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A Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding nun's message of compassion global
Tzu Chi is an international Buddhist organization led by the Venerable Cheng Yen, an 87-year-old nun living in Taiwan
The Independent UK
7 min read
Lai Calls On Troops To Make Taiwan 'Safer' After China Drills
Three days after Lai was sworn into office, warships and fighter jets encircled Taiwan in drills China said were a test of its ability to seize the island it claims as part of its territory.
International Business Times
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Taiwan's Hualien City hit by major aftershocks further damaging buildings after deadly earthquake
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years struck on April 3 killing 13 people
Evening Standard
4 min read
Taiwan hit by major series of aftershocks following April 3 earthquake
The strongest of more than 200 tremors was measured at 6.1 by the USGS as shaking continued through the night.
Al Jazeera
3 min read
Taiwan Hit By Dozens Of Strong Aftershocks From Deadly Quake
Taiwan was shaken by dozens of earthquakes overnight and into Tuesday that left buildings swaying, with the government saying they were aftershocks from a huge deadly quake that hit the island more than two weeks ago. The strongest, which the US Geological Survey measured at magnitude 6.1, hit around 2:30…
International Business Times
3 min read
Five earthquakes hit Taiwan's Hualien in nine minutes
Five earthquakes struck Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, in eastern Taiwan on Monday within just 9 minutes, as reported by Central News Agency Focus Taiwan. Read further on Dynamite News:
Dynamite News
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How Taiwan learned from the past to reduce the risk from earthquakes
Improvements to buildings and emergency response helped limit the impact when a 7.2 magnitude quake struck Taiwan.
Al Jazeera
8 min read
Families In Taiwan Quake Epicentre Pick Up The Pieces Of Their Lives
Residents wearing hard hats and carrying large backpacks stood outside a building Friday with a crumbling facade in Hualien, the epicentre of Taiwan's biggest earthquake in 25 years, waiting to be allowed in to collect their belongings.
International Business Times
4 min read
Ceremony Bids Farewell To Tilting Symbol Of Taiwan Quake
Fruit, flowers and incense paper were laid on a table Friday as authorities prepared a ceremony before demolishing a precariously tilting building that has become a symbol of Taiwan's biggest quake in 25 years.
International Business Times
4 min read
Taiwan Rescuers Free Nine From Cave After Quake
The official death toll from Wednesday's magnitude-7.4 quake still stood at 10, but the government in Hualien county, the hardest-hit area, said two more people on a hiking trail were found with "no signs of life", though their deaths could not be immediately verified.
International Business Times
4 min read