Interview

Taiwan will be a great member of a regional trade bloc that Australia is part of, given its track record as a "trusted economic partner," a visiting Australian lawmaker said Monday.

A man emerges from backstage into the ring, tosses a diabolo high into the air and catches it with a string. Then two, then three, juggling the hourglass-shaped tops with impeccable precision, as if they were extensions of himself.

A lead rescuer in the flood rescues in eastern Taiwan's Hualien County has recounted to CNA how his team saved a 6-year-old girl trapped inside a house for over a day after a lake created by a landslide overflowed and flooded the town, crediting her survival to the sacrifice of her aunt and uncle in their final moments.

Germany's de facto embassy in Taiwan is expanding its diplomatic presence as Berlin seeks to deepen relations with Taipei, the country's new representative Karsten Tietz said in an exclusive interview with CNA on Thursday.

The space industries in Taiwan and India can "complement each other," according to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a key player promoting space-sector collaboration between the two countries.

Tae Hitoto (一青妙), a descendant of the Keelung-based Yen (顏) family -- one of the five most powerful families in Japanese colonial Taiwan (1895-1945) -- appears destined to remain connected to the island.

Seeking to strengthen ties between Taiwan and African nations, a group of young African entrepreneurs visited Taipei last week for talks with government and corporate representatives.

A group of visiting lawmakers from the state of Arizona on Tuesday said their ongoing visit to Taiwan was meant to thank the country for putting Arizona on the map with Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC's US$150 billion investment.

"We've been getting the CCP and the KMT version of Taiwan for forever," veteran American journalist Chris Horton asserts, harboring every intention to reject Beijing's territorial claims over Taiwan.

Ivan Choi (蔡智豪) was forced into exile after playing an active role on the front lines of Hong Kong's 2019 mass protests.