An extended Lunar New Year holiday provides people from the self-ruled island with the opportunity to rethink their careers as the death toll from the deadly coronavirus continues to rise.

Battles still to be fought at the epicentre of the epidemic, president says.

WHO delegation of medical experts heading to other regions after meetings in Beijing – but will not visit the outbreak’s epicentre of Hubei.

Lifted by US support for its presence on world stage and empowered by voters at home, Taiwan’s pro-independence government continues face-off with Beijing.

Taiwan sends fighters to intercept mainland military aircraft after they cross dividing line in Taiwan Strait.

Self-ruled island will suspend online visitor permit service and entry permits on arrival for people travelling from the two cities amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

Self-governed island wary of fresh infections in the two cities, while there are 3,694 confirmed new cases in mainland China, with 73 new deaths.

Starting on Friday, people from Hong Kong and Macau will need to be under home or hotel quarantine for 14 days if they want to visit the island, according to Taiwan’s Centres for Disease Control.

Child in stable condition as case raises concern of transmission in the womb.

Island bars non-Chinese citizens who have been on the mainland in the last 14 days.

Confirmed cases in China rise to 20,438, while in Hubei province – the outbreak’s epicentre – they hit 13,522, and deaths nationwide rose by 64 to 414, another record high.

Health agency chief says social media companies have taken steps to limit misinformation.

Island’s representative office in Geneva instructed to ‘issue a solemn protest to WHO secretary general … demand a correction’, foreign ministry says.

H-6 bomber, early warning and control plane part of long-haul exercise that bypassed island’s southern tip en route to western Pacific, Taipei says.

The self-governed island has recorded its first case of the coronavirus but its exclusion from the World Health Organisation risks hampering efforts to stop its spread.

Tsai says she won’t provoke Beijing but the recent elections on the island are a message for authorities across the Taiwan Strait.

Opposition party considers reopening office in Washington after heavy electoral losses to DPP.

After election win, president says in interview that island is successful democracy with decent economy and deserves respect.

Beijing might increase pressure on all fronts to send a message to the island’s newly re-elected president, observers say.

Calls have emerged from within the KMT for Ma Ying-jeou to make a comeback to lead the battered organisation back to power.

The success of the president and her independence-leaning DPP on Saturday suggests voters are happy with the status quo, according to one analyst.

Analysts say Tsai’s running mate and former bitter rival had party’s support clinched before Saturday’s election victory.

President’s approach to Beijing was one of the key issues in the election and victory will be seen as a mandate to continue her approach.

Early results show incumbent president with about 57 per cent of the vote, with main rival back on 38 per cent.

In the final of a five-part series on Taiwan’s election, we look at how relations between Beijing, Taipei and Washington are affecting the presidential poll.

Reports that self-professed agent Wang Liqiang was threatened to retract allegations of interference in the island roil political parties.

Incumbent president heading into election with a substantial lead in polls after earlier trailing main rival Han Kuo-yu by 30 points.

Chief of general staff and seven other senior personnel were killed when Black Hawk chopper went down in mountainous area outside Taipei on Thursday.

Chief of staff, two major generals and other senior military personnel killed.

Critics say it could have a chilling effect on the island, while Beijing accuses the ruling DPP of seeking electoral gain and creating enmity.