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Pakistan hits back at 'inappropriate' US fears over IMF bailout
Aug 01, 2018 (AFP)
Abdullah Hussain Haroon, the caretaker foreign minister, said that a new government led by Imran Khan, who won the country's general election last week, would h...
China urges US to block Taiwan's Tsai's travel
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing views Taiwan as part of its own territory -- to be reunified by force if necessary -- and has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure since independ...
Taiwan's Tsai to visit Paraguay, Belize with US transits
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing views Taiwan as part of its own territory -- to be reunified by force if necessary -- and has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure since independ...
US, Hong Kong airlines bend to Chinese pressure on Taiwan
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
Taiwan is a self-ruling democracy but Beijing considers it part of its own territory, to be reunified by force if necessary, and is pushing to isolate the islan...
Hong Kong, US airlines bend to China pressure over Taiwan listing
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
Taiwan condemned what it called the "insolent actions" of Beijing which it said was wielding its political and economic clout to pressure international firms. "...
Taiwan condemns China as youth games axed
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
It comes as Beijing ramps up military and diplomatic pressure on self-ruling democratic Taiwan, which it sees as part of its territory to be brought back into t...
China seeking to ban Taiwan flag from Gay Games: activists
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
China considers Taiwan as part of its territory and is particularly sensitive to the self-ruled island's use of names, emblems and flags at international events...
Taiwan protesters pelt paint at famous Chiang Kai-shek statue
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
The imposing Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall in the capital Taipei is a popular tourist attraction and the bronze 6.3-metre-tall (20-feet) seated statue is its ce...
Two US destroyers sail into Taiwan Strait: Taiwan gov't
Jul 07, 2018 (AFP)
The destroyers USS Mustin and USS Benfold sailed into the waterway separating Taiwan and China on Saturday morning, Taiwan's defence ministry confirmed. "The mi...
Taiwan bars China reporter for spreading of fake news
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
It is the first time a mainland Chinese reporter has been banned from the island for "creating cross-strait conflict," according to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Co...
Beijing raps Taiwan's Tsai over call to 'constrain' China
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
Her comments are "misleading and totally baseless", the spokesman for Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office told a regular press conference. Tsai's "objective is to c...
Taiwan's Tsai urges world to stand up to China
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
Her comments in an exclusive interview with AFP on Monday come as Taiwan faces what Tsai called "immense pressure" from Beijing. She urged other nations to unit...
Trump forcing Europe to deepen defence integration: France
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
"At the NATO summit a year ago, he did not explicitly support the idea in place since the North Atlantic Treaty that when one country of the alliance is attacke...
Japan airlines change 'Taiwan' to 'China Taiwan' on websites
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has demanded that dozens of international airlines make such a change despite US protests at what it called "Or...
US unveils 'milestone' new de facto embassy in Taiwan
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
Donald Trump's administration is moving to strengthen ties with Taiwan in the face of China's diplomatic moves and military threats. In March, after Trump appro...
Taiwan military drill repels 'invasion' as China tensions rise
Jun 07, 2018 (AFP)
Relations between Taipei and Beijing have deteriorated since President Tsai Ing-wen was elected in 2016, as her government refuses to acknowledge that Taiwan is...
Qantas defends listing Taiwan as part of China
Jun 05, 2018 (AFP)
The Chinese Civil Aviation Administration sent a notice to 36 foreign airlines in April, asking them to comply with Beijing's standards of referring to Taiwan, ...
Australia concern as Qantas to list Taiwan as part of China
Jun 05, 2018 (AFP)
The Chinese Civil Aviation Administration sent a notice to 36 foreign airlines in April, asking them to comply with Beijing's standards of referring to Taiwan, ...
Taiwan president calls for democracy in China on Tiananmen anniversary
Jun 04, 2018 (AFP)
In comments likely to incense Beijing, Tsai called on the government to acknowledge what happened in a message written on her official Facebook page. "I sincere...
Taiwan diplomacy harder than ever in US-China tug of war
May 26, 2018 (AFP)
In her strongest statement yet over pressure from China, Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen blamed Beijing after Burkina Faso severed ties Thursday with Taipei. Ts...
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