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Taiwan: Multiple Dead After M7.4 Earthquake Strikes Off Hualien City 11

As of writing, at least 7 people died and dozens were injured after a strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. This video shows debris that fell from the ceiling and burst water pipe at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

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(SP)CHINA-XIAMEN-FOOTBALL-OLYMPIC ASIAN QUALIFYING-CHN VS KOR (CN)

(231101) -- XIAMEN, Nov. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Shui Qingxia (C), head coach of China, reacts with player Chen Qiaozhu (R) after the group B round 2 match between China and South Korea of the AFC Women's Olympic Asian Qualifying in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230806) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kurokawa Shui of Team Japan reacts after the swimming men's 4x200m freestyle relay final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230806) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kurokawa Shui of Team Japan celebrates after the swimming men's 4x200m freestyle relay final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230806) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kurokawa Shui of Team Japan reacts after the swimming men's 4x200m freestyle relay final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-ADELAIDE-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP D-CHN VS ENG

(230801) -- ADELAIDE, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- China's head coach Shui Qingxia acknowledges the spectators after the Group D match between China and England at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Adelaide, Australia, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Chen)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-ADELAIDE-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP D-CHN VS ENG

(230801) -- ADELAIDE, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- China's head coach Shui Qingxia (1st L) greets the players after the Group D match between China and England at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Adelaide, Australia, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Chen)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-ADELAIDE-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP D-CHN VS ENG

(230801) -- ADELAIDE, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- China's head coach Shui Qingxia acknowledges the spectators after the Group D match between China and England at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Adelaide, Australia, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Chen)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-PERTH-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP D-DEN VS CHN

(230722) -- PERTH, July 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Head coach Shui Qingxia of China reacts during the group D match between Denmark and China at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Perth, Australia, July 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Chen)

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Taiwan court gives life sentence to ex-president Chen for graft

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taipei District Court on Sept. 11 sentences former President Chen Shui-bian (file photo) to life in prison for corruption. The court also sentenced Chen's wife, former First Lady Wu Shu-chen, to life imprisonment on related graft charges.

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Taiwan's opposition KMT wins big in general election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Jan. 12 after his Democratic Progressive Party suffered a crushing defeat in the general election. Chen resigned as DPP chairman over what he called ''the DPP's worst failure since its establishment.''

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Voting gets underway in Taiwan general election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at a news conference after casting his ballot in Taipei on Jan. 12. Voting began in a hotly contested general election that promises to reshape the self-ruled island's political landscape.

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Voting gets underway in Taiwan general election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian waves to people after casting his ballot in Taipei on Jan. 12. Voting stations across Taiwan opened their doors to voters at 8 a.m. in a hotly contested general election that promises to reshape the self-ruled island's political landscape. At stake are 113 seats in the unicameral parliament.

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Voting gets underway in Taiwan general election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-chen cast their ballots at a voting station in Taipei as voting began in a hotly contested general election on Jan. 12.

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Military guards removed from mausoleums of Chiang Kai-shek, son

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has removed military guards from the mausoleums of Generalissmo Chiang Kai-shek and his son President Chiang Ching-kuo, prompting the authorities to close the sites to the public on Dec. 24. In this photo taken Dec. 16, honor guards perform a changing of the guard ceremony at the entrance to the Chiang Kai-shek mausoleum at the Tzuhu Presidential Burial Place in northern Taiwan.

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Taiwan launches torch relay to promote bid for U.N. entry

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian (C) kicks off an 11-day, 1,200-kilometer torch relay near the Presidential Palace in Taipei on Oct. 24 to promote the island's bid to gain entry into the United Nations.

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Taiwan to seek U.N. membership: Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Taipei on July 11. Chen said that Taiwan's joining the United Nations is the wish of the island's people and expressed confidence his Democratic Progressive Party will continue on in power after presidential and legislative elections next year.

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Taiwan hopes to join U.S.-Japan missile defense project

WASHINGTON, United States - Jaushien Joseph Wu, Taipei's de facto envoy to the United States, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Washington. Wu, economic and culture representative to the United States, is known to be very close to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian.

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Taiwan marks 1947 uprising, massacre

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian makes a speech during a ceremony in Taipei on Feb. 28 to mark the 60th anniversary of the bloody suppression of a civilian uprising, known as the 228 (Feb. 28) Incident.

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Voting under way to elect mayors for Taipei, Kaohsiung

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks with reporters after casting his ballot in the Taipei mayoral election at a polling station in Taipei on Dec. 9.

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Citizens rally in support of President Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Pro-independence citizens stage a rally outside the presidential palace in Taipei on Sept. 16 in support of President Chen Shui-bian. The rally came the day after tens of thousands of protestors encircled the main administrative district in the capital to mount pressure on Chen to resign over a string of corruption scandals involving his inner circle.

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Taiwan's Chen expects Koizumi to visit, vows to finish term

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at a press conference in Palau on Sept. 5. Chen extended an invitation to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to visit Taiwan in October to attend the inaugural ceremony of the island's first Japan-made high-speed railway.

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Taiwan, 6 S. Pacific nations hold summit in Palau

PALAU, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (L) and Palau President Tommy Remengesau pose for a photo after signing a ''Palau Declaration'' during the first Taiwan-Pacific Allies Summit held in Palau on Sept. 4.

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Taiwan, 6 S. Pacific nations hold summit in Palau

PALAU, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian addresses the opening of Taiwan's first Taiwan-Pacific Allies Summit held in Palau on Sept. 4. Chen called for the development of long-term cooperative partnerships while denying Taiwan was engaging in ''checkbook diplomacy.''

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Taiwan's Chen arrives in Palau

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian arrives in Koror, Palau, on Sept. 3 as part of a four-day state visit to two South Pacific allies.

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Asashoryu meets with Taiwan's President Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Ashashoryu of Mongolia (L) and Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian shake hands in Taipei on Aug. 18 as a group of sumo officials and wrestlers pay a courtesy call on Chen.

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Su Tseng-chang appointed as Taiwan's premier

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Su Tseng-chang (file photo), former chairman of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, was appointed as premier by President Chen Shui-bian on Jan. 19.

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2 U.S.-made destroyers join Taiwan's navy

KEELUNG, Taiwan - The first two of four Kidd-class destroyers sold to Taiwan by the United States are berthed at Keelung port after joining the Taiwanese Navy on Dec. 17. Both President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu visited the northern Taiwan port to attend a grand commissioning ceremony organized for the two U.S.-made warships, part of an arms procurement package approved in April 2001 by the U.S. government.

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Chen blasts China's military expansion but seeks dialogue

TOKYO, Japan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks to reporters in a room at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo, linked with a video conference system, on July 26. Chen repeated a call on China to stop pointing missiles at Taiwan, while stressing the need to try to normalize relations with Beijing.

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(3)Taiwan stages massive rally to protest Chinese law

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian (C) waves to participants in a massive rally in Taipei March 26 against China's new law allowing the use of military force against Taiwan if it formally declares independence.

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Taiwan's Chen attends Palau president's inauguration

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (C) attends an inauguration ceremony of Palau's President Tommy Remengesau (L) in Koror on Jan. 28.

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Chen says gap between China and Taiwan has widened

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Koror, Palau, on Jan. 28. Chen called on his Chinese counterparts to renounce their hard-line position toward Taiwan to ease strained cross-strait relations. Chen is in Palau, one of Taiwan's few diplomatic allies, to attend President Tommy Remengesau's inauguration.

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Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh named as Taiwan premier

TOKYO, Japan - Frank Hsieh (file photo), Kaohsiung mayor and former chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, is named as Taiwan's new premier Jan. 25. President Chen Shui-bian appointed Hsieh to the position.

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(3)Taiwan's opposition wins parliamentary majority

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian bows to apologize for the defeat of his pro-independence alliance in parliamentary polls at the head office of his Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei on Dec. 11.

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(1)Taiwan's opposition wins parliamentary majority

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Lien Chan, chairman of the Nationalist Party (KMT) of Taiwan, claims victory with opposition parties in parliamentary polls at the KMT head office in Taipei on Dec. 11. KMT and its allies won a combined 114 seats in the 225-seat Legislative Yuan to maintain control of the unicameral chamber against 101 seats won by President Chen Shui-bian's pro-independence alliance.

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(2)Taiwan's opposition wins parliamentary majority

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of the Nationalist Party (KMT) of Taiwan rejoice in front of the KMT head office in Taipei on Dec. 11 after opposition parties won in parliamentary polls. KMT and its allies gained a combined 114 seats in the 225-seat Legislative Yuan against 101 seats won by President Chen Shui-bian's pro-independence alliance.

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(2)Voting under way in Taiwan's legislative elections

TAIPEI, Taiwan - President Chen Shui-bian (L) and his wife cast ballots Dec. 11 in Taipei to elect a new 225-seat parliament, the Legislative Yuan.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara talks with Taiwan President Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Visiting Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) talks with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian at the Presidential Palace in Taipei on May 21. Ishihara attended Chen's inauguration ceremony the previous day.

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Taiwan President Chen sworn in for second term

TAIPEI, Taiwan - People watch Chen Shui-bian sworn in for his second four-year term as Taiwan's president on a large-size TV screen put up outside the presidential palace in Taipei on May 20.

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(1)Taiwan's Chen says he will seek improved ties with China

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is sworn in for a second four-year term at the presidential palace o May 20. He urged in an inauguration speech that leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait work together to improve their relationship to help forge a peaceful environment in the region. (Pool photo/Kyodo)

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(2)Taiwan's Chen says he will seek improved ties with China

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian delivers an inauguration speech May 20, urging leaders on both sides of the Taiwan Strait work together to improve their relationship to help forge a peaceful environment in the region. Asking China to ''face squarely'' the existence of the Republic of China, Chen said ''the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China'' can develop their relations ''in any form'' agreed upon by the 23 million people in Taiwan.

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(3)Lien supporters continue protests in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A supporter of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan joins others to sing a song blaming Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian in front of the presidential office in Taipei on March 24.

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(2)Lien supporters continue protests in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - An exhausted supporter of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan sleeps during a rally in Taipei on March 24 to demand a recount of votes in the March 20 election. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said the previous day he will not oppose a ballot recount.

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(1)Lien supporters continue protests in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan continue their rally in Taipei on March 24, calling for a recount of votes in the March 20 election. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said the previous day he will not oppose a ballot recount.

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Taiwan's Chen pushes for recount to solve election row

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lien Chan continue their rally in Taiepi on March 23, calling a recount of votes in the March 20 election. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, making his first public appearance earlier in the day after the election, said he will not oppose a ballot recount.

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Lien supporters continue protests against election results

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A woman holding a sleeping child joins a protest rally in support of Taiwan's Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan in front of the presidential office in Taipei on March 23, three days after the March 20 presidential election. Protestors called for a recount after President Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party won a razor-thin victory in the race.

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(2)Lien supporters continue protests over election results

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A supporter of Taiwan's Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan waves a flag from his tent in front of the presidential office in Taipei on March 23, three days after the presidential election. He is among protestors calling for a recount after President Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party won a razor-thin victory.

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(1)Lien Chan's supporters continue protest over election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Taiwan's Nationalist Party continue rallying in front of the presidential palace in Taipei on March 22 to protest at the ''unfair'' presidential election, in which Nationalist leader Lien Chan was defeated by a narrow margin by President Chen Shui-bian.

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(4)Chen reelected Taiwan president

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian celebrate his victory in the presidential election in Taipei on March 20.

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(1)Lien calls for recount in presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan stages a sit-in at his campaign headquarters in Taipei on March 21 to demand a recount of votes cast in the presidential election, in which he was narrowly defeated by incumbent President Chen Shui-bian.