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China sanctions two Taiwanese for 'separatism'
Oct 14, 2024 (AFP)
Businessman Robert Tsao and lawmaker Puma Shen are now barred from entering mainland China or the special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong, said Ch...
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 ...
Blinken warns China against 'provocative' moves on Taiwan
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Blinken, speaking in Laos after an East Asia Summit, called the speech by Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, in which he vowed to "resist annexation", a "regular...
China says Taiwan's president 'hell bent' on independence; as Lai vows to 'resist annexation'
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
Lai's speech "exposed his hell bent position on Taiwan independence and his sinister intention to escalate tensions in the Taiwan Strait for political self-inte...
Taiwan's president to deliver key speech for National Day
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
China claims Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and has not ruled out using force to bring the democratic island under its control. Beijing has been incr...
Taiwan seizes Chinese fishing boat in sensitive waters
Oct 09, 2024 (AFP)
The incident happened Tuesday near Qimei island, which is part of the Taipei-administered Penghu archipelago in the sensitive strait separating Taiwan and China...
China says Taiwan president hostile; as polls show Taiwanese willing to defend island
Oct 09, 2024 (AFP)
China, which split with Taiwan at the end of a civil war in 1949, regards the island as part of its territory that must eventually be reunified, by force if nec...
China's Xi calls for Taiwan reunification in national day speech
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
Xi also used his speech to thousands of people gathered for a banquet celebrating 75 years of the People's Republic to call for opposition to the "separatist ac...
Biden approves $567 million in defense assistance for Taiwan
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
While the United States does not officially recognize Taiwan diplomatically, it is Taipei's key partner and major provider of weapons -- a point of consternatio...
Taiwan ex-air force instructor jailed 17 years for China spying
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and has ramped up military and political pressure on the democratic island in recent years. The two sides spli...
China 'highly vigilant' after Japan warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)
Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on the reports at a regular briefing because they concerned military operations. But Beij...
Taiwan detects 43 Chinese military aircraft, 8 navy ships around island
Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)
China, which claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory, sends warplanes, drones and naval vessels around the island nearly every day. The latest incursi...
China on 'high alert' after Japan warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)
Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on the reports at a regular briefing because they concerned military operations. But Beij...
China sanctions nine US defence firms in response to Taiwan sales
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
"Weapons sales by the United States to China's Taiwan region have seriously violated the one-China principle,... seriously infringed upon China's sovereignty an...
Taiwan premier vows speedy review of Chinese men's illegal entry
Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)
Cho Jung-tai's comments came after a Chinese man was found in a rubber dinghy in waters near northern New Taipei City on Saturday, following a similar incident ...
Taiwan will 'never succumb' to China: top Taipei official
Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it would never renounce the use of force to bring the self-ruled island under its control. Beijing has...
Taiwan president calls for full support of troops after jet crash
Sep 11, 2024 (AFP)
Under Lai's administration, Taiwan revamped training for its armed forces to include more nighttime drills and exercises as the democratic island faces greater ...
Taiwan president visits outlying Penghu islands; China jails man for Taiwan 'separatism'
Sep 06, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the self-ruled island under its control. Friday's vi...
De facto US envoy warns Taiwan is not China's only target
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will never renounce the use of force to bring the island under its control. Beijing has ...
Taiwan slams China 'intervention' after Pacific bloc alters statement
Aug 31, 2024 (AFP)
"Taiwan issued the strongest condemnation on China's arbitrary intervention and unreasonable actions that undermine regional peace and stability," the foreign m...
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