Taiwan ramps up tourism push to attract more Filipino travelers

MANILA, Philippines — Taiwan stepped up its tourism campaign in the Philippines as it sought to attract more Filipino travelers, with 1,133 visitors attending a recent two-day tourism event in Makati City. The Taiwan Tourism Administration held the 2026 …

Chinese grooms near a 19-year high in Taiwan

The number of Chinese men — excluding those from Hong Kong and Macau — applying to come to Taiwan through marriage since 2023 has reached a nearly 19-year high of 1,508, government data show. The figure is nearly six times as high as the 256 Chinese men …

Taiwan eyes silicon photonics as next big tech leap

Taiwan, which accounts for more than half of the global outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing market, is well-positioned to develop copackaged optics (CPO) and manufacture precision silicon photonics chips, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said …

Taiwan tops foreign arrivals to Busan as flights surge

Seoul, Sept. 6 (CNA) Taiwan has become the largest source of foreign visitors to Busan, South Korea, following a sharp increase in direct flights, the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency said Sunday. A total of 2,927,674 foreign tourists visited Busan from …

China’s Pacific influence campaign threatens regional unity, Taiwan official warns

Taipei [Taiwan], September 6 (ANI): China’s growing efforts to introduce geopolitical rivalry into Pacific affairs and impede regional consensus require closer international scrutiny, a foreign affairs official said, as reported by The Taipei Times. …

John J. Tkacik, Jr. On Taiwan: Happy 75th Birthday, Taiwan!

Well, sort of. Tomorrow is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed by forty-nine nations on September 8, 1951. The Republic of China wasn’t one of them. Article 2(b) of the Treaty reads: “Japan renounces all right, title and …

Notes from Central Taiwan: Taiwan’s demographic time bomb

A shrinking workforce and growing elderly population will reshape the economy, government spending and the promises politicians make Another doleful set of demographic announcements this month from the National Development Council (NDC), with the number of …

‘Busan Sickness’ Is Driving a Travel Boom From Taiwan

Taiwanese travelers are falling so hard for South Korea’s second city that social media has given the phenomenon a name: “Busan sickness.” The expression describes the feeling of returning home from Busan only to miss its beaches, food and atmosphere …

China's Pacific influence campaign threatens regional unity, Taiwan official warns

Taipei: China's growing efforts to introduce geopolitical rivalry into Pacific affairs and impede regional consensus require closer international scrutiny, a foreign affairs official said, as reported by The Taipei Times. According to The Taipei Times …

At Taiwan’s temples, a glimpse of what China could have been