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Taiwan's China-sceptic ruling party opts for moderate new leader
Jan 06, 2019 (AFP)
Tsai and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a 2016 landslide poll, sweeping away a government that had built much closer ties to China over the previous...
Democratic allies should rally to protect Taiwan from China: Tsai
Jan 05, 2019 (AFP)
Relations between Taiwan and China have been at a low since Tsai came to power in 2016, refusing to acknowledge that the self-ruled island is part of "one China...
China will not give up use of military force over Taiwan: Xi
Jan 02, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing "reserves the option of taking all necessary measures" against outside forces that interfere with peaceful reunification and Taiwan independence separat...
Taiwan reunification with China 'inevitable': Xi
Jan 02, 2019 (AFP)
Xi's comments provoked a swift rebuke from Taipei, where President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan's people would never willingly give up the kind of democratic freedo...
China taking advantage of Taiwan's openness, warns Tsai
Jan 01, 2019 (AFP)
Relations between China and Taiwan have spent two years in the doldrums since the election of Tsai, who has refused to acknowledge Beijing's stance that the isl...
Taiwan rebuffs China tourist snub with record 2018 arrivals
Dec 31, 2018 (AFP)
The number of Chinese mainlanders visiting Taiwan has dropped dramatically since the 2016 election of president Tsai Ing-wen who has refused to acknowledge Beij...
HK says Taiwan metal band leader denied visa lacks 'special skills'
Dec 24, 2018 (AFP)
ChthoniC, one of Asia's most successful black metal bands, slammed the decision as "ridiculous" after they were forced to pull out of a music festival in the so...
Taiwan pro-independence band cancels Hong Kong show over visa delay
Dec 22, 2018 (AFP)
"The Hong Kong government has kept delaying and has yet to issue work visas... We have no choice but to cancel the show," ChthoniC, one of Asia's best-known bla...
Five takeaways from Taiwan's vote results
Nov 25, 2018 (AFP)
Tsai has pitched herself and her party as champions for democracy in the face of rising pressure from China, which sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be re...
Taiwan's progressive image takes hit after divisive polls
Nov 25, 2018 (AFP)
Rival referendums on same-sex unions saw "pro-family" groups defeat pro-gay campaigners in what Amnesty International called a "bitter blow and a step backwards...
Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle
Nov 24, 2018 (AFP)
The result came at the end of a dramatic evening which saw Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen resign as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) aft...
Divided Taiwan to vote in key test for ruling party
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
The ballot includes an unprecedented 10 referendums, one of which calls for Taiwan to change the name it uses at sports events, a proposal that has already ange...
Come home and vote, President Tsai tells Taiwanese Americans
Nov 12, 2018 (AFP)
In an address to the Taiwanese Association of America in Washington DC, Tsai Ing-wen said the island could always count on the expat group that has chapters acr...
Taiwan navy gets two new warships as China tensions grow
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Rival China has upped military drills including a live fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait in April, declaring its willingness to confront the island's "independ...
China army to do 'whatever it takes' to retain Taiwan
Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing considers the self-ruled, democratic island to be part of its territory awaiting reunification, even though the two sides have been governed separately ...
'It is a pity' - regret as Chinese golfers skip event in Taiwan
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
The unexplained withdrawal of Feng, a former world number one, and rookie player Liu leaves the LPGA Taiwan Championship without any Chinese players and follows...
China voices 'concern' as US warships sail through Taiwan Strait
Oct 23, 2018 (AFP)
The move adds to increasingly fraught relations between the two countries, which have clashed over a number of issues, including trade, Beijing's territorial cl...
US warships sail through Taiwan Strait
Oct 22, 2018 (AFP)
The USS Curtis Wilbur and USS Antietam conducted a routine transit to demonstrate US commitment "to a free and open Indo-Pacific," Colonel Rob Manning told repo...
Thousands rally for Taiwan independence vote
Oct 20, 2018 (AFP)
The protest in central Taipei came as China increasingly pushes its claim to the self-ruling democratic island and President Tsai Ing-wen struggles to appease B...
Tens of thousands rally for Taiwan independence vote
Oct 20, 2018 (AFP)
The protest in central Taipei came as China increasingly pushes its claim to the self-ruling democratic island and President Tsai Ing-wen struggles to appease B...
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