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Taiwan leader says has 'faith' US will defend island
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
Tsai Ing-wen also confirmed for the first time that US troops were training Taiwanese forces on the island in an interview with CNN broadcast Wednesday -- an in...
Beijing says Taiwan has 'no right to join the United Nations'
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
The response came after Blinken -- in a statement marking 50 years since the UN General Assembly voted to seat Beijing and boot out Taipei -- regretted that Tai...
In latest Taiwan move, US urges more UN inclusion
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
In a statement marking 50 years after the UN General Assembly voted to seat Beijing and boot out Taipei, Blinken regretted that Taiwan, now a wealthy democracy,...
Taiwan FM warns China conflict would be global 'disaster'
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking during a visit to Slovakia, Joseph Wu also said that China may be ramping up tensions with Taiwan to "divert domestic attention" from an economic slowd...
China hounds Taiwan with 'greyzone' war plane incursions
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
Self-ruled Taiwan has lived under the threat of a Chinese invasion since the two sides split at the end of a civil war in 1949. Its 23 million people have since...
Taiwan delegation irks China with eastern Europe tour
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The 66 government officials will hold talks in Slovakia on Friday before travelling to the Czech Republic and Lithuania to boost trade ties and investment. All ...
Biden says US would defend Taiwan against China invasion
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
Authoritarian China regards self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to one day seize the island, by force if needed. Beijing's sabre-rattling has r...
US seeks to contain Beijing anger after Biden vows Taiwan defense
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
Tensions have soared in recent months as Beijing steps up air incursions near Taiwan, a self-ruling democracy that the growing Asian power has vowed one day to ...
Mother urges Hong Kong to send daughter's killer to Taiwan
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
Poon Hiu-wing, 19, was pregnant when she was strangled by her boyfriend Chan Tong-kai during a Valentine's trip to Taiwan in 2018. The murder, which Chan has ad...
As Taiwan tensions grow, US and China seek right decibel
Oct 12, 2021 (AFP)
Among the slew of disputes between the world's two largest economies, Taiwan is often seen as the only one that could bring hot conflict as Beijing considers th...
French senators visit Taiwan despite China protests
Oct 06, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing opposes Taipei having any official diplomatic exchanges and has aggressively tried to dissuade politicians from visiting in recent years. The Chinese em...
Taiwan-China situation 'most grim' in four decades: minister
Oct 06, 2021 (AFP)
"For the military, the current situation is the most grim in over 40 years since I've joined the service," Chiu Kuo-cheng told parliament as some 150 Chinese wa...
Tsai warns of 'catastrophic consequences' if Taiwan falls
Oct 05, 2021 (AFP)
Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which views the self-ruled democratic island as its territory to be re-taken one day, by force if n...
China sends 56 jets into Taiwan defence zone in another record incursion
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
The defence ministry said it scrambled aircraft to broadcast warnings after 36 fighter jets, 12 H-6 nuclear-capable bombers and four other planes entered its so...
US concerned by 'provocative' Chinese military action near Taiwan
Oct 03, 2021 (AFP)
"The United States is very concerned by the People's Republic of China's provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilizing, risks miscalculation...
Taiwan rebukes China over record fighter jet incursion
Oct 02, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing marked its National Day on Friday with its biggest aerial show of force against Taiwan, buzzing the self-ruled democratic island with 38 warplanes, incl...
UK warship makes first Taiwan Strait transit since 2008
Sep 27, 2021 (AFP)
HMS Richmond, a frigate deployed with Britain's aircraft carrier strike group, sailed through the strait on a trip from Japan to Vietnam, Britain's defence mini...
China's Xi warns of 'grim' situation with Taiwan
Sep 26, 2021 (AFP)
China views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and vows to retake it one day, by force if necessary. Xi has become the most bellicose leader ...
Chinese jets fly near Taiwan as Beijing opposes island's trade deal bid
Sep 23, 2021 (AFP)
Last week Beijing submitted its own application to become a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Taiwan ...
Taiwan jets land on highway for Chinese invasion wargame
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion by Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by for...
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