During the three-day visit Health Secretary Alex Azar will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, who advocates Taiwan being recognised as a sovereign nation and is loathed by China's leaders. Azar is the most ... ( read original story ...)
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Taiwan would support a US project called the 2X Women’s Initiative ... drug dealing in the first half of this year than in the same period last year, the Taipei City Police Department’s Criminal ... ( read original story ...)
China and Taiwan Both Send Military to South China Sea as Tensions Grow
This week, mainland China sent amphibious armored vehicles to the South China Sea as Taiwan deployed troops to reinforce the Pratas Islands. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Visit to Taiwan Begins, Adding to Escalating China Tensions
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will arrive in Taiwan on Sunday for the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to the island in decades, a trip that stands to further worsen spiraling ... ( read original story ...)
US to begin highest level Taiwan visit in decades
A senior member of US President Donald Trump's administration will land in Taiwan Sunday for Washington's highest level visit since switching diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a move Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
How China gamed the multilateral trading system | Opinion
Perhaps the most disturbing thing from a free market perspective is the role of state-owned enterprises in China’s trade policy. ( read original story ...)
US health secretary’s Taiwan trip is culmination of strategic shift
A trip by the US health secretary to a country that has successfully contained coronavirus would not normally be controversial — unless that country is Taiwan, which China claims as its territory. ( read original story ...)
US-China relations: is Azar’s visit to Taiwan a sign of Washington’s disregard for Beijing?
US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is set to lead a delegation to Taipei on Sunday, but observers say his trip is unlikely to herald the re-establishment of diplomatic ties. ( read original story ...)
As China Tensions Soar, US Embraces Taiwan With Visit, But Cautiously
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is heading to Taiwan to showcase the island's stunningly successful COVID-19 response as Trump, facing a tough re-election with pandemic deaths climbing ... ( read original story ...)
South China Sea: Beijing mobilises invasion craft along coast as Taiwan tensions escalate
As tensions between Taiwan and China continue to escalate, satellite images reportedly show amphibious armoured vehicles and mobile missile launchers massing at military bases near the island nation. ( read original story ...)
Huawei To Stop Smartphone Chip Production Due To US Sanctions
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said production of its most advanced smartphone chips would stop in September due to US sanctions, causing a "huge loss". Huawei -- the world's biggest producer of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Exports See Surprise Increase as Tech Shipments Surge
Taiwan’s exports unexpectedly rose for the first time since February, spurred by a surge in U.S. and Chinese demand for technology products. Overseas shipments from Taiwan rose 0.4% last month, ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan airlines offer sight-seeing flights during pandemic
Faced with the coronavirus collapse in travellers, Taiwanese airlines have begun offering sight-seeing "flights to nowhere" on their passenger jets -- including flight attendant lessons for children. ( read original story ...)
US health chief to visit Taiwan, a COVID-19 success story
U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said Friday he wants to learn about Taiwan's “incredibly effective” response to the cornavirus even though the island did things that the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Planned Taiwan visit escalates tensions between U.S., China
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar is gearing up for a trip to Taiwan that will mark the highest-level visit to the island by a U.S. official since 1979 — and in the process add fuel to ... ( read original story ...)
June exports rise 0.4%, ending four months of decline
Taiwan’s exports last month rose 0.4 percent from a year earlier to US$28.2 billion, ending four months of declines, thanks to robust demand for electronics used in remote working and distance ... ( read original story ...)