TAIWAN NEWS

News About Taiwan

1,508 articles

US lawmakers affirm support for Taiwan against China's 'aggression'
May 27, 2024 (AFP)
Sitting down Monday morning with President Lai Ching-te, Representative Michael McCaul -- who heads the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee -- said he a...
21 Chinese planes detected by Taiwan days after drills
May 27, 2024 (AFP)
China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and says it will never renounce the use of force to bring it under Beijing's control. In a statement Mon...
Taiwan's president says wants to work with China after drills
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
Three days after Lai Ching-te was sworn in, Chinese warships and fighter jets encircled Taiwan in drills that China said were a test of its ability to seize the...
Taiwan's president says wants to work with China
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
The drills began around Taiwan Thursday, just three days after Lai Ching-te was sworn in, part of an escalating campaign of intimidation by China which views th...
Taiwan calls China's drills 'blatant provocation' to world order as wargames end
May 25, 2024 (AFP)
The drills were launched three days after Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te took office and made an inauguration speech that China denounced as a "confession of i...
China warns of Taiwan 'war' as military drills encircle island
May 24, 2024 (AFP)
Warships and fighter jets encircled Taiwan on the second day of exercises that Beijing said were a test of its ability to seize the island, days after its new p...
China says drills around Taiwan test 'seizure of power' capability
May 24, 2024 (AFP)
China's military kicked off the war games Thursday morning, surrounding Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft, while vowing the blood of "independence...
Taiwan's Kinmen Island lives life 'as usual' despite Chinese drills
May 24, 2024 (AFP)
Sleepy, historic Kinmen was among a series of Taipei-administered islands where Beijing was carrying out military exercises. Fisherman Chen Chien-chou, 32, who ...
Taiwan's military, coast guard activate in response to China's drills
May 23, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing commenced two days of war games, dubbed "Joint Sword-2024A", as a "strong punishment" for Taiwan's "separatist acts". They come after the island swore i...
China's propaganda machine roars; asTaiwanese shrug off China's military muscle flexing
May 23, 2024 (AFP)
China launched on Thursday what it called "Joint Sword-2024A" exercises, surrounding Taiwan with warplanes and navy ships and vowing "stern punishment" of separ...
China's military drills around Taiwan: key things to know
May 23, 2024 (AFP)
Here's what you need to know. - Why has China launched these drills? - Taiwan has been self-governed since 1949, when nationalists fled to the island following ...
China warns Taiwan of reprisals over Lai inauguration speech
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
Earlier, Beijing said it had complained to the United States over Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulating Taiwan on Lai's swearing-in. China considers ...
China's Weibo blocks hashtag of new Taiwan president's name
May 20, 2024 (AFP)
"According to relevant laws, regulations, and policies, the content of this topic has not been displayed," a search for the hashtag #LaiChing-te on the X-like W...
Taiwan swears in new president as China pressure grows
May 20, 2024 (AFP)
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has branded 64-year-old Lai a "dangerous separatist" who will bring "war and decline" to the island. Lai succee...
China warns after Lai inauguration that Taiwan independence is 'dead end'
May 20, 2024 (AFP)
China considers Taiwan part of its territory and has long threatened to use force to bring the island under its control. It has described Lai as a "dangerous se...
Newly inaugurated Taiwan president calls on China to end military intimidation
May 20, 2024 (UPI)
"I hope that China will face the reality of our existence, respect the choices of the people of Taiwan, and in good faith, choose dialogue over confrontation, e...
Taiwan coast guard ramps up island patrols ahead of inauguration
May 19, 2024 (AFP)
China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory, maintaining a near-daily military presence with frequent appearances of fighter jets, drones and naval ...
Taiwan and China: different views across the strait; as coast guard ramps up patrols
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
For the best view of Xiamen's skyscrapers, visitors stand on a beach where anti-landing spikes jut out -- a reminder of when the island was a battlefield front ...
For Taiwan shoppers, China's malls only a ferry ride away
May 17, 2024 (AFP)
Passing through immigration, the travellers cannot miss a sign declaring: "One family on two sides of the strait, working together to fulfil our dreams." China ...
Taiwan's Lai to bolster 'porcupine' defence against China threat
May 17, 2024 (AFP)
Lessons learned from Russia's war in Ukraine about how rapidly developing drones can outfox traditional heavy weaponry suggest that Lai Ching-te will boost Taiw...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.