Taiwan

China's Chen Yunlin (R) shakes hands with Taiwan's Chiang Pin-kung during the tourist agreement signing ceremony in Beijing on J
China and Taiwan inked an agreement in Beijing on June 13 that will increase tourism and formalize regular weekend charter flights across the Taiwan Strait. [more]
ECON - East Asia currencies photo
A handful of small and medium-sized East Asian states have been moving to prop up their currencies against the dollar. The move signals their worries about untenable inflation rates and could point toward trouble down the line for larger manufacturing economies, such as China. Analyst Donna Kwok discusses. [more]
Geopolitical Diary Graphic -- FINAL
The central banks of several East Asian countries employed currency manipulation strategies to help offset the economic effects of rising commodity prices. Their move may or may not influence how the region’s most important player, China, will or will not react. [more]
Ma Ying-jeou
May 15, 2008 2026 GMT
Taiwanese President-Elect Ma Ying-jeou will take the oath of office May 20, ending eight years of rule by the Democratic Progressive Party and bringing the Kuomintang (KMT) back to power. [more]
China’s Supreme People's Court building
China’s Supreme People's Court has reinterpreted a regulation setting up a system for sending litigation documents back and forth across the Taiwan Strait. [more]