US Security Group Says China Courting Haiti – Feb. 12, 2026
A security contractor tells a US Senate hearing that China is working to convince Haiti to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Taiwanese autoworkers are on edge as a new trade deal is set to be signed with Washington. Plus, the economy ministry is sending officials to gauge the feasibility of refining the US's deposits of rare earth metals. Also: - Taipei's Dihua Street sees an influx of shoppers with the Year of the Horse just around the corner. - Four officials in Taichung have been impeached over erroneous data and mishandled quarantine and disinfection in last October's outbreak of African swine fever, resulting in an estimated US$66 million in commercial losses. - A training center in central Taiwan is working to certify more dogs in how to pick up the trail of missing people as the country has become a super-aged society.
