Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:38:45 +0000
Taiwan’s government said Friday it would provide assistance to Hong Kongers seeking sanctuary after local media reported dozens of activists involved in an unprecedented storming of the city’s parliament had fled to the island.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:40:54 +0000
China’s foreign minister says the United States should not “play with fire” regarding Taiwan after the US announced its intention to sell $2.2 billion in weapons to the island state.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:19:01 +0000
Police in New York had to break up fights between supporters and opponents of Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday during a visit to the United States which infuriated Beijing.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:53:44 +0000
Taiwan confirmed Thursday it has asked to purchase more than 100 tanks, along with air defense and anti-tank missile systems from the United States in a major potential arms sale that could worsen frictions between Washington and Beijing.
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Read moreCredit to Author: rrcadio| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:06:12 +0000
An artist has erected an inflatable display in Taiwan’s capital to mark an iconic moment in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 05:17:04 +0000
Taiwan has landed warplanes on a normally busy highway to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 06:04:12 +0000
TAIPEI, Taiwan — More than 1,000 people attended a mass wedding banquet in Taiwan’s capital to celebrate the marriage of same-sex couples after a landmark decision legalizing the unions. Taiwan became the first place in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage last week following a vote by the island’s legislature. LGBT couples clad in flowing white […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 07:41:08 +0000
Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan are rushing to get married on the first day a landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage takes effect.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 01:48:16 +0000
Gay couples in Taiwan plan a mass wedding registration after lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause for two decades.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 21:44:45 +0000
Taiwan’s parliament legalized same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived
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