A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers paid a surprise visit to Taiwan on Thursday night to reaffirm U.S. support for the island, drawing the ire of the Chinese Communist Party. The delegation ... ( read original story ...)
Document reveals $14 billion backlog of US defense transfers to Taiwan
A backlog of defense equipment to Taiwan includes $2.37 billion in Harpoon missiles. (U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — Pandemic-related acquisition issues have sparked a backlog in the U.S. delivering $14.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Senior US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan for visit
The U.S. lawmakers are to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the island's defense minister. The visit is “again a demonstration of the U.S.'s ‘rock solid’ support and commitment to Taiwan" ... ( read original story ...)
US senators defy China threats with Taiwan visit
A delegation of United States lawmakers led by vocal China hawk Senator Lindsey Graham arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for a two-day trip as Beijing threatened "strong measures" in response. The group, ... ( read original story ...)
He thought Taiwan was home. Turns out it’s Fujian.
Seven years ago, when Lin Chin-yuan came from Taiwan to start a business in Fujian province, he regarded himself as a visitor whose real home was across the Taiwan Straits. But now from the bottom of ... ( read original story ...)
Lindsey Graham, Bob Menendez Among Bipartisan Lawmakers Heading to Taiwan
News of the visit comes just days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was reported to have planned a trip to Japan and Taiwan, before postponing her plans due to a positive COVID test. ( read original story ...)
US foreign affairs committee senators head for Taiwan meeting with Tsai Ing-wen: reports
Committee chairman Bob Menendez who leads latest Senate delegation is known for his friendly stance towards the self-ruled island. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport gets new luggage carousel system
Renovation of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport's luggage carousel system is now complete, enabling the facility in capital city Taipei to handle 25 per cent more baggage. ( read original story ...)
The Chinese companies trying to buy strategic Pacific islands
Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing? ( read original story ...)
Hawley says US must arm Taiwan before ‘it’s too late’
Josh Hawley is demanding that the United States fast-track delivery of weapons to Taiwan. "We must arm Taiwan to defend itself against a Chinese attack as quickly as possible. We can’t wait until it’s ... ( read original story ...)
America should put an end to its strategic ambiguity over Taiwan
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reminded many people of the fraught relationship between China and Taiwan. But while there are three similarities between the situation in Ukraine and Taiwan, there ... ( read original story ...)
TAIPEI CYCLE DigitalGo, the virtual event comes to a close
Taipei, Taiwan - After nearly a month of virtual exhibitions, business meetings and forum discussions, TAIPEI CYCLE DigitalGo has now drawn to a close.The annual event, one of the world's largest ... ( read original story ...)
What could happen if China tries to invade Taiwan?
Ever since Taiwan’s rapid economic and democratic transformation in the 1980s and 1990s, relations with its superpower neighbour China have swung between frosty silence to outright threats of invasion ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says it’s at only early stage of COVID outbreak, cases will rise
Taiwan is in only the early stages of a COVID-19 outbreak and domestic cases will keep rising for the time being, its health minister said on Wednesday, as the island recorded its highest number of ... ( read original story ...)
China Official Compares Taiwan to America’s ‘Concubine’
The comments—made at the end of the Taiwan Affairs Office press conference in Beijing—were later struck from the written record. ( read original story ...)
US arms sale to Taiwan tantamount to tying a bomb to every Taiwan compatriot: Taiwan Affairs Office
Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. Photo:Xinhua. Taiwan Affairs Office of China's State Council on Wednesday denounced the col ... ( read original story ...)