Hundreds of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an apparent operation targeting members of Hezbollah bore the brand of a Taiwanese company, though the firm’s chair told reporters Wednesday that another company in Budapest manufactured the devices. Near-simultaneous detonations of pagers used by members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group killed at least…
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News Taiwanese Olympic boxer who previously failed gender test guaranteed medal after latest win
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0 32 0August 4, 2024 -
News Taiwanese boxer who failed gender test easily wins Paris Olympics match
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting won a Paris Olympics fight against Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova on Friday handily, 3-0 The judges scored each round for Lin in the dominating performance. Lin’s height and reach proved to be the biggest difference in the match as Turdibekova appeared to just be outmatched. Lin was the No. 1 seed in…
0 29 0August 2, 2024 -
News Who is Lin Yu-Ting? The Taiwanese Olympic boxer deemed to have male chromosomes
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting was thrust into the middle of a gender eligibility controversy before the 2024 Paris Olympics and a fight against Uzbekistan fighter Sitora Turdibekova. Lin has not been in a firestorm like Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is now, but Lin was also deemed to have male chromosomes in the same 2023 Women’s…
0 28 0August 2, 2024 -
News China Seizes Taiwanese Fishing Boat As Tensions Rise
China’s Coast Guard has seized a Taiwanese fishing boat and its crew of five and forced it to a port on the mainland Chinese coast, a move that could add to tensions between Beijing and President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan. The fishing boat, Ta Chin Man 88, was in Chinese waters 27 miles northeast of…
0 40 0July 3, 2024 -
News Chinese coast guard briefly boards Taiwanese tourism boat for route plan, certification in new security effort
Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next to China’s coast on Monday, the government in Taipei said, in an escalation of tensions after China said it would carry out regular patrols. China announced on Sunday that its coast guard would strengthen law enforcement activity around the Kinmen islands…
0 57 0February 19, 2024 -
News Philippines’ president congratulates pro-sovereignty Taiwanese election winner
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday congratulated the winner of Taiwan’s presidential election, Lai Ching-te, saying in a statement shared on social media that he was looking “forward to close collaboration” and “strengthening mutual interests.” Marcos’s congratulatory message is likely to be frowned upon by China, which claims the self-governing island as its own…
0 54 0January 15, 2024 -
News New Taiwanese president blames Chinese political ambush for loss of ally Nauru
Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China on Monday, just days after it elected a new president, and accused China of attempting to pressure it while it affirmed the will of Taiwanese to go out into the world. China claims Taiwan as its own territory with no right to state-to-state…
0 65 0January 15, 2024