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Taiwan blasts 'self-defeating' China jet incursions
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
Taipei's defence ministry said it scrambled aircraft to broadcast warning messages to the latest incursion, which included 12 Chinese fighters. China has ramped...
China criticizes passage of USS John S. McCain through Taiwan Strait
Apr 07, 2021 (UPI)
The ship sailed through the strait separating Tainan and China, in a "routine exercise" demonstrating the "U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific [Ocea...
Palau leader slams 'carrot and stick' China during Taiwan visit
Mar 29, 2021 (AFP)
Surangel Whipps is in Taiwan to kick off what is being billed as Asia's first travel bubble as his country seeks to boost its coronavirus-hit tourism. Palau is ...
China ban sours Taiwan's 'freedom pineapple' harvest
Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)
While much of the island's pineapple crop is consumed at home, 90 percent of its overseas shipments head for sale in the vast Chinese market. However, that leav...
China threat to Taiwan 'closer than most think': US admiral
Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)
China considers recovering control over Taiwan its "number-one priority," Admiral John Aquilino, nominated to become commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, t...
INDOPACOM commander nominee voices concern about China, Taiwan
Mar 23, 2021 (UPI)
Forces stationed in the region must be "positioned to respond quickly" to a takeover of Taiwan, U.S. Pacific Adm. John Aquilino told the Senate Armed Services C...
French senator plans to visit Taiwan despite China protests
Mar 18, 2021 (AFP)
China has reacted with fury to plans for a visit by Alain Richard, a former defence minister and member of France's ruling party. Last month, Beijing's ambassad...
China's military modernisation poses Taiwan threat: US officials
Mar 16, 2021 (AFP)
Washington's top US military officer in Asia-Pacific Admiral Philip Davidson made waves last week by warning that Beijing could seek to invade Taiwan within six...
Taiwan warns firms in Myanmar to fly flags after anti-China attacks
Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)
Several Chinese-owned factories were torched in a textile-producing district of Yangon on Sunday, when Myanmar saw its deadliest day of protest against the mili...
US warship transits Taiwan Strait after admiral's China invasion warning
Mar 11, 2021 (AFP)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Finn conducted a routine transit yesterday through the waterway separating the Chinese mainland and Ta...
China accuses US admiral of 'hyping up' threat of Taiwan invasion
Mar 10, 2021 (AFP)
The US' top military officer in Asia-Pacific, Admiral Philip Davidson, on Tuesday said China could invade Taiwan within the next six years, as Beijing accelerat...
Top US commander fears Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027
Mar 09, 2021 (AFP)
Democratic and self-ruled Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China, whose leaders view the island as part of their territory and wh...
Chief of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command: Strengthen Guam, support Taiwan
Mar 05, 2021 (UPI)
Adm. Philip Davidson told a virtual conference of the American Enterprise Institute on Wednesday that Guam, a heavily fortified U.S. island territory in the Pac...
China rebukes Lithuania over Taiwan office
Mar 04, 2021 (AFP)
A "Lithuanian enterprise office in Taiwan will be opened by the end of the year, as part of our efforts to boost and diversify economic diplomacy in Asia," econ...
China pineapple ban sparks sour rebuke from Taiwan
Feb 26, 2021 (AFP)
The trade to China -- which views the self-ruled democratic island as part of its territory awaiting reunification -- is worth around $50 million, and is Taiwan...
Four Taiwan ex-intelligence officers charged with spying for China
Feb 20, 2021 (AFP)
The quartet were charged with developing a spying network and collecting confidential information for Beijing, the Taipei district prosecutors' office said. The...
Taiwan condemns 'evil' China after Guyana scraps trade office
Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)
Less than a day after Taiwanese officials announced the setting up of the office, Guyana's foreign ministry said it had been scrapped and that the South America...
Swiss restitute $266 mn to Taiwan seized in graft case
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
"In the frigates case, Switzerland will restitute nearly $266 million to Taiwan," the Swiss justice ministry said in a statement. The money, it said, "was illeg...
Taiwan opens 'milestone' trade office in Guyana
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
Taipei said it signed an agreement with the South American country last month to set up the Taiwan Office. "This milestone will benefit both partners and advanc...
USS John McCain first U.S. Navy vessel to transit Taiwan Strait in 2021
Feb 04, 2021 (UPI)
The Navy described the trip as "a routine Taiwan Strait transit" conducted in accordance with international law. "The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait d...
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