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Taiwan delegation to visit Slovakia, Czech Republic and Lithuania
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
The 65-member group will visit the three countries between October 20 and 30 to promote trade ties and investment, said Chen Li-kuo, chief of the Taiwanese fore...
Taiwan warns Honduras against 'flashy, false' China promises
Sep 06, 2021 (AFP)
Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro earlier said she would "immediately open diplomatic and commercial relations with mainland China" if she wins ele...
Taiwan plans stricter laws against economic espionage by China
Aug 26, 2021 (AFP)
The planned amendment to the island's national security act will make economic espionage a crime punishable by a jail term of between five to 12 years. It aims ...
Taiwan and Japan ruling parties to hold first security talks
Aug 25, 2021 (AFP)
The announcement of the talks was condemned by Beijing, which claims self-ruled, democratic Taiwan and opposes countries having official contacts with Taipei. T...
Taiwan team told to remove flag before Le Mans race
Aug 23, 2021 (AFP)
The team's owner Morris Chen received a request from organisers to replace Taiwan's flag with its Olympic version before the race started, according to Taiwan's...
Taiwan needs to be 'stronger' after US Afghanistan exit: president
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
Democratic Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion from authoritarian Beijing which views the island as its own territory and has ...
Why a Hong Kong artist chose 'self-exile' in Taiwan
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
Wong, 51, was one of the city's best-known provocateurs, an artist who specialised in satirising and criticising those in power. But as China's crackdown on dis...
Lithuania envoy in Beijing to leave China over Taiwan dispute
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
The spat erupted last month when Taiwan, which China considers to be part of its territory, said it was setting up a representative office in Vilnius under the ...
Taiwan demands correction, blames China for Venice film fest name change
Aug 10, 2021 (AFP)
Director Tsai Ming-liang's documentary "The Night" and Chung Mong-hong's drama "The Falls" were submitted under the name Taiwan. But organisers changed the name...
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Benfold transits Taiwan Strait
Jul 29, 2021 (UPI)
The move supports the United States's commitment to a "free and open Indo-Pacific," the Japan-based 7th Fleet said in a press release. The Benfold performed a n...
Taiwan probing ex-deputy defence minister over China spy claims
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
Chang Che-ping, in office from July 2019 to June 2021, was being probed for allegedly having multiple contacts with a Chinese spy organisation over meals, onlin...
China sends 37 military aircraft toward Taiwan ahead of defensive drills
Jul 22, 2021 (UPI)
The Taiwanese military said 22 aircraft entered Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone. The aircraft included H-6 bombers and J-16 and J-10 figh...
Hong Kong broadcaster forbids Taiwan 'government' references
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
The decision comes as Beijing remoulds Hong Kong in its own authoritarian image and as local authorities turn the city's RTHK news channel -- run by a governmen...
Japan says 'sense of crisis' needed over Taiwan
Jul 13, 2021 (AFP)
In its annual white paper -- a rundown of the most pressing military threats to the country -- Japan's defence ministry referred to the tussle over Taiwan in mo...
Taiwan and US restart trade talks despite China opposition
Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)
The talks resumed after the two sides reconvened the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council, which under former US president Barack Obama's adm...
Taiwan representative leaves Macau over 'one China' spat
Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)
"The future situation is not optimistic," Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement, calling the Macau authorities "disrespectful and unfriendly". I...
Taiwan's Apple Daily says it will continue operations
Jun 24, 2021 (AFP)
Hong Kong's most popular tabloid had long been a thorn in Beijing's side, with unapologetic support for the city's pro-democracy movement and caustic criticism ...
USS Curtis Wilbur transits Taiwan Strait
Jun 22, 2021 (UPI)
The routine trip was done to show "U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement Tuesday. "The United States military...
Taiwan pulls trade office staff over Hong Kong ultimatum
Jun 20, 2021 (AFP)
The move comes after both Hong Kong and Macau closed their trade offices in Taipei and as Beijing seeks to pile diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan. Taiw...
Macau follows Hong Kong in shuttering Taiwan office
Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)
Hong Kong and Macau are "semi-autonomous" Chinese cities, although foreign policy is all but decided by Beijing and the central government has taken an increasi...
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