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US warship sails through Taiwan Strait, China 'concerned'
Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)
The transit came as China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, unveiled a defence white paper Wednesday stressing its willingness to use force to thwart ...
Taiwan pledges help for Hong Kong protesters seeking sanctuary
Jul 19, 2019 (AFP)
The pledge risks infuriating Beijing but comes as Taiwan gears up for a presidential election where a dominating issue will be relations with the mainland -- wh...
Populist pro-China mayor to face Tsai in Taiwan presidential clash
Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)
Han Kuo-yu won the primary for the Kuomintang (KMT), comfortably seeing off a challenge from Taiwan's richest man, billionaire Foxconn founder Terry Gou. His vi...
China demands US cancel arms sale to Taiwan
Jul 13, 2019 (AFP)
The US later shrugged off China's complaints, responding that the equipment would contribute to "peace and stability" in Asia. The sale would be the first trans...
Fights break out as Taiwan's President Tsai visits New York
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
Taiwanese media broadcast footage of the clashes outside the Grand Hyatt, where Tsai is staying during her two-day US trip. Opponents of Tsai -- many waving Chi...
US State Dept approves potential $2.2 bn major arms sale to Taiwan
Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)
It would be the first big-ticket US military sale to Taiwan in decades, and comes amid already strained ties between Washington and Beijing -- which has express...
Taiwan's $2.2B missile, tank purchase approved by State Department
Jul 09, 2019 (UPI)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Monday notified Congress it approved a $2 billion deal for 108 M1A2T Abrams tanks and a $223.6 million deal for Man-P...
Taiwan bars former top officials from Chinese political events
Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)
Ties between China and Taiwan are frosty, with the mainland cutting off communications with the island's government after the election of Beijing-sceptic Presid...
Taiwan leader plans US stopover on diplomatic tour
Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)
China sees the self-ruling democratic island as part of its territory awaiting reunification, and bristles at countries that might lend Taiwan diplomatic suppor...
Taiwan braces for pro-China fake news deluge as elections loom
Jun 27, 2019 (AFP)
Torrential rain did little to put off tens of thousands of people rallying in Taipei last Sunday against what they have dubbed the "red media". The term is used...
Hong Kong unrest alarms Taiwan with wary eye on China
Jun 15, 2019 (AFP)
Taiwan has been a self-ruled de facto nation in charge of its own affairs and borders for the last 70 years. But the leaders in Beijing maintain it is part of t...
Taiwan's Tsai to seek re-election after defeating party challenger
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
The island goes to the polls in January to elect a new president, in a contest set to be dominated by relations with China. The Democratic Progressive Party (DP...
Populist China-friendly mayor to run for Taiwan president
Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)
Han Kuo-yu, who seized the mayoralty of southern Kaohsiung city from the ruling party in a shock victory last year, was among five candidates announced on Monda...
Taiwan's request for US tanks and missiles sparks China anger
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
Taipei's defence ministry has formally asked for 108 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, more than 1,500 Javelin and TOW anti-tank missiles, and 250 shoulder-fired S...
China will not renounce use of force in Taiwan reunification: defence minister
Jun 02, 2019 (AFP)
"We will strive for the process of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity and greatest efforts but we make no promise to renounce the use of force," Gener...
China says US 'playing with fire' over Taiwan
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
The United States diplomatically recognises China over Taiwan, but Beijing has bristled at the close relations between Washington and the self-ruled democratic ...
Taiwan fighters land on highway for Chinese 'invasion' war games
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
The self-ruled island has long lived under the threat of invasion by Beijing which views Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to take it back by force ...
China rebukes US over warship sail-by in Taiwan Strait
May 23, 2019 (AFP)
The US Navy said the USS Preble, a destroyer, and USNS Walter S. Diehl, a supply ship, conducted a routine transit "in accordance with international law" on Wed...
Taiwan won't ask for murder suspect if HK passes extradition law
May 10, 2019 (AFP)
Hong Kong's government is pushing a bill through the city's legislature which would allow case-by-case extraditions to any jurisdictions it doesn't have an alre...
US committment to Taiwan security 'rock-solid': ex-official
Apr 15, 2019 (AFP)
The laws passed by the US congress in 1979 required Washington to provide Taiwan with means of self-defence even as the United States switched diplomatic recogn...
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