Yip Wai Yee
Taiwan Correspondent
Wai Yee reports for The Straits Times from Taipei, where she has been based since November 2022. She loves drinking bubble tea (30 per cent sugar, less ice, please) and looking at unique cultural and social media trends. She also hopes to tell stories of Taiwan that go beyond the context of geopolitical tensions. Before her move to Taipei, she managed social media accounts at BBC News, and covered tech and entertainment news at The Straits Times.
Latest articles
Taiwan’s security blanket may become warmer after Takaichi’s big win in snap polls
No room for Taipei? Washington’s exit from world bodies a worry for Taiwan’s diplomacy
What birth rate crisis? Here’s how one city in Taiwan is bucking the island’s worrying trend
Taiwan gains global visibility with Alex Honnold’s Taipei 101 climb, but were the risks justified?
Chinese drill sparks talk of ‘decapitation’ strike on Taipei
Trade deal with US unlikely to weaken Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’
Taiwan’s F-16 fighter jet crash underscores defence vulnerabilities
In a triumph over tariffs, the world is trading more than ever
China frowns as Mona Lisa of Taiwan’s palace museum goes on loan to Prague
Stabbings in the heart of the city a violent jolt to Taiwanese sense of safety
