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Taiwan is reducing its reliance on the Chinese mainland as it seeks to insulate itself from pressure from Beijing and forge closer economic and trade ties with the United States.

The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.

Bring a New Military Crisis in Taiwan Strait? May 17th, 04AM May 17th, 04AM (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters) By Peter Apps LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - From ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former speaker of the House of Representatives, has publicly urged the World Health Organization to reinstate Taiwan’s observer status in the upcoming World Health Assembly. What Happened: In a post on X, formerly ...

About a month before Taiwan's January presidential election, China began sending intruders over the Taiwan Strait: more than 100 balloons, some of which passed through the island's airspace or busy, Taipei-controlled air corridors for civil aviation.

The US and its allies are focused on preventing a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. A new report argues there's a lack of readiness for other ways China could take control of Taiwan. An aggressive Chinese coercion campaign is far more likely than an invasion and ...

Taipei, Taiwan – Even as Taiwan prepares for the inauguration of its eighth president next week, it continues to struggle over the legacy of the island’s first president, Chiang Kai-shek. To some, Chiang was the “generalissimo” who liberated the ...

No matter how conciliatory Lai Ching-te’s inaugural speech is, a turbulent period awaits the island’s incoming president.

Son of a coal miner, Taiwan's Lai Ching-te takes the helm Monday as president of the self-ruled island, tasked with navigating the widening rift with an increasingly assertive China. The 64-year-old Harvard graduate swept to the presidency in January's ...

Unfortunately, four years later, Taiwan remains locked out of the international system of public health governance. This "Taiwan blockade" from the World Health Organization (WHO) significantly deprives the fundamental public health rights of more than 23. ...

A new president will take office in Taiwan on Monday. He's the former vice president, but the new administration will be facing some different challenges. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

TAIPEI– Son of a coal miner, Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te takes the helm Monday as president of the self-ruled island, tasked with navigating the widening rift with an increasingly assertive China. The 64-year-old Harvard graduate swept to the presidency in January’s elections on the promise he would defend Taiwan’s democracy and resist Beijing’s claims on the

"The first thing Hou must do is to unify the party as the support for Gou could create a rift within the KMT," said Huang Kwei-bo, a professor of diplomacy at National Chengchi University in Taipei. "But with his ability to manage interpersonal ...

A Chinese takeover of Kinmen might not take much longer, such is the disparity in power. The boat’s owner is not keen on mainlanders fishing and dredging sand in Taiwan’s waters. But, having witnessed the artillery duels of the past,

When Lai, a known China skeptic, triumphed in January’s election, international headlines suggested that Taiwan’s voters had worsened this breach by keeping the presidency in the hands of the ...

Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's president on Monday, facing a China that calls him a "dangerous separatist" and has ramped up military drills, as well as a fractured parliament at home where no ...