The US announcement of a $1.42bn arms sale to Taiwan is a not-so-subtle warning shot across the bows of China’s president, Xi Jinping, who is due to meet Donald Trump for potentially tense bilateral talks at next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg. ( read original story ...)
China strongly protests US arms sales to Taiwan
"How can we not do anything?" said Chu Chen-tsai, 57, a blue-collar worker in Taipei. "We hope to get high-quality weaponry to defend ourselves." In the southern city of Kaohsiung, citizens feel vulnerable to a Chinese attack through the shipping port ... ( read original story ...)
China is ‘outraged’ by the US’s plan to sell $1.42 billion in arms to Taiwan
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with five United States governors to discuss clean technology and economic development September 22, 2015. Matt Mills McKnight-Pool/Getty Images BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged the United States to ... ( read original story ...)
China demands the US cancel a $1.4 billion arms deal to Taiwan
Armed paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Guangzhou Railway Station. REUTERS/Alex Lee BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be canceled. Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
China sanguine as Trump-Xi ‘bromance’ sours over North Korea, Taiwan
BEIJING China reacted relatively calmly on Friday after a series of diplomatic broadsides by the United States, expressing anger over new arms sales by Washington to Taiwan but hoping ties could soon be brought back on track. U.S. officials have said ... ( read original story ...)
China ‘outraged’ by $1.42 billion planned U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
BEIJING China urged the United States to revoke immediately its "wrong decision" to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion worth of arms, saying it contradicted a "consensus" President Xi Jinping reached with his counterpart, Donald Trump, in talks in April in Florida. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan president tells military graduates being battle-ready keeps the peace
TAIPEI Peace can only be achieved if troops are battle-ready, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen told new military graduates on Friday, as the United States prepared to sell $1.42 billion in new arms to the self-ruled island, a move sure to anger Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Trump risks angering China with $1.4bn arms deal to Taiwan
The US state department has approved arms sales to Taiwan worth a total of $1.4bn, the first such deal with the self-governing island since Donald Trump took office. The sale announced on Thursday will anger China, which regards Taiwan as part of its ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan teachers’ pension pots cut under government reform
TAIPEI Public school teachers in Taiwan will see annual interest payments on their pension pots slashed to zero from 2021 under reforms passed by lawmakers on Thursday that are designed to keep the island's pension system solvent Teachers currently earn ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. plans to sell Taiwan about $1.42 billion in arms
WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell Taiwan about $1.42 billion in arms, a proposal the Trump administration informed Congress about on Thursday, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. "The administration had formally notified ... ( read original story ...)
China protests U.S. bill calling for port visits to Taiwan by navy
BEIJING/WASHINGTON China responded angrily and said it had protested to Washington after a U.S. Senate committee approved a bill calling for the resumption of port visits to Taiwan by the U.S. Navy for the first time since the United States adopted a one ... ( read original story ...)
Apple’s first store in Taiwan opens Saturday
The Forum at Apple Taipei 101 is home to Apple’s new in-store programming, “Today at Apple,” including 60 free, hands-on sessions. Apple Taipei 101 opens Saturday at 11 a.m., bringing Apple’s products, services and in-store experiences to customers ... ( read original story ...)
McConaghy: In warming up to China, Canada mustn’t abandon Taiwan
Since then, Canada has been content to maintain trade relations with an entity called “Taipei” while it deepens formal ties with the PRC. China is now Canada’s third-largest trading partner, with almost $60 billion in annual trade between the two ... ( read original story ...)
People stood in line outside ‘world’s best’ ramen restaurant for 10 days
This is the price to pay for "world's best." Famed Japanese ramen joint Ichiran, crowned the world's best by Forbes in 2016, recently opened a new overseas outlet in Taipei, Taiwan. SEE ALSO: Marry your love of instant noodles and fried chicken with this ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan offers cancer treatment to China dissident Liu
Taiwan said Wednesday that it was willing to offer cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo treatment after prison officials granted him medical parole, in a move likely to rile Beijing. The offer came a day after China rejected criticism over its ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s ASE determined on merger with SPIL amid China anti-trust review
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, June 28 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (ASE) said on Wednesday it was determined to complete its merger with a local rival as part of global chip industry consolidation and that it was in close communication with Chinese ... ( read original story ...)