Tensions over Taiwan have raised the thorny issue of whether U.S. troops based in South Korea would be involved in any conflict, with American and South Korean officials acknowledging that the ... ( read original story ...)
US military points to Ukraine in warning China against Taiwan attack
U.S. defense officials are looking to leverage Ukraine’s unexpected success in resisting Russia to dissuade China from a potential invasion of Taiwan. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters ... ( read original story ...)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on President Biden’s Taiwan remarks
President Biden told 60 Minutes U.S. forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. The White House later said that was not official policy. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Consul General touts American support: ‘We will never surrender our freedom’
Taiwan Consul General Ambassador James K.J. Lee spoke exclusively with Fox News' Eric Shawn to praise President Biden's support as tension with China heightens ... ( read original story ...)
Study creates maps of noisiest areas in Taipei
Three in 10 Taipei residents live in areas that are “noisy” by WHO standards, soundscape maps created by an Academia Sinica research team showed. Chan Ta-chien (詹大千), a research fellow at the ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei slams PRC for twisting UN facts
In his address on Saturday to the UN General Assembly, Wang cited Resolution 2758 as a basis for Beijing’s claim that Taiwan is part of China. He said that Beijing considers Taiwan an “inseparable ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan billionaire Robert Tsao pays to build army of citizen snipers
Before his change of mind, Robert Tsao spent hundreds of millions of dollars and years of his life trying to see the best in the Chinese Communist Party. The Taiwanese billionaire who founded one of t ... ( read original story ...)
China on Taiwan: ‘External interference’ won’t be tolerated
A visit last month by the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, markedly ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s pangolins suffer surge in feral dog attacks
In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin's biggest threat comes from humans. But in Taiwan, the scaly mammals brave a different danger: a surging feral dog population. ( read original story ...)
Russian foreign minister: U.S. ‘playing with fire around Taiwan’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the United States of “playing with fire around Taiwan” in a speech to the U. N. General Assembly on Saturday. “They are promising military support to ... ( read original story ...)
Russia’s Lavrov accuses Washington of ‘playing with fire’ around Taiwan
Russia accused the United States on Saturday of "playing with fire" around Taiwan while China said it will press on working for "peaceful reunification" with the democratically-governed island and ... ( read original story ...)
China Stresses Its Taiwan Stance at U.N.
Addressing the U.N., Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Taiwan as China’s sovereign territory since ancient times and vowed resolute action to forestall separatist activity. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan in Time: An extravagant colonial palace
Not only did the colonial government keep adding items to the grand complex, they also tapped into funds allocated for the Taiwan Shinto Shrine. That was blasphemy! “I can’t imagine how much they ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. sending ‘dangerous signals’ on Taiwan, China tells Blinken
Taiwan was the focus of the 90-minute, "direct and honest" talks between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. ( read original story ...)
Corporate America increasingly concerned over Taiwan risks
Executives at publicly traded US companies are becoming increasingly worried about the spectre of a further escalation of tensions over Taiwan, a major supplier of crucial components like ... ( read original story ...)
Could China-Taiwan conflict escalate to a full blown military crisis?
Experts believe Beijing’s aggression is largely a face-saving exercise, but conflict poses significant costs for Taiwan and the world ... ( read original story ...)