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Mary Fowler has ruled herself out of the Matildas’ upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Chinese Taipei to prioritise her mental and physical health. The Manchester City star announced the news on Sunday via a statement, having helped her club side clinch a 2-1 win in the Women’s Champions League last week against Hammerby. The 21-year-old […]
A Hong Kong Airlines flight to Fukuoka in Japan was diverted to Taipei on Sunday after a suspected fuel leak. Flight HX640 departed from Hong Kong International Airport at around 9.30am and was scheduled to land in Fukuoka at 1.55pm (local time), according to plane-tracking website Flightradar24. But three hours into the journey and after […]
Films by mainland Chinese directors – one about the Covid-19 pandemic, the other a gay romance – won major prizes at the Golden Horse awards in Taiwan. Unencumbered by the strict censorship of mainland China, Taiwan’s Golden Horse awards typically attract a diverse selection of films. More than 200 films made in mainland China were […]
Taipei [Taiwan], November 24 (ANI): The 61st Golden Horse Awards, celebrating excellence in Chinese-language cinema, took place in Taipei on Saturday, November 23. The prestigious event brought together talent from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, and beyond, recognising achievements in 26 categories, Taiwan News (CNA) reported. Taiwan’s premier film awards show was hosted at the […]
For most of the 103-year history of the Communist Party of China, the teachings of the philosopher Confucius were deemed relics of a backwards past, with its leaders looking to Marxism and socialism to modernise China. But under President Xi Jinping’s leadership, Confucianism has made a dramatic comeback as the bedrock of imperial Chinese ethics […]
Japan relief pitcher Tatsuya Shimizu came up huge in a 9-6 Premier12 victory over Taiwan on Saturday in an appetizer for Sunday’s championship game. Japan and Taiwan entered the game having already clinched their spots in the final by virtue of the United States’ 6-5 victory over Venezuela earlier in the day at Tokyo Dome. […]
Hong Kong actress Chung Suet-ying won the best actress trophy at the prestigious Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan on Saturday, while a directing duo from the city took top honours in the category for best documentary short film. Chung, 29, earned the accolade for her performance as a deaf girl in The Way We Talk, […]
On February 28, 1947, the Kuomintang (KMT) government led by Chiang Kai-shek launched a harsh crackdown in Taiwan by indiscriminately gunning down protesters. On that fateful day, protesters had gathered to denounce two years of chaos and corruption under the KMT after the Allies had handed Taiwan back to China. The violent crackdown, known as […]
China on Thursday blamed Washington’s support for Taiwan for the failure of the two countries’ defence ministers to meet this week, after US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin called Beijing’s no-show “unfortunate”. China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun (centre) walks out after a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of the […]
Ranked: The World’s 30 Largest Exporters This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. As protectionism continues to rise around the world, global trade flows are adapting. Despite facing a wave of tariffs, China’s goods […]