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China hits out at Slovenia for plan to strengthen Taiwan ties
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
China claims democratic Taiwan as its territory, to be retaken one day by force if necessary, and has stepped up efforts to diplomatically isolate it in recent ...
Taiwan VP to attend Honduras inauguration with diplomatic ties in balance
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
Castro said during campaigning that she would "immediately open diplomatic and commercial relations with mainland China" if she won. Last month, neighbouring Ni...
Slovenia in talks over closer cooperation with Taiwan
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
"We are working on establishing ... well, on exchanging representatives," Jansa told an interview to India's Doordarshan national television published on the go...
Taiwan sets up $1 bn credit for Lithuania amid China row
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
The move comes after Taiwan last week said it would create a $200 million (176 million euros) investment fund for the Baltic EU state, which allowed Taiwan to o...
Taiwan passes extra $8.6 bln defence budget as China threat grows
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
The government proposed a five-year special defence budget of around TW$237.3 billion from 2022 as Chinese warplanes breached its air defence zone at unpreceden...
Washington reaffirms support for Lithuania against China
Jan 08, 2022 (AFP)
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai today spoke with European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis "and expressed the United States' strong ...
Taiwan begins deporting Chinese nationals in rare cooperation
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
Police from both sides routinely returned fugitives to their respective territories under a 2009 agreement but deportations have grown rarer since President Tsa...
Taiwan troops simulate urban warfare with China
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of an invasion by authoritarian China, which claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized on...
Taiwan sets up $200m fund for Lithuania after China row
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in Vilnius in November under its own name -- a significant diplomatic departure that set off a bitter d...
Lithuanian president says Taiwan office name was 'mistake'
Jan 04, 2022 (AFP)
The representative office was opened in Vilnius in November, prompting a backlash from China. "I think it was not the opening of the Taiwanese office that was a...
Taiwan offers a port in a diplomatic storm for Lithuanian rum
Jan 03, 2022 (AFP)
China has downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania after Vilnius allowed Taiwan to open a representative office under its own name in November. It has also sto...
Taiwan leader urges China to curb 'military adventurism'
Jan 01, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has ramped up military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, as she rejects the stance that the island is Chinese ...
China warns US will 'face unbearable price' on Taiwan
Dec 30, 2021 (AFP)
Tensions between China and the US have soared in recent years over issues including human rights, trade and technological competition, with Taiwan emerging as a...
Taiwan threatens legal action against Nicaragua over embassy 'seizure'
Dec 30, 2021 (AFP)
According to Taiwan's foreign ministry, the Nicaraguan government "seized" its former embassy property that was already sold to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese o...
Taiwanese pop star's messy divorce captures Chinese internet
Dec 22, 2021 (AFP)
The online war of words between Taiwanese-American pop idol Wang Leehom and his estranged wife Lee Jinglei has exploded in recent days, generating breathless ta...
Taiwan protests after South Korea disinvites minister from conference
Dec 21, 2021 (AFP)
The term, which refers to the Taiwan Strait, is commonly used in diplomacy to describe relations between Taipei and Beijing, which considers the island its terr...
French lawmakers arrive in Taiwan for five-day visit
Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)
It is the second time this year a delegation from France has visited the island and is the latest in a flurry of trips made by European and American politicians...
Lithuania recalls embassy chief from China over Taiwan row
Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)
"Lithuania's charge d'affaires ad interim in China Audra Ciapiene returns to Vilnius for consultations," Lithuania's foreign ministry said in a statement. "In t...
Biden pressed over Taiwan at democracy summit; French lawmakers arrive in Taipei for visit
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
Audrey Tang, a Taiwanese minister, was speaking Friday at Biden's inaugural virtual Summit on Democracy when the broadcast abruptly stopped. The cut came as Tan...
Nicaragua switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China
Dec 10, 2021 (AFP)
The announcement leaves Taiwan with just 14 diplomatic allies but comes as Taipei strengthens ties with multiple unofficial Western friends including the United...
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