The Asian Games bronze medallist Indian, who returned to action after recovering from a back injury, squandered an opening game advantage to lose 21-19 16-21 19-21 to world no. 12 Chen in a 73-minute men's singles match that went down the wire.
Without naming China, the envoy said Taiwan, confronted by "unceasing cross-Strait military intimidation and grey-zone threats", has continued to strengthen its self-defence capabilities and has consistently strived to serve as a force for good.
The comments by External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi came a day after the Taiwanese government announced that it will establish a Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) in India's financial capital Mumbai in sync with the broader aim of expanding overall cooperation between the two sides.
Leading Taiwanese companies are increasingly looking at relocating their production bases from China to countries in Europe, North America, the US and India in view of the heightening Sino-US trade tensions and the Chinese military’s increasing muscle-flexing around Taiwan.
Last week, Jensen Huang's net worth soared by almost $7 billion as per Bloomberg's billionaires index
Paraguay would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and open relations with China if the opposition wins the election, its presidential candidate Efrain Alegre has said, hoping to boost economically important soy and beef exports.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude 6.2 and was centered at a depth of 28.7 kilometers (18 miles) below the ocean east of Hualien city on the island's east coast.
Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said 15 people survived. Three of those who were rescued were from a group of 31 tourists from mainland China.
TransAsia Passenger flight crashes and plunges into a river outside Taiwan's capital Taipei today. Reports suggest that 17 people were rescued with others trapped inside.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and Toshiba Corporation have received a turnkey order from Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation for its Nangang Extension Project in Taipei.
Global air freight demand was "very strong" and rose by 5 percent in January this year on the back of encouraging growth towards the end of 2012, according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).