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45 Chinese aircraft detected around Taiwan
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it would never renounce the use of force to bring it under Beijing's control. It has warned...
US to send delegation to Taiwan inauguration: official
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
The team attending the ceremony on May 20 includes President Joe Biden's former National Economic Council director, Brian Deese, as well as Richard Armitage, a ...
Taiwan air force holds live-fire training exercises using missiles, bombs
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and has refused to rule out using force to bring the island under its control. The May 20 inauguration of incomi...
Taiwan says 12 more Chinese ships detected in beefed-up presence
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not rule out using force to bring the island under Beijing's control. The Chinese military pre...
Taiwan detects 26 Chinese aircraft, five ships around island
May 03, 2024 (AFP)
The sorties come weeks before the May 20 inauguration of new Taiwan president Lai Ching-te, who China regards as a dangerous separatist. A statement from the de...
Taiwan warns against visiting China due to expanded state secrets law
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
Chinese lawmakers passed the revised Law on Guarding State Secrets in February, according to state news agency Xinhua, expanding the definition of such sensitiv...
Taiwan detects 22 Chinese aircraft around island
Apr 27, 2024 (AFP)
The sorties come less than a month before the May 20 inauguration of new Taiwan president Lai Ching-te, who China regards as a dangerous separatist. "We detecte...
Taiwan president-elect names cabinet ahead of inauguration
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce the use of force to bring it under its control, has labelled La...
China warns US military support for Taiwan increases 'risk of conflict'
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
"I'd like to emphasise that the United States and Taiwan strengthening military ties will not bring about security for Taiwan," foreign ministry spokesman Wang ...
Taiwan father and son handed jail terms in China spying case
Apr 23, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and has ramped up military and political pressure on the island in recent years. The two sides split in 1949 a...
Taiwan thanks US for aid package, says will 'safeguard peace'
Apr 22, 2024 (AFP)
The US House of Representatives on Saturday passed four bills in a $95 billion package, approving military aid to Ukraine and bolstering Israel's defences. Some...
Taiwan's defence ministry detects 21 Chinese military aircraft
Apr 20, 2024 (AFP)
China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory, and has said it will never renounce the use of force to bring the island under its control. Tensions be...
Taiwan's next president among Time 'Most Influential'
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
Vice President Lai, who won the January presidential election to succeed Tsai Ing-wen, will take office on May 20 at a time of growing tensions between Taiwan a...
Taiwan's air force plunges into underwater survival training
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Self-ruled Taiwan faces increasing pressures from China -- which claims the island as its territory and has not ruled out using force to bring it under Beijing'...
China's Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou: state media
Apr 10, 2024 (AFP)
"On the afternoon of April 10, General Secretary Xi Jinping met with a delegation headed by Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing," state broadcaster CCTV said. The discussio...
China's Xi tells ex-Taiwan leader 'external interference' cannot block unification
Apr 10, 2024 (AFP)
Taiwan's ex-president Ma Ying-jeou is in China as part of what he has called a "journey of peace" to calm tensions with Beijing, which claims the island as its ...
Taiwan slams Bolivia for quake solidarity with China
Apr 06, 2024 (AFP)
At least 10 people were killed and more than 1,100 injured by the magnitude 7.2 quake that struck Taiwan Wednesday, with strict building codes and widespread di...
Taiwan says frontline island on alert over Chinese civilian drone incursions
Apr 02, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the self-ruled island under its control. In addition to ...
Taiwan ex-leader Ma embarks on 'peace journey' to China
Apr 01, 2024 (AFP)
China 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. Ma, of the Be...
Taiwan leader asks defence chief to stay on after offering to resign
Mar 29, 2024 (AFP)
Chiu Kuo-cheng verbally tendered his resignation to Tsai on Thursday night over "matters involving his family", presidential spokeswoman Olivia Lin said in a st...
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