The death toll of the deadly earthquake that struck Taiwan a week ago rises to 16, with the island's leader Tsai Ing-wen vowing a speedy recovery during a visit to the hardest-hit eastern county of Hualien.
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Vice President Lai Ching-te, a leading candidate in the Taiwan presidential election next January, says the island's democracy will be undermined if Beijing successfully interferes in the poll.
Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen pledges to bolster the island's self-defense capabilities as she visited an outlying island county that bore the brunt of artillery bombardments from mainland China during the 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen says the island will strengthen global partnerships to ensure cybersecurity, with the territory often subject to cyberattacks suspected of being launched by the mainland.