Taiwan

Host Jacky Wu gifts $80k hongbao to Hank Chen and Lulu Huang for their wedding

(From left) TV producer Wang Wei-chung, Lulu Huang, Hank Chen and Wang's wife Lin Huei-chin at Chen and Wang's wedding on Jan 25.

News analysis

‘Nobody is safe’: China’s Xi targets his close ally in purge

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia arrives for a group photo session before the opening ceremony of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo//File Photo

Chips powerhouse Hsinchu a bright spot amid Taiwan’s birth rate crisis

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 monitoring ‘abnormal’ China military leadership changes after top general put under investigation

Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo said what the ministry was looking at is not any “single leadership reshuffle that would be enough to draw conclusions”.

Field Notes from Taipei

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.

Alex Honnold scales Taipei 101: What’s it like to climb a skyscraper?

US climber Alex Honnold celebrates at the top of Taipei 101 after completing his free solo climb.

American daredevil Alex Honnold completes free-climb of Taipei 101

Alex Honnold celebrates after completing his free-solo climb of Taipei 101.

Loh Kean Yew upset by Thai upstart Panitchaphon at Indonesia Masters

Thailand's 44th-ranked Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul (right) stuns Singapore's world No. 10 Loh Kean Yew in their Indonesia Masters men's singles semi-finals on Jan 24.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Shanghai amid China regulatory headwinds

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is expected to attend an Nvidia party in Shanghai.

Netflix’s live, high-risk skyscraper climb at Taipei 101 postponed by a day due to rain

People holding umbrellas under the landmark Taipei 101 building, which US climber Alex Honnold was scheduled to scale but postponed due to bad weather, in Taipei on Jan 24, 2026.

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