Tag: Taiwan
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Taipei mayor calls for less confrontation in the strait
The China-friendly mayor of Taipei called for less confrontation between the sides, even as Beijing continues to send warships and fighter jets to intimidate the self-governing ... -
Taiwan wants China to end its military activity in nearby waters
Taiwan demanded yesterday that China end its ongoing military activity in nearby waters, which it said is unilaterally undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait ... -
Taipei detected Chinese ships in nearby waters ahead of anticipated drills
Beijing appears to be preparing for widely anticipated drills in response to a recent visit by Taiwan’s leader to Hawaii and Guam. Taiwan’s defense ministry said ... -
Taiwan’s Lai reportedly has phone talks from Guam with US Congress leaders
Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te reportedly held phone calls with U.S. congressional leaders yesterday while visiting Guam, his second U.S. stop on a Pacific Island trip. A ... -
Taiwan’s leader visits East-West Center as China criticizes his two-day visit to Hawaii
Taiwan’s leader visited a U.S. State Department-funded think tank and educational institution Sunday on the second day of a two-day visit to Hawaii that’s part of ... -
Taiwan’s leader arrives in Hawaii for a stop in the US
Taiwan,s leader Lai Ching-te arrived Saturday in Hawaii to begin a two-day transit in the U.S. as part of a trip to the South Pacific, his ... -
Taiwan’s Lai will visit allies in South Pacific as China seeks inroads
Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te will visit the self-governing island’s allies in the South Pacific, where rival China has been seeking diplomatic inroads. The Foreign Ministry announced ... -
Beijing is bracing for fresh tensions with Trump over trade, tech and Taiwan
The first time China faced Donald Trump in the White House, there was a trade war, a breach of protocol involving Taiwan’s former leader, and a ... -
Typhoon Kong-rey hits east coast, leaving one dead
A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan yesterday, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern ... -
Mainland holds live-fire drills opposite Taiwan
China is holding live-fire drills off the coast of its southern Fujian province facing Taiwan, just a week after a massive air-and-sea drill it called punishment ... -
A week after China’s war games, US and Canadian warships sail through Taiwan Strait
U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait last weekend, almost a week after China held massive military exercises around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as ... -
Trump says he’s ‘confident’ China will not invade Taiwan
Donald Trump is confident China wouldn’t invade Taiwan if he returns to the White House. Why? Because Chinese President Xi Jinping “knows I’m f——— crazy.” That’s ... -
Beijing deploys record 125 warplanes in large scale military drill in warning to Taiwan
China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands yesterday, ... -
Taiwan celebrates its anniversary against a background of Chinese threats
Taiwan celebrated its “National” yesterday against the background of threats from China, which claims the self-governing island as its own territory. Yesterday’s commemorations included military displays, ... -
Former Taiwan leader Tsai to visit Czech Republic, other European destinations, drawing China’s ire
Former Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen is to visit Czech Republic, and other European destinations, drawing China’s ire. During Tsai’s two terms, which ended in May, she ... -
Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan
Typhoon Krathon made landfall yesterday in Taiwan’s major port city of Kaohsiung, bringing torrential rains and fierce winds to the island’s south. Trees were brought down ... -
Investigators to rule on further detention of former leader candidate amid graft probe
Taiwan investigators are expected to rule on the further detention of a former leader candidate amid graft allegations that have sparked minor street protests by his ... -
Taiwan mulls closing Macau Office amid visa dispute
The ongoing dispute between Taiwan and Macau over the ‘One China’ principle has escalated, with Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) considering to close the Taipei Economic ... -
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting clinches first Olympic medal amid outcry tied to gender misconceptions
Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal yesterday in front of a crowd that chanted her name, one day after fellow boxer Imane ... -
Lai welcomes largest gathering of IPAC in Taipei, Beijing slams it as ‘not credible’
Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te welcomed what he called the “largest-ever” delegation of foreign lawmakers to Taiwan and said yesterday it showed the importance of democracies uniting, ... -
Lawmakers from six countries say Beijing is pressuring them not to attend conference in Taiwan
Lawmakers from at least six countries said Chinese diplomats were pressuring them not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan, in what they described as efforts ... -
Taiwan says China told Taiwan’s coast guard to not interfere in the detention of boat crew
Taiwan said yesterday that China warned Taiwan’s coast guard against interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat. The incident comes amid heightened political tensions ... -
US approves new $360 million arms sale to Taiwan
The Biden administration yesterday [Macau time] approved a new $360 million weapons sale to Taiwan, sending the island hundreds of armed drones, missile equipment and related ... -
Man who sailed into a river mouth in Taiwan was acting on his own, Beijing says
The Chinese government said yesterday that a Chinese man who sailed a small boat into a strategic river mouth in Taiwan was acting on his own ... -
Legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing Lai’s power
Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature passed changes yesterday that are seen as favoring China and diminishing the power of the island’s executive leader, sparking protests by thousands of ... -
Thousands gather outside the Legislative Yuan to oppose changes
Thousands of people gathered outside Taiwan’s legislature yesterday to oppose changes being pushed through by the opposition Nationalist Party and its allies that would give the ... -
US lawmakers pledge support for Taiwan’s Lai; Beijing slams the visit
A U.S. congressional delegation met Taiwan’s new leader yesterday in a show of support days after China held drills around the self-governing island in response to ... -
External support for radical separatist a dead-end
To uphold the one-China principle and the sanctity and authority of relevant United Nations General Assembly resolutions, China has decided not to approve the Taiwan island’s ... -
Taiwan military on alert as Mainland conducts drills to ‘punish separatist forces’
Taiwan scrambled jets and put missile, naval and land units on alert yesterday over Chinese military exercises being conducted around the self-governing island where a new ... -
New leader Lai urges Beijing to ‘choose dialogue over confrontation’
Taiwan’s new leader, Lai Ching-te, said in his inauguration speech yesterday that he wants peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats and ... -
Fact of both sides of Taiwan Strait belonging to one China will not change: spokesperson
No matter how the political situation on the Taiwan island changes, it will not change the historical and legal facts that both sides of the Taiwan ... -
Taiwan’s new leader inherits a strong international image, but political gridlock at home
In a campaign ad for Taiwan’s leader-elect Lai Ching-te, incumbent leader Tsai Ing-wen was shown driving with Lai in the passenger seat, exchanging reflections on their ... -
China slams US for ship’s passage weeks before new leader takes office
China’s military criticized a U.S. destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait less than two weeks before the island’s new leader takes office and while Washington and ... -
China blasts US military aid to Taiwan, saying the island is entering a ‘dangerous situation’
China blasted the latest package of U.S. military assistance to Taiwan yesterday, saying that such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.” ... -
Ma Ying-jeou urges island’s next leader to respond ‘pragmatically’ to Xi’s diplomatic gesture
Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou urged Taiwan’s leader-elect to pragmatically respond to the diplomatic gesture made by President Xi Jinping and to recognize the one-China principle, ...
