- June 29, 2010 (Tu): The Straits Exchange Foundation and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait signed the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement in Chungking, People's Republic of China.
- April 30, 2010 (F): Four inmates are executed after a 5-year de facto moratorium on the death penalty.
- September 5, 2009 (Sa): The XXI Summer Deaflympics officially opens in Taipei City.
- August 30, 2009 (Su): The little league team from Taoyuan County, Taiwan (now Taoyuan City), representing the Asia-Pacific region, loses 3-6 in the 2009 Little League World Series against the team from Chula Vista, California representing the West region.
- August 8, 2009 (Sa): Typhoon Morakot makes landfall in Taiwan, causing hundreds of fatalities and disappearances along with billions of dollars in damages.
- July 16, 2009 (Th): The VIII World Games officially opens in Kaohsiung City.
- April 29, 2009 (W): The World Health Organisation invited the Department of Health to attend the upcoming World Health Assembly for the first time as an observer under the name Chinese Taipei.
- December 15, 2008 (M): The Three Links (i.e. direct shipping, direct flights, direct mail) are fully restored between the two sides after 59 years of discontinued service.
- November 11, 2008 (Tu): Former President Chen Shui-bian is arrested due to allegations of corruption and abuse of authority.
- November 4, 2008 (Tu): The Second Chen-Chiang Summit kicks off in Taipei City, marking the first time a high-ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party has officially visited Taiwan. The summit resulted in a massive, violent demonstration in Taipei.
- March 22, 2008 (Sa): Ma Ying-jeou is elected as the 12th President of the Republic of China with his terms starting on May 20, 2008.