Hong Kong expats in Taiwan gathered at a market in Taipei ahead of the Lunar New Year, where the food and sounds, as well as symbols of the Hong Kong democracy movement, brought back memories of home.

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Thursday told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former U.S. general to advise former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in late 2017, but denied seeking to endanger China's national security.

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified on Thursday that he brokered meetings between former Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and American establishment figures, with prosecutors alleging that he colluded with foreign forces.

Former Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Taiwan on Thursday, two sources familiar with the trip told The Hill. Pence plans to meet with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Hsiao

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Chinese director of a firm whose vessel Taiwan suspects of having damaged an undersea communications cable said on Wednesday there was no evidence the ship was involved, an incident that has alarmed the government in Taipei.

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Hong Kong-owned cargo ship suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable northeast of the island, Taiwan's coast guard said on Monday (Jan 6). The Cam

Taiwan will step up the surveillance and management of ships carrying flags of convenience, including boarding them, after a Chinese-linked cargo vessel was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable,

Hong Kong officials held rare talks in Bangkok this week with Thai counterparts to find ways to bring home those lured from the Asian financial hub and trapped in illegal work in Southeast Asia, seeking to combat a growing trend.

It’s vastly different to work as an Asian actor in North American hubs such as Toronto, Los Angeles and New York — than in those in Asia, including Hong Kong and Taipei.

The Chinese director of a firm whose vessel Taiwan suspects of having damaged an undersea communications cable said on Wednesday there was no evidence the ship was involved, an incident that has alarmed the government in Taipei.

HONG KONG : Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai today told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former US general to advise former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in late 2017, but denied seeking to endanger China’s national security.