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Navy destroyer USS Russell passes through Taiwan Strait
Jun 05, 2020 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer made the voyage days after China's newest aircraft carrier, Shangdong, left the area and sailed northward for s...
Taiwan urges Beijing to acknowledge Tiananmen crackdown
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
Hundreds of people were killed during the Communist Party's suppression of demonstrations calling for democratic reforms. Open discussion of the incident is for...
Taiwan president meets HK dissident, promises support for protesters
May 29, 2020 (AFP)
The meeting in Taipei with Lam Wing-kee comes a day after China's rubber-stamp parliament approved plans to impose a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong...
Taiwan leader vows 'action plan' for Hong Kong protesters
May 27, 2020 (AFP)
Hong Kong was upended by months of often violent pro-democracy protests last year sparked by rising fears that Beijing is chipping away at the city's freedoms. ...
China says Pompeo congratulating Taiwan president 'very dangerous'
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing views the island as part of its territory and has vowed to seize it by force if necessary. "The US move... seriously interferes in China's internal affa...
US hails Taiwan model, but impact on China to be seen
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Experts, however, doubt there will be a major impact for Taiwan -- and fear the robust US backing could even backfire if Beijing comes to view its complex relat...
China slams US for 'dangerous' message to Taiwan's leader
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Taiwanese voters handed Tsai a second term with a landslide win in January, a vocal rebuke of China's ongoing campaign to isolate the island. She was sworn in f...
Tsai says China must 'coexist' with a democratic Taiwan
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Taiwanese voters handed Tsai a second term with a landslide win in January, a vocal rebuke of China's ongoing campaign to isolate the island. Tsai, 63, is loath...
Taiwan says membership won't be discussed at WHO meeting
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
Taiwan has had remarkable success in combatting the pandemic with only seven deaths and some 400 infections. But it is frozen out of the WHO by Beijing which re...
Why is Taiwan excluded from the WHO?
May 16, 2020 (AFP)
Led by the United States, a growing number of countries are calling for Taiwan to either be allowed into the WHO, or be given observer status. The spat is likel...
France bats away China anger over Taiwan arms deal
May 13, 2020 (AFP)
The foreign ministry stressed that under a 1994 agreement that re-established ties with Beijing, France respected the so-called one-China policy recognising Tai...
US demands WHO invite Taiwan to meeting
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
The United States itself has yet to confirm its participation in the May 18-19 talks of the World Health Assembly, which comes after President Donald Trump vowe...
China condemns US tweet on Taiwan exclusion from UN
May 02, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing's diplomatic mission to the UN expressed "strong outrage and firm opposition" to a message on Friday by the United States calling Taiwan's exclusion an ...
Taiwan president apologises for virus infections on navy ship
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
So far 28 people on board the frigate "Panshi" have tested positive for the virus after returning from a trip to the Pacific island nation -- one of just 15 cou...
WHO denies ignoring Taiwan early virus warning
Apr 10, 2020 (AFP)
The US has accused the body of "putting politics first" by ignoring Taiwan's warning in late December, and thus helping Beijing conceal the pandemic's gravity. ...
Taiwan says US media expelled from China are welcome
Mar 28, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing ordered the expulsion of 13 journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal earlier this month as part of a widening spat o...
US warship sails through Taiwan Strait during virus spat
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
The US Pacific Fleet sent a tweet on Thursday confirming the USS McCampbell, a guided missile destroyer, had transited the strait a day earlier. Taiwan's defenc...
Taiwan anger over China military drills during virus outbreak
Mar 25, 2020 (AFP)
The self-ruled democratic island has had to scramble its own fighter jets in response to recent Chinese manoeuvres, designed to show that Beijing's military mig...
Taiwan's China-friendly KMT picks youngest ever leader
Mar 07, 2020 (AFP)
Lawmaker Johnny Chiang won more than two-thirds of an internal vote to become the youngest ever Kuomintang (KMT) chairman at 48, beating former Taipei mayor Hau...
Chinese bomber flies over Taiwan Strait as tensions rise
Feb 28, 2020 (AFP)
The move comes after Taiwan earlier this month scrambled F-16 fighter planes when a Chinese jet crossed into its air space. "The H-6 bomber passed through our s...
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