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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.

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‘Always thinking of my roots’: S’pore chef Ernest Toh brings taste of home to Taipei

Chef Ernest Toh of Taipei restaurant Earnestos.
Chef Ernest Toh of Taipei restaurant Earnestos.

‘Korea (South)’ on arrival cards? Taipei hits back at Seoul, Copenhagen over ‘China’ labels

epa12845360 People walk across the street under the Taipei 101 skyscraper building in Taipei, Taiwan, 24 March 2026. On 19 March, Taiwan's central bank raised its 2026 GDP forecast to 7.28 percent and eased selective home-market credit controls. The bank cited strong exports and rising private investment from the AI boom, up from its December estimate of 3.67 percent.  EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO
epa12845360 People walk across the street under the Taipei 101 skyscraper building in Taipei, Taiwan, 24 March 2026. On 19 March, Taiwan's central bank raised its 2026 GDP forecast to 7.28 percent and eased selective home-market credit controls. The bank cited strong exports and rising private investment from the AI boom, up from its December estimate of 3.67 percent.  EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

Mandopop star Jay Chou’s 2014 marriage proposal to feature in upcoming music video

Taiwanese performer Jay Chou speaks during a press conference for the release of his new album 'Children of the Sun' in Taipei on March 24, 2026. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Taiwanese performer Jay Chou speaks during a press conference for the release of his new album 'Children of the Sun' in Taipei on March 24, 2026. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)

Taipei warns of cognitive warfare as China offers to evacuate Taiwanese from Middle East

wyyevacuate - Taiwanese travellers, who had been stuck in Istanbul for five days, transited in Shanghai before going back to Taipei. 
Credit: CCTV Video News Agency/Youtube
wyyevacuate - Taiwanese travellers, who had been stuck in Istanbul for five days, transited in Shanghai before going back to Taipei. 
Credit: CCTV Video News Agency/Youtube

Taiwan premier’s rare visit to Japan to watch baseball a home run for diplomacy

wyybaseball - Screenshot. Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai greeting Taiwanese baseball fans at the Tokyo Dome. 


CREDIT: THREADS/@LIAOJUNWEI33
wyybaseball - Screenshot. Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai greeting Taiwanese baseball fans at the Tokyo Dome. 


CREDIT: THREADS/@LIAOJUNWEI33

Taiwanese are boycotting a film about an unresolved part of history. Can any good come out of this?

wyyblood - Screenshot. (From left to right) Shiauli Yang, Lee Chien-na, Johnny Kou, Jian Man-shu, Hsia Teng-hung at a press conference for The Century Bloodshed. 


CREDIT: TTV NEWS/YOUTUBE
wyyblood - Screenshot. (From left to right) Shiauli Yang, Lee Chien-na, Johnny Kou, Jian Man-shu, Hsia Teng-hung at a press conference for The Century Bloodshed. 


CREDIT: TTV NEWS/YOUTUBE

Taiwan’s security blanket may become warmer after Takaichi’s big win in snap polls

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party secured a two-thirds majority in the lower house on Feb 8.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party secured a two-thirds majority in the lower house on Feb 8.

No room for Taipei? Washington’s exit from world bodies a worry for Taiwan’s diplomacy

Taiwan's national flag is raised during an early morning flag-raising ceremony following China's People’s Liberation Army said it would conduct live-fire drills in five designated maritime and airspace areas around Taiwan, in Taipei on December 30, 2025. (Photo by CHENG Yu-chen / AFP)
Taiwan's national flag is raised during an early morning flag-raising ceremony following China's People’s Liberation Army said it would conduct live-fire drills in five designated maritime and airspace areas around Taiwan, in Taipei on December 30, 2025. (Photo by CHENG Yu-chen / AFP)

What birth rate crisis? Here’s how one city in Taiwan is bucking the island’s worrying trend

A playground at Kuan Hsin borough in Hsinchu. The city has the highest proportion of children to the total number of residents in Taiwan.
A playground at Kuan Hsin borough in Hsinchu. The city has the highest proportion of children to the total number of residents in Taiwan.

Taiwan gains global visibility with Alex Honnold’s Taipei 101 climb, but were the risks justified?

American climber Alex Honnold waving from the top of Taipei 101 on Jan 25.
American climber Alex Honnold waving from the top of Taipei 101 on Jan 25.

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