TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said it detected 23 Chinese air force planes operating around Taiwan and carrying out "joint combat readiness patrols" with Chinese warships on Friday, ...
Nintendo Celebrates Switch In Style With Packed Taipei Game Show Booth
Nintendo underlined its omnipresence in the Asian gaming market with a stacked booth at this week’s Taipei Game Show, where crowds of Taiwanese gamers have been piling in to snap photos with an ...
First congressional delegation in Taipei to congratulate president-elect
A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation reaffirmed support for Taiwan during a visit Thursday following its election of a new president whose victory has angered China. The delegation’s visit is ...
Taiwan says China is still sending balloons to the island, which it calls an act of ‘cognitive warfare’
Taiwan said another six balloons entered its airspace on Sunday, with one crossing over the island's south as PLA vessels and aircraft approached.
Former Taiwan ally Nauru re-establishes diplomatic ties with China
China and Nauru re-established diplomatic ties on Wednesday, after the tiny Pacific island nation unexpectedly severed relations with its now former ally Taiwan in a move the United States described as "unfortunate".
Tuvalu goes to the polls in election watched by China and Taiwan
One candidate has said he wants to review the Pacific country’s relationships with Taiwan and China, just weeks after Nauru switched allegiances to Beijing
Taiwan will never be a country: defense spokesperson
Taiwan will never be a country, and no separatist activities seeking "Taiwan independence" or attempts by foreign forces to split China will ever succeed, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday. The elections in the Taiwan region were the affairs of a region in China, spokesperson Wu Qian said at a ...
Taiwan’s political disrupter could be kingmaker in a split parliament. Here’s why it matters
While Ko Wen-je lost the presidential election, his Taiwan People's Party won 8 seats in the new legislature where the major parties have no clear majority.
Taiwan’s elections were a big success. Just ask Xi
The Democratic Progressive Party won another four years leading the executive branch in Taiwan earlier this month. This election as a shining example of democracy in action.
US lawmakers express bipartisan support for Taiwan during congressional visit
U.S. Reps Mario Díaz Balart and Ami Bera, the co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Taiwan Caucus, paid a visit to Taiwan to express America's bipartisan support.
2024 Taipei Game Show Levels Up With R&D Subsidies on Offer – TaiwanPlus News
Taipei Game Show has kicked off. Button mashers are spawning to check out the best of the country's independent video game industry, which the government hopes to encourage ...
What Trump’s Taiwan Comments Tell China
The Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan is its territory, despite never having governed there. Chinese officials framed the island's recent election, which handed the China-skeptic Democratic People's Party an unprecedented third term, as a choice between peace or war.
Taiwan begins extended year-long conscription
STORY: Taiwan’s military has begun welcoming its newest batch of conscripts. But unlike those who came before who served four months, these young people will spend a year in training.The extension was announced in late 2022 by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and comes in response to the government’s concerns about China’s military threat.
China accuses US of ‘abusing’ international law by sailing in Taiwan Strait and South China Sea
China accused the U.S. of abusing international law with its military maneuvers in the western Pacific, one day after an American naval destroyer sailed through the politically sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan central bank minutes: can’t rule out more tightening if high inflation persists
Some board members of Taiwan's central bank noted "persistent" concerns about higher inflation and said more monetary policy tightening could not be ruled out if inflation continued to be high, minutes from its last board meeting showed on Thursday.
China formally establishes diplomatic ties with Nauru after Pacific island nation cut Taiwan ties
China's Foreign Ministry says Beijing has formally restored diplomatic ties with Nauru after the tiny Pacific island nation cut its ties with Taiwan earlier this month.