Tsai's troubled year ends with a victory and a defeat
Humiliation and triumph came in the space of a week for Taiwan, as its president marked a year in office punctuated by increasing tensions with mainland China.
Kirsty Needham is China Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Humiliation and triumph came in the space of a week for Taiwan, as its president marked a year in office punctuated by increasing tensions with mainland China.
North Korea has revealed why it launched an older style, short-range Scud missile on Monday.
China has rebuked the powerful G7 group of nations for issuing a communique expressing concern at developments in the South China Sea.
A US warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the first such operation since Donald Trump took office.
Flamboyant Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, on the run from Interpol, is a friend of former British prime minister Tony Blair, it has been revealed.
Taiwan will become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, after a landmark ruling by the constitutional court.
The Chinese government has criticised international ratings agency Moody's, saying its first ratings downgrade in 30 years was based on "inappropriate methods" of pro cyclical rating.
The unidentified flying object that crossed from North Korea into South Korea, prompting a volley of warning fire from the South, was a balloon.
South Korea's army has fired warning shots after an unidentified projectile from North Korea crossed its border on Tuesday.
Amid spy tales of Le Carre proportions swirling through north Asia, North Korea had its own sensational story of a plot gone wrong.
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