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Taiwan kicks off military drills in face of China threat
Jul 09, 2025 (AFP)
The annual "Han Kuang" exercises, which are being held at the same time as civilian defence drills, will run from July 9-18 and feature newly delivered US high-...
Taiwan says China opening flight path raises regional unease
Jul 06, 2025 (AFP)
Taiwan's top China policy body criticised Beijing after its civil aviation authority opened another west-to-east connecting route above the sensitive waterway. ...
China defends diplomats after Taiwan VP car ramming claims
Jun 30, 2025 (AFP)
"Chinese diplomats overseas always respect their host country's laws and regulations," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. Taiwan's top China po...
Taiwan VP says not intimidated after alleged China plot
Jun 29, 2025 (AFP)
Taiwan's top China policy body, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), on Friday said Hsiao Bi-khim's motorcade was surveilled and followed in a ploy to be rammed ...
Taiwan to slap anti-dumping duties on Chinese beer, steel for 4 months
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
The finance ministry said in a statement that it and the economic affairs ministry "have preliminarily determined that there is dumping (of these products) and ...
Taiwan says military drills will involve largest call-up
Jun 25, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing insists democratic Taiwan is part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the self-ruled island under its control. The Han Ku...
China slams Taiwan leader over 'country' speech: state media
Jun 23, 2025 (AFP)
Lai, a staunch defender of Taiwan's sovereignty and detested by Beijing, said in a speech on Sunday that "Taiwan is clearly a country," as he kicked off a tour ...
Lai says Taiwan 'clearly' a country in island tour
Jun 22, 2025 (AFP)
China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its territory, has threatened to annex it by force and has held several military drills around the island since Lai too...
Taiwan detects 50 Chinese military aircraft around island
Jun 20, 2025 (AFP)
China insists democratic, self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring the island under its control. Beijing has ramped u...
Taiwan says UK Navy ship sailed through Taiwan Strait
Jun 19, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing views Taiwan as part of its territory and claims jurisdiction over the body of water that separates the self-ruled island from the Chinese mainland. The...
Taiwan pursues homegrown Chinese spies as Beijing's influence grows
Jun 19, 2025 (AFP)
Alarm is growing in Taiwan over the extent of China's infiltration on the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims is part of its territory and has threatened to...
Taiwan's entrepreneurs in China feel heat from cross-Strait tensions
Jun 18, 2025 (AFP)
But now those firms are feeling the strain from cross-Strait tensions that have stoked safety fears among companies. Taiwanese entrepreneurs -- known as "Taisha...
Taiwan jails Chinese ship captain for severing subsea cable
Jun 12, 2025 (AFP)
The captain, surnamed Wang, and his Togolese-registered cargo ship Hongtai were detained in February after a cable linking the Penghu archipelago and Taiwan was...
Taiwan charges 4 ex-ruling party members with spying for China
Jun 10, 2025 (AFP)
The four defendants were among five people expelled from Lai's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) -- which advocates for Taiwan's sovereignty -- last mon...
Taiwan condemns China's 'provocative' patrol
Jun 06, 2025 (AFP)
Taipei's defence ministry said it detected 21 Chinese military aircraft, including fighters and drones, of which 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait...
Pentagon chief warns China is 'preparing' to use military force in Asia
May 31, 2025 (AFP)
The Pentagon chief was speaking at an annual security forum in Singapore, as the administration of US President Donald Trump spars with Beijing on trade, techno...
China rebukes Macron comparing Ukraine to Taiwan; Says US 'should not play with fire' on Taiwan
May 31, 2025 (AFP)
"Comparing the Taiwan question with the Ukraine issue is unacceptable," China's embassy in Singapore said on social media, a day after Macron warned Asian defen...
Taiwan's ruling party expels 5 for spying; says 'willing' to talk to China - boosts defences
May 21, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing and Taipei have been spying on each other for decades, but experts say the threat to Taiwan is greater given the risk of a Chinese invasion. The Democra...
China conducted drills near Taiwan, slams Lai on one year in office
May 21, 2025 (AFP)
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, detested by Beijing, vowed on Tuesday "to prepare for war to avoid war" and bolster the island's economic resilience. That mor...
Taiwan says 'willing' to talk to China as island boosts defences
May 20, 2025 (AFP)
Lai, a staunch defender of Taiwan's sovereignty and detested by Beijing, delivered remarks on the need "to prepare for war to avoid war" and also bolster the is...
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