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Taiwan presidential contender warns against appeasing China
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
William Lai, 63, is seen as a likely successor to President Tsai Ing-wen, who is barred from running again after her second four-year term ends in May 2024. Lai...
Taiwan to allow women into reservist training for first time
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
Self-ruled, democratic Taiwan lives under the constant fear of a Chinese invasion, as Beijing claims the island a part of its territory to be taken one day, by ...
Germany needs China 'rebalance', says MP on Taiwan visit
Jan 11, 2023 (AFP)
A delegation of German parliamentarians arrived in Taipei this week ahead of an anticipated ministerial visit later this year, sparking condemnation from Beijin...
In wargame exercise, China fails to take Taiwan: US thinktank
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
Military experts brought together by the Center for Strategic and International Studies to wargame the conflict said every likely direct participant in a war --...
China invokes Germany's 'painful' past, slams MPs' visit to Taiwan
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
The group of German lawmakers arrived in the self-ruled island on Monday ahead of an anticipated ministerial visit later this year with one delegation member de...
German MPs travel to Taiwan as China tensions rise
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
The visit was a "sign of solidarity" with the self-ruled democracy which China claims as part of its territory, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chair of the parl...
German MPs, minister due in Taiwan as tensions with China spike
Jan 05, 2023 (AFP)
Deputies from the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP), a junior partner in Germany's coalition government, planned the trip in a sign of "solidarity" with ...
US Navy warship transits through Taiwan Strait
Jan 05, 2023 (AFP)
The guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon "conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Jan. 5 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation...
Ex-NATO chief says Europe 'too naive' on China's Taiwan threats
Jan 05, 2023 (AFP)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is visiting Taipei, said European and NATO powers were "too naive" in the run-up to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and risked repeating...
Ex-NATO chief urges democracies to unite during Taiwan visit
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former Danish prime minister who served as secretary general of NATO from 2009 to 2014, made the remarks at a meeting with Taiwanese Pr...
China's air incursions into Taiwan zone doubled in 2022
Jan 02, 2023 (AFP)
Self-ruled Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion. Communist Party rulers claim the island as part of China's territory and have vowed to seize it one d...
Taiwan to extend mandatory military service over China threat
Dec 27, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing considers self-ruled, democratic Taiwan a part of its territory, to be taken one day, by force if necessary, and the island lives under the constant fea...
US officials in China talk improving ties, Taiwan
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
The talks -- involving top US diplomat for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink, National Security Council Senior Director for China and Taiwan Laura Rosenberger and Ch...
China sends record wave of bombers into Taiwan defence zone
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
Democratic Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized one day. Beijing ...
Taiwan premier slams China over fresh import bans
Dec 11, 2022 (AFP)
According to Taiwan's finance ministry, Chinese customs authorities "suddenly suspended" imports of certain alcoholic beverages from the island on Friday. It sa...
US House passes defense bill with billions in Taiwan aid
Dec 09, 2022 (AFP)
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2023 -- which still requires Senate passage and the signature of President Joe Biden to become law -- would au...
Australian MPs land in Taiwan, defying Beijing warning
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
"There is a group of bipartisan members of the parliament from Australia currently visiting Taiwan. They are already here," ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou told ...
Australian MPs delegation to visit Taiwan
Dec 03, 2022 (AFP)
The bipartisan trip will be the first such Taiwan visit in more than three years, a period marked by a long disruption to air travel caused by the Covid-19 pand...
China attacking Taiwan a 'mistake' like Russia in Ukraine: top US general
Nov 16, 2022 (AFP)
"I think it would be unwise, it would be a political mistake, a geopolitical mistake, a strategic mistake, similar to what the strategic mistake is that (Russia...
Biden says no 'imminent' China plan to invade Taiwan
Nov 14, 2022 (AFP)
"I do not think there is any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan," Biden told a news conference after the talks in Bali. "I made it clear tha...
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