Thursday, after Taipei's government said Beijing was behind an attack on a comedian who mocked President Xi Jinping.

Taiwan has focused heavily on military readiness against China, but it now faces a tougher question: how its society will deal with prolonged duress.

At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi weakened slightly on Thursday but was still packing gusts of more than 227 kmh near its centre.

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Thai Airways International has advised passengers on flights to and from Taipei and Kaohsiung between Thursday and Saturday to check schedules as they could be disrupted by the approaching Typhoon Champi.

Taipei has complained that Beijing is using various underhanded methods to target Taiwanese nationals viewed as politically suspect.

The Philippines and Taiwan have repeatedly complained about Chinese activities designed to pressure the countries without direct confrontation.

Part fast-food joint, part convenience store, the new New Bahru pop-up by the people behind the popular London restaurant serves playful takes on Taiwanese favourites, alongside quirky merchandise and community events. It runs from Nov 11 to Dec 28.

Ministério Público do território reivindicado por Pequim diz que os acusados foram pagos por homem de nacionalidade chinesa para “partir os braços e as pernas” do comediante Huang Yi-hao.

<p>Person named ‘K’ from China paid five defendants to injure Huang Yi-hao, New Taipei prosecutors say</p><p>Taiwanese prosecutors have charged five men over a plot to ram a car into a comedian who made fun of the Chinese Communist party and Xi Jinping.</p><p>Taiwan has repeatedly accused China of transnational repression to silence critics on the self-gover

Comedian Huang Yi-hao has vowed to return to the stage, inviting police and prosecutors who worked on the case to his upcoming gigs.

The island adopted quotas for women running for public office decades before other countries. The upshot? Today, few of them need quotas to get elected.

PayLah! users will now be able to scan to pay at more than 250,000 participating merchants in Taiwan.