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Senior US diplomat wraps up Taiwan visit as China flexes muscle
Sep 19, 2020 (AFP)
Keith Krach, undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment, was the highest-ranking State Department official to visit Taiwan since 19...
Taiwan scrambles jets as China military overshadows US visit
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
According to Taipei's defence ministry, 18 Chinese aircraft -- including bombers and fighters -- entered Taiwan's southwest air defence identification zone (ADI...
US sends top-level diplomat to Taiwan, defying China
Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)
Keith Krach, undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment, was heading to Taipei to attend a memorial service for late president Lee ...
US envoy's Tawian visit encourages 'separatist forces': China
Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)
Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters "China strongly opposes" the visit by Under Secretary Keith Krach as it will "encourage the arrogant attit...
Taiwan calls for global defence against China 'threat'
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
Taiwan was "on the front line defending democracies from being taken over by the communist China" and needed help from other countries, he told the France 24 TV...
Taiwan bird group blames political flap for ejection from global network
Sep 15, 2020 (AFP)
The incident is the latest illustration of how businesses, charities and other organisations in democratic Taiwan find themselves frozen out of international bo...
Taiwan's opposition KMT cancels China talks
Sep 14, 2020 (AFP)
The snub highlights growing friction between China and the Kuomintang (KMT) party, which favours warmer ties with Beijing but is struggling to persuade an incre...
Taiwan artisans fuse reality and fantasy in miniature worlds
Sep 11, 2020 (AFP)
When he is not designing interiors, 51-year-old Hank Cheng can usually be found in his studio conjuring tiny but intricately detailed scenes. "I like to try to ...
Taiwan condemns 'serious provocation' after Chinese jet incursion
Sep 10, 2020 (AFP)
Taiwanese authorities said multiple Chinese planes, including Su-30 fighter, J-10 fighter and Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft, intruded into Taiwan's Air Defense Id...
Somaliland launches representative office in Taiwan
Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)
Taiwan and Somaliland have grown closer in recent years, finding common ground in their peculiar and isolated international status. Both are thriving self-run d...
Taiwan urges international alliance to safeguard regional stability
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
Although Tsai Ing-wen did not mention China by name, there was no mistaking who she was referring to in a speech Tuesday to an Asia-Pacific security forum in Ta...
China says Czech visit to Taiwan harmed its sovereignty
Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)
A delegation of about 90 Czech politicians, entrepreneurs, scientists and journalists led by senate speaker Milos Vystrcil visited Taiwan from August 30 to Sept...
Czechs summon Chinese envoy over Taiwan row
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
A delegation led by Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil arrived in Taipei on Sunday, angering China which is trying to keep the island isolated from the rest of...
'I am Taiwanese': Czech speaker channels JFK in Taiwan speech
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil channelled Kennedy's 1963 challenge to communism when he declared "Ich bin ein Berliner" to West Berlin citizens worried abo...
Taiwan builds on recognition with Czech delegation
Aug 30, 2020 (AFP)
The 90-member group, led by senate speaker Milos Vystrcil, landed two weeks after US health chief Alex Azar marshalled the highest-level mission to Taiwan by Wa...
Taiwan 'on front lines of freedom' after HK crackdown: president
Aug 27, 2020 (AFP)
In a video speech to an Australian think tank, Tsai called for like-minded countries to protect Taiwan, pitching the self-ruled democracy as a dependable ally t...
Thousands of Taiwan government email accounts 'hacked by China'
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
The damage done was "not small", according to a top Taiwan cyber official, who said the full impact was still being assessed. Taipei has accused Beijing of step...
Taiwan's new Somaliland ties anger Beijing, Mogadishu
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
Taiwan opened its office in the Somaliland capital Hargeisa on Monday, with the flags of both territories raised and their anthems played. Beijing accused autho...
Taiwan opens office in breakaway state Somaliland
Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)
The flags of both territories were hoisted and officials sang their respective national anthems during a ceremony at the office in the Somaliland capital Hargei...
Czech senate speaker, Prague mayor to visit Taiwan
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
Milos Vystrcil's delegation including the Prague mayor, the wife of late speaker Jaroslav Kubera and business leaders are scheduled to visit between August 30 a...
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