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Chinese moves on Taiwan rattle remote Japanese island
Sep 15, 2022 (AFP)
The western island is just 110 kilometres (70 miles) from Taiwan, and a Chinese missile fired during the drills last month landed not far from Yonaguni's shores...
Taiwan says beauty queen barred from waving flag in Malaysia
Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)
Miss Taiwan Kao Man-jung was photographed crying as other contestants in a beauty pageant appeared on stage during Tuesday's opening ceremony of the 2022 World ...
Lithuania delegation in Taiwan ahead of representative office opening
Sep 12, 2022 (AFP)
The European Union member's decision to swap representative offices with Taiwan has set off a bitter dispute with China, which sees the self-ruled island as par...
Taiwan leader confident of US trade deal
Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)
Washington unveiled plans for formal trade talks with Taiwan in a show of support as China was staging huge military drills last month. Taiwan lives under const...
French lawmakers visit Taiwan after China's war drill threats
Sep 07, 2022 (AFP)
The trip came as Taiwan held two days of live fire drills on a strategic island that lies between its coast and China. Taiwan is under constant threat of an inv...
US approves $1.1 billion in arms for Taiwan, angering China
Sep 03, 2022 (AFP)
The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch a show of force that ...
Taiwan shoots down 'civilian' UAV over tiny islet; August sees record 446 air incursions
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
It is the first time Taiwanese forces have downed a drone, and it comes at a time when tensions between the two neighbours are at their highest in decades follo...
Taiwan tycoon to train three million 'civilian warriors'
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
Robert Tsao, 75, is one of Taiwan's most successful businessmen and founded major microchip maker United Microelectronics Corp (UMC). He has been increasingly o...
Taiwan vows 'counter-attack' if China breaches airspace, territorial waters
Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)
The self-ruled, democratic island lives under constant threat of an invasion by China, which claims it as part of its territory to be seized one day -- by force...
Two US Navy warships transit through Taiwan Strait
Aug 28, 2022 (AFP)
In a statement, the US Navy said the passage "demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific." Tensions in the Taiwan Strait soared ...
Taiwan says China drills deepened international solidarity
Aug 26, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing staged the unprecedented sea and air drills in retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan this month, sending tensions to their hig...
Taiwan fruit, fish farmers feel squeeze of China's sanctions
Aug 26, 2022 (AFP)
Cross-strait tensions have risen to their highest level in decades as China rages over a visit by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this month. B...
US senator lands in Taiwan for fourth political visit this month
Aug 25, 2022 (AFP)
Tensions between China and the United States have soared to their highest level in decades since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit triggered Beijing's unpreced...
Taiwan announces plans for record defence budget after China drills
Aug 25, 2022 (AFP)
Taipei has proposed a defence budget of Tw$415.1 billion ($13.7 billion) for next year, up 13 percent year-on-year, pending parliamentary approval. An additiona...
'Not ready': Taiwan reservists stoic but unprepared for China threat
Aug 25, 2022 (AFP)
China's massive military drills this month pushed tensions in the Taiwan Strait to their highest point in years, deepening fears Beijing could forcibly take con...
No threat could shake Taiwanese resolve to defend island: Tsai
Aug 23, 2022 (AFP)
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have risen to their highest in years since Beijing staged unprecedented drills in retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ...
US governor visits Taiwan after China drills
Aug 22, 2022 (AFP)
Eric Holcomb, the Republican governor of Indiana, landed in Taiwan on Sunday for an "economic development trip". US-China tensions have risen since Beijing stag...
US, Taiwan to launch formal trade talks in autumn
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have soared to their highest in years after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei, sparking a furious response from Beijing...
US, Taiwan agree trade talks in face of 'growing China coercion'
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have soared to their highest in years after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei, sparking a furious response from Beijing...
US commander says China missile fire over Taiwan must be contested
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has carried out huge air and sea drills this month around Taiwan in a furious reaction to visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional de...
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