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May 20, 2024

Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te sworn into office

Mr Lai, 64, the son of a coal miner and a trained physician, took over from Tsai Ing-wen, 67.

Lai at the swearing-in ceremony
February 22, 2024

U.S. congressional delegation on three-day visit to Taiwan

Mr Gallagher said freedom is under attack from authoritarian aggression.

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May 23, 2021

21 long distance runners die of extreme weather in China

The dead include champion trial runner, Liang Jing, who placed first in all previous editions of the race, as well as hearing-impaired runner, Huang Guanjun.

April 23, 2021

Chinese Communist Party celebrates 100 years

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) boasted that it would remain in power for 60 years (from 1999 to 2059). But its reign ended abruptly in 2015.