If a US President keeps vowing to do something, and his aides keep insisting he won't, no one is sure what to believe -- a potential dangerous state of affairs on fraught international issues. ( read original story ...)
Analysis-Biden’s Taiwan remarks show conviction to defend island but carry risks
There is an old saying in politics that a gaffe is when a politician says what they really mean. And critics of U.S. President Joe Biden say he has made his fair share when it comes to Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: US keeps world guessing on Taiwan stance
For the third time in less than a year, President Joe Biden has stirred controversy with his comments about Taiwan. The latest example came during his visit to Japan, when a reporter asked if the ... ( read original story ...)
The Topsy-Turvy End of Zero COVID in Taiwan
Taiwan was one of the only places on earth that aimed to keep the novel coronavirus outside its borders altogether. The National Health Command Center, a special agency formed in 2004 after the SARS ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. will defend Taiwan if China attacks, Biden says
The U.S. will use force to defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by the People's Republic of China, President Biden said Monday during a news conference in Tokyo. When asked if the U.S. would defend ... ( read original story ...)
AMD Unveils Upcoming Ryzen 7000 Series and AM5 Motherboards
Computex Taipei 2022 has officially kicked off today, from May 23rd to May 27th at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center in Taiwan. And the first official event of the week-long programme is headed by ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei cuts MRT services due to drop in passengers
Services on all Taipei MRT metropolitan railway system lines except the Wenshan-Neihu (Brown) Line were reduced starting yesterday amid a steep drop in passenger numbers due to COVID-19, the Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
President Biden’s Vow To Defend Taiwan Is Bold but Incredibly Risky
If you want to know when a President goes off-message, look at his aides. And Joe Biden’s national security advisers were all fidgets and carpet-stares when their boss stated Monday that his ... ( read original story ...)
Biden’s Taiwan vow creates confusion not clarity – and raises China tensions
President’s blunt response appears to undercut US ‘strategic ambiguity’ on Taiwan as White House forced to walk back remarks ... ( read original story ...)
US policy toward Taiwan ‘has not changed’: defense secretary
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Washington's "one-China policy" toward Taiwan "has not changed," after President Joe Biden said the US was willing to defend the island militarily from a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan excluded from Biden’s 13-nation Indo-Pacific trade plan
The proposed pact is Biden’s substitute for rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that former President Donald Trump abandoned on his third day in office. ( read original story ...)
Explained: The China-Taiwan tussle — its history, current tensions, and why the world is worried
Why does communist China keep threatening to take over the little democratic island off its eastern coast? What is the nature of their testy, and often hostile relationship? What implications does it ... ( read original story ...)
Biden says U.S. willing to use force to defend Taiwan
While in Tokyo, U.S. President Joe Biden said he'd be willing to use force to defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories Please give an overall site rating: ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing bristles at Joe’s ‘yes’ for US intervention if China invades Taiwan
A surprised and agitated Beijing on Monday denounced President Joe Biden's assertion that the US would intervene militarily along with Japan if China invaded self-ruled Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Biden Says He Would Be Willing To Use Force To Defend Taiwan Against China
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression in a comment that seemed to stretch the limits of the ambiguous U.S. policy towards ... ( read original story ...)
Henry Kissinger says Taiwan cannot be at the core of negotiations between the U.S. and China
Veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger says Washington and Beijing must seek to avoid putting Taiwan at the center of their tense diplomatic relationship. ( read original story ...)