Feast your eyes on the images below, including selections from the annual Smithsonian.com photo contest, and discover why Taiwan is known as "Ilha Formosa" or "beautiful island." Taiwan is a ...

But Taiwan? It somehow gets overlooked — even though it's an island full of heritage ... Kaohsiung's metro stations are worth a stop — literally. Formosa Boulevard Station is home to the ...

WHAT IS TAIWAN’S HISTORY AND FORMAL NAME TODAY? Previously known as Formosa, the island has been home to indigenous people for thousands of years, before the Dutch and Spanish briefly ruled ...

tried to invade Big Kinmen Island, began to shell Quemoy and Matsu, and called for the “liberation” of Taiwan (then commonly called Formosa). The CCP leadership viewed (and still views ...

When Portuguese explorers first travelled past Taiwan on their way to Japan in 1544, they called it Ilha Formosa, or ‘beautiful island’, a moniker that it would be known by in the West.

Taiwan has charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging subsea cables off the island earlier this year. Prosecutors charged the man, named only as Wang, over an incident in February. The ...

The Portuguese called it ‘llha Formosa’ or beautiful island and Taiwan is indeed a beautiful isle with soaring mountains, bustling cities and fantastic beaches. The Taiwanese love their train network ...

Don’t miss the chance to snorkel with the island’s green sea turtles. Little Liuqiu, located off of Taiwan's southern coast, is the country’s only coral reef island. Just 2.6 square miles ...

NEW DELHI, April 10 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp (6505.TW), opens new tab is operating its refinery at 68% capacity this month, or about 370,000 barrels per day, down from 70% ...