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US nominee vows closer Taiwan ties but no new framework
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
Daniel Kritenbrink, a career diplomat tapped to be the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told his Senate confirmation hearing tha...
Taiwan reports new record Chinese jet incursion
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
The incursion came a day after NATO said China's increasingly aggressive military goals threatened international order -- and after G7 leaders issued a landmark...
Biden official speaks to Taiwan minister on trade ties
Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, a member of Biden's cabinet, spoke to minister without portfolio John Deng on "the importance of the US-Taiwan trade and ...
China warns US against trade deal with Taiwan
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing sees democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and rages at any diplomatic attempts to recognise it as an independent nation. Chinese social media erup...
US eyes Taiwan trade deal; China vents anger at US visit
Jun 07, 2021 (AFP)
"I know we are engaged in conversations with Taiwan, or soon will be, on some kind of framework agreement," Blinken said at a congressional hearing in Washingto...
Taiwan boosts coronavirus testing for tech industry
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
In the science parks of northern Hsinchu city, where the world's largest contract microchip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is based, lo...
Taiwan leader accuses China of hindering vaccine deal
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
For much of the coronavirus pandemic Taiwan has had one of the world's best responses. But a sudden outbreak and trouble securing enough vaccines has taken the ...
Taiwan blames China for latest WHO meeting snub
May 24, 2021 (AFP)
On the first day of the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA), the UN health agency's 194 member states decided once again not to even discuss whether or not Taiwan ...
Navy disputes that USS Wilbur was 'expelled' from Taiwan Strait
May 20, 2021 (UPI)
On Tuesday, the guided-missile destroyer sailed the Taiwan Strait in what the Navy described as a "routine transit in accordance with international law." The Pe...
Hong Kong 'suspends' operations of its Taiwan office
May 18, 2021 (AFP)
"The Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office (Taiwan) has temporarily suspended operations with effect from today," Hong Kong's government said in a brief...
China blasts Danish conference with Taiwan president
May 11, 2021 (AFP)
The Copenhagen Democracy Summit was held Monday and Tuesday in the Danish capital and organised by the Alliance of Democracies, an organisation targeted by Beij...
Washington weighs risk of defending Taiwan against China
May 05, 2021 (AFP)
China considers Taiwan, which has a population of 23 million, to be a rebel province that will one day return to the mainland's fold, by force if necessary. The...
Taiwan investigating China dinghy defector claim
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
On Saturday, police said a man surnamed Zhou had been detained in Taichung city's harbour after locals spotted him near a dyke and said he was behaving suspicio...
US envoy assures Taiwan relations are 'stronger than ever'
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
Former senator Christopher Dodd and former deputy secretaries of state Richard Armitage and James Steinberg were asked by Biden to travel to Taipei this week, i...
Taiwan sees biggest Chinese jet incursion after Blinken warning
Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)
The defence ministry scrambled aircraft to broadcast warnings to leave and monitored the planes as China's jets, including 18 fighters, entered the island's sou...
Biden sends unofficial US delegation to Taiwan
Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)
Blinken warns 'increasingly aggressive' China over Taiwan
Apr 11, 2021 (AFP)
"What we've seen, and what is of real concern to us, is increasingly aggressive actions by the government in Beijing directed at Taiwan, raising tensions in the...
Defying Beijing, US loosens restrictions on Taiwan contacts
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
The United States still considers Beijing as China's legitimate government, consistent with its switch of recognition in 1979, but will do away with some of the...
US bill to pressure China on trade and rights, back Taiwan
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
In a rare bipartisan initiative in the polarized Congress, the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee together presented the Stra...
Taiwan accuses Beijing of luring Paraguay with 'vaccine diplomacy'
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
Paraguay is one of only 15 countries that officially recognise Taipei over Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory. Beijing has ramped ...
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