The Chinese Professional Baseball League became the first league to play regular-season baseball in 2020 on Sunday. The Taiwan-based league was scheduled to begin March 14, but it moved the opener to April 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Rain…
China urges US to ‘immediately cancel’ arms sale to Taiwan (Guardian)
China urged Washington Tuesday to “immediately cancel” the potential sale of $2.2 billion in weapons to Taiwan, including battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles. The US State Department’s decision to greenlight the first big-ticket US military sale to the self-ruled democratic…
Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia (Guardian)
Taiwan’s parliament legalised same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation. Lawmakers comfortably passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to form “exclusive permanent unions” and…
Taiwan doctor finds four sweat bees living inside woman’s eye (BBC)
A Taiwanese woman was found by doctors to have four small sweat bees living inside her eye, the first such incident on the island. The 28-year-old woman, identified only as Ms He, was pulling out weeds when the insects flew…
Taiwan mulls death penalty for drunk driving (Guardian)
Taiwan plans to ramp up punishments for those who cause a fatal accident while drunk driving, including the death penalty for the most egregious cases, sparking an outcry from abolition and rights groups. The cabinet on Thursday approved a draft…
Taiwan leader’s ‘separatist stance’ cost election: Chinese media (Guardian)
Chinese state-run media on Monday blamed the electoral defeat of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s party on her “separatist stance”, saying it must make an “about-face” on ties with the mainland. Tsai resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party…