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China calls Taiwan flight a 'routine exercise'
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
The rare incursion of two J-11 fighter jets over the "median line" separating the self-ruled island from China drew condemnation from Taipei at the end of March...
Taiwan president says US trade deal would boost security
Apr 09, 2019 (AFP)
Addressing a think-tank forum in Washington by video, Tsai said the US and Taiwanese economies were "complementary" and that a trade pact could provide a model ...
Heaven sent: Taiwan honours dead with lavish paper models
Apr 04, 2019 (AFP)
Across the global Chinese diaspora, burning paper offerings has long been seen as a way to send ancestors gifts that they can use in the afterlife. In recent ye...
US warns Beijing against force after Taiwan incursion
Apr 02, 2019 (AFP)
"The United States opposes unilateral actions by any party that are aimed at altering the status quo, including anything related to force or coercion," State De...
Taiwan blasts China for 'reckless' fighter jet incursion
Mar 31, 2019 (AFP)
The Defence Ministry said Taiwan scrambled its own aircraft on Sunday morning and broadcast warnings after two J-11 fighter jets crossed over the "median line" ...
On US stopover, Taiwan leader says Hong Kong an omen
Mar 27, 2019 (AFP)
Tsai was speaking as she made a transit stop in Hawaii during a tour of three Pacific island nations that are among the dwindling allies that recognize Taipei r...
Taiwan president shores up dwindling allies on Pacific tour
Mar 23, 2019 (AFP)
Tsai arrived in Palau on Thursday to kick off her second official visit to the Pacific, amid growing concerns over Beijing's attempt to lure away Taipei's few r...
China protests Taiwan leader's US transit
Mar 21, 2019 (AFP)
Following a trip to Palau, Nauru and the Marshall Islands, Tsai is scheduled to transit through Hawaii on March 27. Taiwan is typically low-key in announcing it...
Taiwan leader to transit through US during Pacific trip: sources
Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)
Tsai will leave for Palau, Nauru and the Marshall Islands on Thursday in a trip to shore up ties amid growing concerns about China's increasing clout in the reg...
U.S. destroyer, cargo ship pass through Taiwan Strait
Feb 26, 2019 (UPI)
On Sunday and Monday, the USS Robert Stethem, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, and the USNS Cesar Chavez, a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, passed throug...
Two US Navy ships sail through Taiwan Strait
Feb 25, 2019 (AFP)
In a statement, the Pentagon said the USS Stethem destroyer and the USNS Cesar Chavez cargo ship sailed between the South China Sea and the East China Sea throu...
Statue of former Taiwan leader Chiang vandalised in Taipeil
Feb 22, 2019 (AFP)
An estimated 28,000 people were killed in the 1947 crackdown on island-wide riots after mainland troops were called in to quell the unrest under Chiang, whose K...
Taiwan's Tsai says no peace deal with China unless force ruled out
Feb 20, 2019 (AFP)
Tsai was speaking a day after she confirmed she would run for re-election in early 2020 despite falling ratings and an increasingly strained relationship with C...
Taiwan's Tsai confirms she will seek reelection in 2020
Feb 19, 2019 (AFP)
Tsai, who was elected in 2016 as the island's first female leader, told CNN she wanted to "complete" her vision for Taiwan in an interview on board her presiden...
Taiwan Announces New Phase of Space Program, Hopes for Moon Mission
Feb 18, 2019 (Sputnik)
The ambitious project, expected to cost NT$25.1 billion ($814 million), would be headed by Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories and the National Spac...
Dissidents trapped inside Taiwan airport allowed in after 125 days
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
Liu Xinglian, 64, and Yan Kefen, 44, spent 125 days marooned in the transit area of Taoyuan airport after they arrived from Bangkok in September last year. The ...
Wife of jailed Taiwan activist condemns China visitation ban
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
NGO worker Lee Ming-che was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2017 on charges of subverting state power by a court in central Hunan province, as act...
'At any cost': China warns US Navy over Taiwan
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
General Li Zuocheng, a member of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during a meeting in Beijing with Admiral John Richardson, the chief of US nav...
Chinese general issues 'war criminal' warning to Taiwan
Jan 09, 2019 (AFP)
"Supporters of Taiwanese separatism must stop in time to avoid disaster, repent and return to the right path. Otherwise they will become the scum of the Chinese...
Taiwan's China-sceptic ruling party to elect new head
Jan 06, 2019 (AFP)
Tsai and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a 2016 landslide, sweeping away a government that had built much closer ties to China over the previous deca...
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