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US drawing up contingency plans for cemergency; US senator critical of China visits Taiwan
Nov 25, 2024 (AFP)
They will be incorporated in a first joint operation plan to be formulated in December, Kyodo reported late Sunday, citing sources familiar with Japan-US relati...
Taiwan foreign minister stops in Brussels for European Parliament visit
Nov 20, 2024 (AFP)
Taiwan has worked to strengthen ties with European countries as it faces an increasingly assertive China, which claims the self-ruled democratic island as part ...
Xi tells Biden support for Taiwan a 'red line' in ties
Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)
Biden and Xi met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru, two months before Trump takes office and amid concerns of new ...
China frees Taiwan fishing boat captain after four months
Nov 16, 2024 (AFP)
The boat called Da Jin Man 88 was carrying five crew members when it was seized by China's coast guard in waters near Taiwan's Kinmen islands on July 2 for viol...
Taiwan says committed to boosting own defences in signal to Trump
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
Taipei has ramped up defence spending in recent years in response to China's growing military presence around the self-ruled island -- but it has been under pre...
Taiwan coast guard offers rewards for spotting foreign ships
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
China regularly deploys fighter jets, navy ships and coast guard vessels around Taiwan to press its claims of sovereignty over the island, which Taipei's govern...
Taiwan couple charged with trying to influence elections for China
Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)
The man surnamed Chang and the woman surnamed Hung were charged Monday with violating Taiwan's anti-infiltration law, the district prosecutors' office in southe...
Taiwan detects 37 Chinese aircraft near island
Nov 03, 2024 (AFP)
China has ramped up military activity around Taiwan in recent years as Beijing pressures Taipei to accept its claims of sovereignty over the island. The Chinese...
Taiwan worries about 'transactionalist' Trump as US votes
Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)
American voters will choose between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Trump on November 5, with polls showing the pair nec...
Taiwan president visits island off China for battle anniversary; as Taiwan holds live-fire drills nearby
Oct 25, 2024 (AFP)
Lai's trip to the Kinmen islands, a few kilometres from the Chinese mainland, follows a fortnight of intense military activity in the Taiwan Strait. Lai, who to...
Taipei says Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through Taiwan Strait
Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)
China considers Taiwan to be part of its territory and has ramped up military activity around the island in recent years to pressure Taipei into accepting its c...
China launches live-fire exercise in Taiwan Strait
Oct 22, 2024 (AFP)
China's Communist Party has never ruled the island, but it claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce the use of force to bring it...
Chinese military mounts second round of exercises near Taiwan in a week
Oct 22, 2024 (UPI)
The exercises took place for several hours before dawn with nine People's Liberation Army ships and 17 PLA aircraft detected operating around Taiwan, the Minist...
US, Canada warships pass through Taiwan Strait
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
The United States and its allies regularly cross through the 180-kilometre (112-mile) Taiwan Strait to reinforce its status as an international waterway, angeri...
Taiwan president says defence of island's sovereignty 'will not change'
Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing sent a record number of military aircraft as well as warships and coast guard vessels to encircle Taiwan on Monday in the fourth major round of major dr...
Taiwan blames China for S. Africa's order to move liaison office
Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)
China considers self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has sought to whittle down the number of countries that recognise its claim to statehood. "We hav...
China toughens Taiwan stance over president's sovereignty defence
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
Since Lai succeeded Tsai Ing-wen in May, China has staged two large-scale military drills around the island -- most recently on Monday -- and verbally attacked ...
Hopes pinned on peace across Taiwan Strait after drills
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
China on Monday sent fighter jets, bombers and warships to encircle Taiwan, in exercises it dubbed a "stern warning" to "separatist forces" on the island. But i...
Taiwan detects record 153 Chinese military aircraft after drills
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
The aircraft were spotted in the 25 hours to 6:00 am on Tuesday (2200 GMT Monday), the defence ministry said in a statement -- the most for a single day. Beijin...
China insists won't renounce 'use of force' to take Taiwan as drills end
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory, deployed fighter jets, drones, warships and coast guard vessels to encircle the island in its fourth ...
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