The top Republicans on U.S. congressional foreign affairs and armed services committees pressed Democratic President Joe Biden on Thursday to include $2 billion in military assistance grants for ...
Republicans push Biden to seek more Taiwan military aid in next budget
A letter led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and obtained by Defense News asks Biden to increase the State Department’s overall Foreign Military Financing ...
China’s Worst Nightmare: Taiwan Wanted Nuclear Weapons
In an early March 2022 opinion piece for The Boston Globe, columnist Jeff Jacoby suggested that "To avoid Ukraine's fate, Taiwan needs nuclear missiles – now." Jacoby wrote his words just days into ...
Taiwan Industry Sets Sights on World
The slate of offerings from Taiwan at this year’s European Film Market is a solid one, without a doubt. Among the 92 titles of films and projects, there are recent Golden Horse award-winning titles as well as new regional and international co-productions,
Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, likely Chinese
Taiwan's military said on Thursday it had found the remains of a probable crashed weather balloon likely from China on a remote and strategically located island near the Chinese coast, amid a dispute ...
China sanctions Lockheed Martin, Raytheon for selling weapons to Taiwan
China on Thursday imposed trade and investment sanctions on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory.
Four Seasons announces plans for new luxury hotel in heart of Taiwan’s capital
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, a global leader in luxury hospitality, and Yuan Lih Construction Co., Ltd., the developer that is part of Taipei-based Yuan Lih Group, announce plans for a new luxury ...
China spy balloons show Japan, Taipei need to share intelligence on aerial threats: lawmaker
One way that Japan could share information with Taiwan could be through its close ally the United States, added Onodera, who said he had visited Taipei in January, where he was briefed about threats ...
China sanctions Lockheed Martin, Raytheon for Taiwan sales
China has imposed trade and investment sanctions on U.S. military contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed ...
RSHP previews 31-storey Taipei hotel
Hotel operator Four Seasons has revealed images of a 31-storey complex RSHP has designed for it in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei. The 180m-tall hotel will feature approximately 260 light-filled ...
Paraguay leader praises Taiwan as ‘lighthouse of democracy’
The outgoing president of Paraguay, whose country is one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies, has spoken of his admiration for the island democracy while on a state visit to Taipei ...
Destiny unites us, Paraguay leader says as Taiwan ties hang in balance
Paraguay and Taiwan are united by destiny, Paraguayan President Mario Abdo said on Thursday during a visit to the island ahead of an election in April that could see the Latin American country ditch ...
Taiwan Allows First Visit From China After Three-Year Covid Halt
Chinese officials are set to visit Taiwan for the first time in three years, resuming low-level dialog that may pave the way for the resumption of normal travel to the democratically run island.
Four Seasons to open Taipei hotel
International hospitality operator Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is partnering with Taiwanese developer Yuanlih Group (元利建設) to open a new five-star hotel in central Taipei. They announced the ...
U.S. says all countries should warn China against Taiwan conflict
The United States hopes China will not use any visits by U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan as an excuse for military action, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, adding that all countries should warn ...
Taipei allowed to host delegation from Shanghai
The visit would be the first by a Shanghai official in three years, as person-to-person interactions had been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Taipei and Shanghai are sister cities. It is not yet ...