If Taiwan is attacked, the US will help defend it, in one way or another, as it has always done. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s CPC buys first crude with carbon offset from SOCAR
Taiwan's state refiner, CPC Corp, said on Sunday it has received the country's first crude cargo with certified carbon offset from SOCAR Trading, the trading arm of Azerbaijan's state oil company. ( read original story ...)
Beijing threatens to wage war with US over Taiwan: What is China’s problem with Taiwan?
"Beijing will not hesitate to start a war if Taiwan declares independence," Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe conveyed a strict warning to his American counterpart Lloyd Austin, once again stirring ... ( read original story ...)
‘China’s Taiwan’: Beijing’s defence minister rails against ‘smearing and interfering’ US
Wei Fenghe says ties are at critical juncture and puts onus on United States to improve bilateral relationship ... ( read original story ...)
They Inhabited Separate Worlds in Taiwan. Decades Later, They Collided in a California Church.
The 68-year-old suspect in a May mass shooting harbored resentment dating back to his formative years in Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Austin stresses Taiwan support
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stressed American support for Taiwan on Saturday, suggesting at Asia's premier defense forum that recent Chinese military activity around the self-governing ... ( read original story ...)
China accuses US of trying to ‘hijack’ support in Asia
China’s defense minister says the United States is trying to “hijack” the support of countries in the Asia-Pacific region to turn them against Beijing, saying Washington is seeking to advance its own ... ( read original story ...)
HTC “Viveverse” smartphone to be launched on June 28
HTC has teased its return to the smartphone market with a "Viveverse" event scheduled for June 28, when the company is expected to launch a metaverse-themed phone. The Taiwanese technology company was ... ( read original story ...)
China blasts US ‘bully’, says it will ‘fight to the end’ for Taiwan
Under US policy, Washington provides Taiwan defensive weapons, but has remained intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack - ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says it’s willing to engage with China, doesn’t want to close door
Taiwan does not want to close the door to China and is willing to engage in the spirit of goodwill, but on an equal basis and without political preconditions, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday. We ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s health minister contracts COVID, feeling fine
Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung has contracted COVID-19, and is feeling fine and isolating at home, the government said on Sunday. Taiwan has been dealing with a surge of COVID-19 cases since ... ( read original story ...)
China hits back at US ‘smears’, talks of war over Taiwan
China has accused of the United States and its allies of meddling in the South China Sea and warned that its military will crush any attempt by Taiwan to secure independence. ( read original story ...)
Postcard from Taiwan: ‘Covid cases have rocketed and the threat of Chinese invasion looms’
Taipei is drowning in rain right now. After an unusually sodden winter we are in “plum-rain season”, a cute name for the slog of heavy downpours that last days ... ( read original story ...)
China warns Taiwan independence would trigger war
The US criticises China for increased military activity in the area China has warned the US that any attempt to make Taiwan independent from China will trigger military action by Beijing's forces. ( read original story ...)
US blasts China’s activity near Taiwan
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin noted a “steady increase in provocative and destabilising military activity near Taiwan,” including almost daily ... ( read original story ...)
Austin talks Taiwan independence, Russia’s invasion and AUKUS deal at security summit
SINGAPORE — Peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits is a matter of international concern and not just an American interest, the U.S. defense secretary said this week at an Asian security forum ... ( read original story ...)