JOHNSON LAI

This image released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense shows China’s Shandong aircraft carrier sailing near Taiwan on Monday, March 31, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)
China conducts military drills focusing on Taiwan Strait
China has conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day focusing on the Taiwan Strait separating the self-governing island democracy from China that is a crucial conduit for international trade.
 
This image released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense shows China’s Shandong aircraft carrier sailing near Taiwan on Monday, March 31, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)
Chinese military conducts large-scale drills around Taiwan
The Chinese military has conducted large-scale drills around Taiwan as it again warned the self-ruled island against seeking formal independence.
 
Taiwan People's Party (TPP) presidential candidate Ko Wen-je speaks at the presidential debates at Taiwan Public Television Service in Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Pei Chen, Pool, File)
Former Presidential candidate in Taiwan, Ko Wen-je, indicted for corruption
Prosecutors in Taiwan indicted former presidential candidate and Taiwan People’s Party founder Ko Wen-je on corruption charges, accusing him of taking bribes during his time as mayor of Taiwan’s capital.
 
Paraguay Foreign Minister Ruben Dario Ramirez Lezcano speaks during a press conference during his visit in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Paraguay, one of Taiwan’s 12 remaining allies, says it won’t break ties in favor of China
Paraguay’s foreign minister says his country is committed to its relationship with Taiwan and has no plans to break off their diplomatic relationship in favor of China as he visited the increasingly isolated island.
 
Song Zi-jie, 28 years old ride-hailing service driver, talks about his experience a day after a tree collapsed on his car while he was inside as Typhoon Kong-rey sweeps through Taipei, Taiwan on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
Taiwanese driver recounts his narrow escape during Typhoon Kong-rey
A ride-hailing driver has recounted how he had narrow escape when a huge tree smashed onto his vehicle as Typhoon Kong-rey swept over Taiwan, also sweeping away metal roofs and sending landslides onto roads and into houses.
 
Participants revel through a street during the annual Taiwan LGBT Pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Thousands gather for colorful celebration at Taiwan Pride parade
Thousands have gathered on the streets of Taipei for the Taiwan Pride parade, one of Asia’s largest annual celebrations of inclusivity.
 
In this screen grab from video released by the Taiwan Coast Guard, a member of the Taiwan Coast Guard monitors a China Coast Guard boat as it passes near the coast of Matsu islands, Taiwan on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Taiwan Coast Guard via AP)
China deploys record 125 warplanes in large-scale military drill in warning to Taiwan
Taiwan’s defense ministry says China used 125 military aircraft in exercises aimed at Taiwan, a record for a single day.
 
A man runs away from waves when he was walking along the shore in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, as Typhoon Krathon is expected to hit the area. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan
An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and injured more than 100 people over the past few days while forcing thousands to evacuate from low-lying or mountainous areas.
 
This photo shows a house where a Hungarian company that allegedly manufactured pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria, is headquartered in Budapest Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war --- WT Test
Israel’s defense minister declares a “new phase” of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon’s state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices.
 
A BGM-71A anti-tank missile is fired from a M41A7 TOW ITAS (Improved Target Acquisition System) on a M1167 HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) anti-tank missile carriers during military drills in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Taiwan drilled Monday with anti-amphibious landing missiles as part of strategy to remain mobile and deadly in an attempt to deter an attack from China, which claims the democratically ruled island as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Taiwan drills with anti-amphibious landing missiles to deter China
Taiwan is drilling with anti-amphibious landing missiles as part of its strategy to remain mobile and deadly in an attempt to deter an attack from a China.
 
In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, right, puts on a cowboy hat given by Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 27, 2024. A U.S. congressional delegation met Taiwan's new leader on Monday in a show of support shortly after China held drills around the self-governing island in response to his inauguration speech. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)
US lawmakers pledge support for Taiwan and its new president after China’s military drills
A U.S. congressional delegation has met Taiwan’s new leader in a show of support shortly after China held drills around the self-governing island in response to his inauguration speech. Rep.
 
Liu Zhong-da, a worker of Taroko National Park gets a physical examination after being rescued in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024. Zhong-da had been driving in a open tunnel that winds through the mountainous Taroko National Park when he saw a giant rock crash down in front of the tunnel's end when one of the strongest earthquake to hit the island in 25 years struck. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Survivors of Taiwan’s historic quake recall harrowing moments of tremors, being trapped under rocks
Taiwan residents endured harrowing experiences when the ground shook with the strongest earthquake to hit the island in 25 years.
 
Workers begin demolition of collapsed building, two days after a powerful earthquake struck the city, in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake
Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years. The quake Wednesday left at least 12 dead.
 
Two trapped workers of Taroko National Park have a physical examination after being rescued in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024. Rescuers are searching for dozens of people still missing a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing or stranded after major earthquake kills 10
Rescuers are searching for missing people and working to reach hundreds who became stranded when Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads.
 
Rescue workers stand near the site of a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000
The most powerful earthquake to rock Taiwan in a quarter-century killed nine people, stranded dozens of workers at quarries, and sent some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings.
 
Ko Wen-je, Taiwan People's Party (TPP) presidential candidate, take photos with young supporters outside a temple in New Taipei City, Taiwan on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. With Taiwan's high-stakes presidential election just days away, the nonconformist candidate has been resonating with the island's youth, seemingly more concerned with the dearth of good jobs and affordable housing than the looming threat from China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A non-traditional candidate resonates with Taiwan’s youth ahead of Saturday’s presidential election
A nonconformist candidate is resonating with Taiwan’s youth ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, with young and first-time voters apparently more concerned with the dearth of good jobs and affordable housing than the looming threat from China.
 
Protesters against the Chinese Communist Party dress up to depict authoritarian China and Winnie the Pooh representing Chinese President Xi Jinping, dressed as an emperor, and holding a Taiwan island cardboard cutout colored with the Taiwan flag in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Using military threats, diplomatic pressure, fake news and financial inducements for politicians, China is deploying a broad strategy to influence voters in Taiwan’s elections to pick candidates who favor unification. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
With threats, pressure and financial lures, China seen as aiming to influence Taiwan’s elections
China is being accused of using military threats, diplomatic pressure and fake news in a broad strategy to influence voters in Taiwan’s elections to pick candidates who favor unification.
 
Hong Tsun-ming, left, a Taiwanese of Hong Kong descent, distributes election flyers to a vendor at a night market in Taichung city, Central Taiwan, on Nov. 30, 2023. As Taiwan’s presidential election approaches, many immigrants from Hong Kong, witnesses to the alarming erosion of civil liberties at home, are supporting the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Hong Kongers in Taiwan firmly support the ruling party after watching China erode freedoms at home
As Taiwan’s presidential election approaches, many immigrants from Hong Kong are supporting the governing Democratic Progressive Party after witnessing the alarming erosion of civil liberties at home.
 
A group of navy personnel pass through Taiwan's domestically-made submarine during the naming and launching ceremony of domestically-made submarines at CSBC Corp's shipyards in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Taiwan's first domestically made submarine prototype starts underwater testing. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Taiwan launches the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing
Taiwan’s president has launched the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing. The submarine, if successful in its tests, will be a major breakthrough for Taiwan in shipbuilding and design.
 
In this photo taken June 4, 2021 and released by Chen Siming, Chen Siming poses for photos with a paper which reads "Commemorate June 4, on 2021, June 4" near a candle light in Zhuzhou in central China's Hunan province. The Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada. (Chen Siming via AP)
A Chinese dissident in transit at a Taiwan airport pleads for help in seeking asylum
A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the United States or Canada.
 
Azar visit to Taiwan is fresh thorn in prickly US-China ties
The visit by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to Taiwan comes against the backdrop of tensions between Washington and the island’s rival China over issues from the South China Sea to TikTok.
 
Taiwan’s leader reelected as voters back tough China stance
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has been reelected in a landslide victory, signaling strong support for her tough stance against China in a setback for Beijing.
 
HK activists refused travel to Macao on day of Xi visit
A ferry company has barred a group of Hong Kong protesters, including a well-known pro-democracy activist, from boarding a boat to Macao, where Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived for a much-trumpeted visit.
 
Protests squeezing Hong Kong economy, tourism, leader says
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam says the city’s economy is languishing after months of increasingly violent protests. Lam, the Beijing-backed chief executive, told reporters Tuesday that tourism arrivals were down by half.
 
Foxconn chairman stepping down amid talks of political bid
The chairman of Foxconn, the world’s largest contract assembler of consumer electronics for companies such as Apple, is stepping down amid speculation he could be planning a presidential run in Taiwan next year.
 
Taiwan lands aircraft on highway as part of military drills
Taiwan has landed war planes on a normally busy highway to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields.
 
Statelessness a hurdle for some boys rescued from Thai cave
The 12 boys and coach of the Wild Boars soccer team rescued from a Thai cave last week share a characteristic with many of the professional European clubs its youthful members idolize: They are a multiethnic, cross-border crew.
 
After Taiwan stop, fugitive Red Bull heir’s path a mystery
 
China urges N. Korea to stop missile tests, resume talks
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yion is urging his North Korean counterpart to abide by U.N. resolutions and stop provoking “the international community’s goodwill” with missile launches and nuclear tests.
 
Foxconn founder: US expansion might top $10 billion
The chairman of Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn says it may spend more than $10 billion to set up manufacturing in the United States, and will announce investment plans by early August for at least three states.
 
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