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Taiwan politicians break ranks to meet with Beijing
Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)
A group of opposition officials from Taiwan have bypassed the government and travelled to China on a bridge-building trip as relations with Beijing turn frosty ...
Taiwan protests over slump in China tourist visits
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of tourism industry workers took to the streets in Taiwan Monday, demanding the government address a slump in visitors from China as cross-strait ties...
Taiwan protests over Armenia deportations to China
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan protested Wednesday after Armenia deported 78 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China, the latest such deportation to spark a dispute with Beijing. The suspect...
Taiwan faces new rout of China ties over controversial diplomat
Sep 01, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan's already frosty relations with Beijing are set to cool further after the appointment of a controversial diplomat to handle cross-strait ties sparked a b...
Tough road for Taiwan's Tsai after rocky start to presidency
Aug 25, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is battling falling popularity and increased pressure from Beijing as she approaches 100 days in office marred by controversy. S...
Chinese official defends protest-hit visit to Taiwan
Aug 23, 2016 (AFP)
A top Shanghai official Tuesday defended his controversial visit to Taiwan as "open and transparent" as protesters burnt his photo and accused him of promoting ...
Protests as China official visits Taiwan
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwanese shouting anti-communist slogans staged protests at an airport and a school on Monday against a visit by a top Shanghai official which they see as inte...
Taiwan starts annual live-fire drills after gaffes
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan Monday kicked off its largest annual live-fire military exercise -- the first under new President Tsai Ing-wen -- as the island's army struggles with its...
Three soldiers dead as tank plunges into river in Taiwan
Aug 16, 2016 (AFP)
Three soldiers were killed when a tank slipped and plunged into a river during heavy rains following an annual firing drill in southern Taiwan, officials said T...
Taiwan ramps up training after deadly missile gaffe
Jul 13, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan Wednesday said it was ramping up defence training and guidelines after a missile was accidentally launched towards China, killing one person and triggeri...
Taiwan accidentally fires missile towards China, hitting trawler
Jul 01, 2016 (AFP)
A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday, hitting a fishing boat and killing one person, t...
Taiwan 'to test-fire missiles in US' as China tensions rise
Jun 27, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the United States next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defence...
China cuts official contact with Taiwan over new president
Jun 25, 2016 (AFP)
China said Saturday that communications with Taiwan had been suspended after the island's new government failed to acknowledge the concept that there is only "o...
Cambodia deports 25 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China: police
Jun 24, 2016 (AFP)
Cambodia deported 25 Taiwanese nationals wanted on fraud charges to China Friday, an official said, prompting an angry rebuke from Taipei which wanted the suspe...
China to 'send plane' as Taiwanese face deportation from Cambodia
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
Eight more Taiwanese nationals have been arrested in Cambodia over an alleged telephone scam, police said Tuesday, with China apparently poised to send a plane ...
Cambodia to deport 13 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China
Jun 20, 2016 (AFP)
Cambodia said Monday it would deport 13 Taiwanese nationals arrested on fraud charges to mainland China, as Taipei said its emissaries had been prevented from m...
China axes Taiwanese children's choir trip
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
China has axed a visit by a popular Taiwanese children's choir after they sang the national anthem at the inauguration of the island's new president, as ties be...
Taiwan ex-leader warns new government over China ties
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan's former president Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday urged the island's new China-sceptic government to uphold ties with Beijing, as relations with the mainland ...
Taiwan's Tsai to visit Panama as alliance in question
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan's new president is set to visit Panama next week in her first overseas trip since taking office, amid speculation that it could become the next ally to s...
Taiwan rejects ex-president's Hong Kong trip
Jun 12, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan's new government on Sunday refused former president Ma Ying-jeou permission to visit Hong Kong, citing national security considerations, sparking an angr...
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