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Pacific bloc rebuffs call to cut ties with Taiwan
Aug 30, 2024 (AFP)
Members of the Pacific Islands Forum gathering in Tonga for an annual summit batted aside a push by one of China's allies to stop treating Taiwan as a developme...
China says will voice 'serious concerns' on Taiwan and security in US talks
Aug 25, 2024 (AFP)
"China will focus on expressing serious concerns, clarifying its firm stance, and making stern demands regarding the Taiwan issue, development rights, and China...
Taiwan leader urges unity; 8 soldiers sentences for spying for China; US warships transits Straights
Aug 23, 2024 (AFP)
China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under Beijing's control. Friday's 66th anniversary ...
China confident of 'reunification' with Taiwan: CCP official
Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)
The annual conference -- held in Hong Kong for the first time in 14 years -- was attended by more than 1,200 pro-China politicians and public figures from the m...
Chinese ex-naval captain charged with illegally entering Taiwan
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
The man, surnamed Ruan, was picked up by Taiwan's coast guard in June after his vessel collided with other boats on the Tamsui River, which flows from the capit...
Taiwan ex-soldier held in China returns home
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
The angler, surnamed Hu, from Taiwan's outlying Kinmen islands was found with a friend on March 18 by the coast guard of China's Fujian province after the engin...
Canadian warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has stepped up military and political pressure as relations have plunged in recent years. The navies...
Taiwan's President Lai calls for unity in face of China 'threat'
Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)
China has in recent years stepped up military and political pressures on democratic Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. While Taipei official...
Taiwan's annual war games cut back by incoming Typhoon Gaemi
Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)
The Han Kuang exercises, which started Monday, are held every year across Taiwan to train its armed forces as China ramps up military pressure on the democratic...
Taiwan remodels war games in the face of China's threats
Jul 22, 2024 (AFP)
Self-ruled Taiwan's military has discarded exercises "that were more for demonstration purposes", such as live-fire drills laid on for the media on the main isl...
Taiwan 'must rely' on itself for defence against China: FM
Jul 19, 2024 (AFP)
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has in recent years stepped up its military presence and sabre-rattling rhetoric towards the democratic island....
'Pay us': Transactional Trump sows Taiwan trouble
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
The Republican ex-president cast doubt this week on whether the United States, under a second Trump term, would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, saying th...
China says halted nuclear arms talks with US over Taiwan weapons sales
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
The US and China in November held rare talks on nuclear arms control, part of a bid to ease mistrust ahead of a summit between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinpi...
Trump says Taiwan 'should pay' US for defence against China
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek published on Tuesday, the former president was asked if he would defend self-ruled Taiwan from China, which claims t...
Taiwan to end honour guard performances at Chiang Kai-shek statue
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
The fate of the 6.3-metre (21-foot) bronze statue has long been the subject of fierce and polarising debate in Taiwan, which has transformed from an autocracy u...
66 Chinese aircraft surround Taiwan in biggest sortie of year
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
China -- which maintains a near-daily military presence around Taiwan -- claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has said it will never renoun...
37 Chinese aircraft skirt Taiwan on way to drill: Taipei
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and maintains a near-daily presence of fighter jets, drones and warships around the island, which is 180...
Taiwan soldier charged with leaking military secrets to China
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and has ramped up military and political pressures on the island in recent years. The sergeant, surnamed Chen,...
Taiwan says China coast guard harasses fishing boat
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
The Taiwanese coast guard said it dispatched three patrol ships late Wednesday after receiving a call from a fishing boat that was "interfered with and approach...
Taiwan urges China to release seized fishing boat; China drone spotted near remote island
Jul 03, 2024 (AFP)
The Chinese coast guard has stepped up patrols around Taiwan's Kinmen islands in recent months after a series of deadly fishing accidents, one of which led to b...
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