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Taiwan foreign minister to address Prague conference
Jun 09, 2023 (AFP)
Wu will share the floor with Czech President Petr Pavel at the summit, described by the organisers as "an international conference on security policy". "I can c...
'Unsafe' action by China near American ship in Taiwan Strait: US
Jun 04, 2023 (AFP)
It is the second close encounter between American and Chinese military assets in less than 10 days, following what the US military said was an "unnecessarily ag...
China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu accuses U.S. of 'provocation,' warns of 'disaster' of war
Jun 04, 2023 (UPI)
Gen. Li made his remarks in a speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on the heels of a near collision of U.S. and Chinese warships in th...
US and Taiwan ink trade deal as China issues warning
Jun 01, 2023 (AFP)
The US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade looks to boost trade by streamlining customs checks, improving regulatory procedures, and establishing anticorrup...
Taiwan, US to sign trade deal: Taipei
Jun 01, 2023 (AFP)
The Office of Trade Negotiations in Taipei announced that the first batch of agreements under "The US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade" will be inked in ...
Taiwan's Quanta Computer confirms new investment in Mexico
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
A Tesla supplier and Macbook maker, Quanta is one of the world's leading electronics and contract manufacturers, and is best known for making the "brains" that ...
Paraguay ready to trade with China despite Taiwan relations: president
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
Benitez told the Qatar Economic Forum how newly elected president Santiago Pena had committed to maintaining Paraguay's six-decade old relations with Taiwan tha...
Taiwan's WHO exclusion risks 'terrible impact': minister
May 21, 2023 (AFP)
"Excluding Taiwan from WHO not only jeopardises the right to health of the 23.5 million people of Taiwan, it also seriously undermines WHO's efforts to achieve ...
Taiwan president vows to keep 'status quo' on cross-strait relations
May 20, 2023 (AFP)
Under Tsai's two terms as president, the self-ruled island has seen stepped-up warplanes and sea incursions from China -- which claims Taiwan as its territory t...
Taiwan opposition picks popular mayor as presidential candidate
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
The poll in January is widely being viewed as a referendum on President Tsai Ing-wen's handling of self-ruled Taiwan's relations with China, which have soured d...
Ex-PM Truss urges UK to get tough with China on Taiwan
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
China considers self-ruled Taiwan to be its territory, to be taken one day by force if necessary, and strongly opposes any formal engagement with the island, in...
Taiwan's main opposition party picks popular mayor as presidential candidate
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
The election in January is seen as a referendum on President Tsai-Ing-wen's handling of self-ruled Taiwan's relations with China, which have soured during her t...
In Taiwan, UK's ex-PM urges West to confront 'Cold War' with China
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
In a speech in Taipei, Truss is due to call for Sunak to make good on his Conservative leadership campaign pledge last year to designate China as a strategic "t...
Ukraine war providing lessons for Taiwan: Austin
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
"We've learned a number of important lessons from Ukraine's... war with Russia," Austin told a Senate hearing when asked about strategies to defend Taiwan again...
Taiwan publishers warn against visiting China as editor held
May 12, 2023 (AFP)
Activists and journalists in Taiwan sounded the alarm last month over the disappearance of China-born Li Yanhe, who lives in Taiwan and is the editor-in-chief o...
UK's Truss heads to Taiwan to show 'solidarity' against China
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
The announcement coincided with the first visit by a British minister to Hong Kong since 2018, before China dismantled the former UK colony's democracy movement...
Taiwan holds first training for women reservists
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing -- which claims Taiwan as its territory to be taken one day -- has conducted multiple military exercises around self-ruled Taiwan in the past year. Taip...
Taiwan in talks for $500 mn weapons package from US: defence minister
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
The self-ruled, democratic island lives under constant threat of an invasion by China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory to be seized one day -- by f...
Taiwan leader, Paraguay president-elect reaffirm ties in phone call
May 05, 2023 (AFP)
Economist and former finance minister Pena had vowed to continue recognising Taiwan, and his win erased Taipei's fear that Paraguay would ditch ties with the se...
US ex-general urges Taiwan to 'learn from' Russia-Ukraine conflict
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion by China, which views the island as part of its territory to be reclaimed one day -- by force, if nece...
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