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Taiwan detects record eight Chinese balloons
Feb 10, 2024 (AFP)
The ministry said the balloons were spotted on Friday, the day before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday, at an altitude of 15,000 feet (4,572 metres) to 3...
Taiwan halts tourist groups to China after flight path change
Feb 07, 2024 (AFP)
Local authorities banned tourist groups from visiting China in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the restrictions set to be lifted after the Lunar New ...
Taiwan's first extradited suspect returns to island
Feb 07, 2024 (AFP)
Only 12 countries officially recognise Taipei over Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has demanded some countries deport T...
Taiwan warns against China flight path change
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
The Taiwanese defence ministry's statement came a day after China's civil aviation authority said it was introducing changes to flights headed southwards along ...
Taiwan detects 33 Chinese military aircraft around island
Jan 27, 2024 (AFP)
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and has never renounced the use of force to try to bring the self-ruled island under its control. Ahead of Taiwan'...
China's top diplomat to discuss Taiwan with US security advisor
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have clashed in recent years on flashpoint issues from technology and trade to human rights, as well as over the self-ruled island and co...
On Taiwan's 'red beaches,' nonchalance about the threat from China
Jan 26, 2024 (UPI)
Just a half-hour's drive northwest of Taipei, the beach mainly attracts fishermen, who were out in modest numbers on a recent weekday morning to cast their line...
US support for Taiwan 'firm', lawmakers tell president-elect Lai
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Lai won the January 13 poll despite warnings from Beijing that he would bring "war and decline" to Taiwan, securing a third term for the Democratic Progressive ...
Taiwan kicks off one-year military service with buzz cuts before boot camp
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
The new recruits arriving in Taiwan's western city of Taichung on Thursday are the first batch taking part in the island's one-year mandatory military service -...
Taiwan douses speculation it may lose another Pacific ally
Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)
The dwindling list of countries that officially recognise Taiwan shrunk earlier this month, when Nauru abruptly severed diplomatic ties in favour of Beijing. Wi...
24 Chinese warplanes around Taiwan in first show of force since poll
Jan 18, 2024 (AFP)
The ministry, which releases data daily on the Chinese military presence around Taiwan, said Thursday that 24 warplanes and 5 ships had been detected in the 24 ...
Blinken warns against global disruption over Taiwan
Jan 17, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blinken called Taiwan's weekend election won by Lai Ching-te a "powerful affirmation of democracy". ...
Hong Kong crackdown turns Taiwan against China doctrine
Jan 15, 2024 (AFP)
Massive city-wide protests kicked off in Hong Kong in 2019, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the streets demanding greater autonomy from China. Riot ...
China says 'firmly opposed' to all official US-Taiwan exchanges
Jan 15, 2024 (AFP)
"China has always firmly opposed any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, and resolutely rebutted the United States for interfering ...
Taiwan president-elect hails US ties -- but loses Nauru
Jan 15, 2024 (AFP)
While Taiwan is not diplomatically recognised by the United States, Washington is a partner and its top weapons provider. The island lost one of its few formal ...
Taiwan tells China to 'face reality' after election
Jan 14, 2024 (AFP)
Voters spurned Beijing's repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China's ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separ...
China FM warns Taiwan independence moves will be 'harshly punished' after poll
Jan 14, 2024 (AFP)
Voters on the island spurned Beijing's repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China's ruling Communist Party sees as a d...
Taiwan's president-elect vows to defend island from China threats
Jan 13, 2024 (AFP)
Lai -- branded by Beijing as a threat to peace in the flashpoint region -- secured an unprecedented third consecutive term for the Democratic Progressive Party ...
China says 'reunification' with Taiwan remains 'inevitable' after vote
Jan 13, 2024 (AFP)
Lai, branded by China as a threat to peace, won an unprecedented third consecutive term for Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after he pitched ...
Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te as president, in definace of China
Jan 13, 2024 (UPI)
"We are telling the international community that between democracy and authoritarianism, we will stand on the side of democracy," Lai said at a press conference...
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