Month: January 2024

Taiwan's election had long loomed for US policymakers who feared a showdown with China.A Biden administration official warned China not to be a "provocateur," but called Beijing's actions ahead of the election "consistent with what we have seen in the past" during Taiwan's elections.

Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the United States met on Tuesday with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The United States is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties with the island,

Beijing has made its position clear on Taiwan, but what do the country's citizens want?

Taiwan's government issued an air raid alert on Tuesday, saying a Chinese rocket carrying a satellite had flown over its southern airspace, which Taiwan's foreign minister described as part of a pattern of harassment days before a pivotal election.

Who are Taiwan’s presidential candidates and what is at stake as island heads to polls? - Elections could be a turning point in Taiwan’s relationship with China and US, depending on which party comes ...

In a year dominated by elections around the world, one of the most closely watched will be the Taiwan election on Saturday, 13 January, at a time where the results of polls in the island nation will ...

Lai Ching-te, 64, is Taiwan’s incumbent vice-president. Within the ruling Democratic Progressive party, he is associated with a wing that advocates formalising the country’s independence, and he has ...

Good morning — we start with an exclusive story today. President Joe Biden plans to send a high-level delegation of former officials to Taipei after the election in Taiwan on Saturday, in a move that ...

Dozens of U.S. lawmakers co-sponsored legislation on Wednesday praising democracy in Taiwan ahead of its presidential and parliamentary elections, prompting China to call for the U.S. to stop official contact with the island.

The spokesperson said that in response to these gravely wrong actions taken by the United States and in accordance with China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, China has decided to sanction five U.S. defense industry companies, namely BAE Systems Land and Armament, Alliant Techsystems Operation, AeroVironment, ViaSat and Data Link Solutions.

Taipei residents who receive the newly released Novavax XBB 1.5 COVID-19 jab will be entered into a lottery to win cash prizes. It comes as health authorities in Taiwan warn ...

The mere existence of a successful, democratic, Chinese society in Taiwan is an affront and a challenge to China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as well as to his political and global ambitions. Ultimately, if given the opportunity, Xi will destroy Taiwan’s democracy to eliminate the inherent threat to his vision for China’s future.