Taiwan lowers Typhoon Ragasa death toll to 14

Published on: September 25, 2025 3:33 PM Taiwan has revised down the death toll from Super Typhoon Ragasa to 14, while 33 people remain missing after the storm’s outer bands triggered devastating floods in the eastern county of Hualien. The fire department …

Giant bikes and accessories made in Taiwan prevented from entering USA, based on 'forced labour' allegations

US Customs and Border Protection has issued an order preventing all goods manufactured by the Giant Bicycle Company in Taiwan from being distributed and sold in the US, after finding what it says is "information that reasonably indicates forced labour …

China adds three US firms on 'unreliable entity list' over Taiwan arms sales

The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Photo: VCG China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on Thursday that three US companies have been placed on its "unreliable entity list", effective immediately, to safeguard China's national …

1st Taiwan translation of Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time' set for Oct.

Taipei, Sept. 25 (CNA) Nearly a century after the last volume of "In Search of Lost Time" appeared, Taiwan will finally have a complete Chinese translation of Marcel Proust's modernist classic in October. The new Chinese translation of " …

Taiwan sentences 4 ex-ruling party members over spying for China

A Taiwan court handed jail terms Thursday ranging from four to ten years to four people, including a former staffer in President Lai Ching-te’s office, for spying for China. Helicopters and Taiwanese flags. File photo: Taiwan Presidential Office, via …

Taiwan races to find Ragasa victims as ‘utterly vile’ political firestorm erupts

As rescuers raced to find people still missing after catastrophic floods struck eastern Taiwan, attention turned to responsibility and recrimination within the island’s political circles, turning the disaster zone into a partisan battleground. At least 14 …

Typhoon Ragasa Hits Taiwan and China

Published on: September 25, 2025 2:22 PM Taiwan has revised the death toll from Typhoon Ragasa down to 14, as the weakened storm moves through China and heads toward Vietnam. Officials reported that some casualties had been counted twice, while the number …

Taiwan revises down Super Typhoon Ragasa death toll to 14, but 33 missing

asia Taiwan looks for missing after Super Typhoon Ragasa, questions persist on evacuations

HUALIEN, Taiwan — Taiwan searched on Thursday (Sept 25) for 22 people missing after a strong typhoon flooded a lake above a small town on its remote east coast, leading to a disaster as many victims were too elderly to follow evacuation guidance to go …

Good news as Taiwan suspends curbs on chip export to SA

The chip curbs appeared to be part of a strategy to increasingly use economic and trade policy for diplomatic goals. Taiwan says its proposed new approval system for semiconductor exports to South Africa has been suspended. This comes just two days after …