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Taiwan murder suspect repatriated from China
Dec 08, 2021 (AFP)
The suspect is accused of shooting a man dead before fleeing to the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen, where police say he has admitted to the crime. On Wedne...
China to repatriate Taiwan murder suspect in rare deal
Dec 07, 2021 (AFP)
The suspect, identified by his family name Huang, fled to the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen last month after allegedly shooting and killing a man in New T...
Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
With flashlights in hand and shielded by protective gloves, dozens of volunteers from the Taiwan Amphibian Conservation Society worked through the night searchi...
Slovakia wants to be 'equal partner' in trade with Taiwan: official
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
China claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as its territory, to be retaken one day by force if necessary, and has stepped up efforts to diplomatically isolate it...
Pentagon chief says China ops near Taiwan resemble 'rehearsals'
Dec 04, 2021 (AFP)
President Joe Biden's Pentagon chief said the United States remained committed to supporting "Taiwan's ability to defend itself." In a speech devoted largely to...
Lithuania says China blocking its exports over Taiwan
Dec 03, 2021 (AFP)
China has already downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania and stopped issuing visas in the Baltic EU state in protest. "We regret the decision of the Chinese ...
Beijing summons Japan envoy over ex-PM's 'erroneous' Taiwan remarks
Dec 02, 2021 (AFP)
With Chinese warplanes making historically high levels of incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone in recent months, fears among Western allies like the US and...
Taiwan hopes to 'deepen' Honduras ties under pro-Beijing Castro
Dec 01, 2021 (AFP)
This week's election in the Central American nation has been closely watched in Taipei because Honduras is one of just 15 countries that still diplomatically re...
China's Taiwan jet incursions at second-highest level in November
Dec 01, 2021 (AFP)
Self-ruled Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which views the island as its own territory and has vowed to seize it one day, by force ...
China 'hunting' Taiwanese abroad through deportation: rights group
Dec 01, 2021 (AFP)
More than 600 Taiwanese were extradited from various countries to China between 2016 and 2019 in an effort to "undermine Taiwanese sovereignty", rights group Sa...
'Wide support' for Taiwan policy in Lithuania: lawmaker
Nov 29, 2021 (AFP)
Matas Maldeikis led a delegation of parliamentarians from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia that arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, the latest in a recent string of visit...
China conducts drills near Taiwan Strait after US lawmakers' visit
Nov 27, 2021 (AFP)
Tensions between Beijing and Washington have soared over the fate of democratic self-ruled Taiwan, which China has vowed to one day retake, by force if necessar...
Second US delegation visits Taiwan this month
Nov 26, 2021 (AFP)
International sympathy for Taiwan having a place on the world stage is growing, especially among western nations, as China's authoritarian leader Xi Jinping tak...
China stops issuing visas in Lithuania amid Taiwan row
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
"Due to technical reasons, consular services will be suspended from November 25," the Chinese embassy said in a statement. "The date of resumption of services w...
Biden invites Taiwan to democracy summit alongside 110 countries
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
Taiwan thanked Biden for the invitation and said the gathering would be a rare opportunity for the self-ruled democracy to burnish its credentials on the world ...
US warship transits Taiwan Strait after Biden-Xi summit
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
The passage through the Taiwan Strait by the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Milius was a routine transit, the US Seventh Fleet said. The voyag...
China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania over Taiwan row
Nov 21, 2021 (AFP)
China baulks at any official use of the word "Taiwan" in case it gives international legitimacy to the island, which Beijing considers part of its territory to ...
Taiwan deploys first advanced F-16V fighter squadron
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
President Tsai Ing-wen oversaw the ceremony at an air base in the southern city of Chiayi alongside Sandra Oudkirk, Washington's de facto ambassador to Taiwan. ...
Taiwan opens Lithuania representative office using its own name
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
China tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage and baulks at any official use of the word "Taiwan", lest it lend a sense of international legitimacy to ...
Key takeaways from the Xi-Biden summit
Nov 16, 2021 (AFP)
After exchanging cordial greetings, leaders of the two rival superpowers had what Beijing described as a "frank, constructive" discussion that lasted over three...
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