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An uptick in Chinese military activity around Taiwan and China Coast Guard presence at the Senkakus have kept the region on edge. Beijing seems keen to use military action short of war to test both ... ( read original story ...)

Worry about the reliability of Democratic presidents is based on a selective reading of past and current events. ( read original story ...)

Judd apparently told the President that he should “try to save Formosa first,” with presumably the rest of China to follow later on. Peraino narrates: “… the President snapped, ‘How many American ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan has a way of lingering in the senses. Many a traveller there will recall the crisp, greasy aroma in the air of the bustling night markets, the gentle lilt of Taiwanese-accented Mandarin, and ... ( read original story ...)

Idea first floated two years ago but given the go-ahead after a statement last week by Mike Pompeo, sources say. ( read original story ...)

Confrontation and the risk of military conflict over Taiwan between Beijing and Washington look set to continue under a Joe Biden administration, with military and diplomatic observers predicting no ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, Taiwan’s Naval Command for the first time publicly acknowledged that U.S. Marines are taking part in a “routine” joint training exercise with their Taiwanese counterparts. ( read original story ...)

Minister Chris Hipkins has clarified his claim that Taiwan’s “authoritarian approach" led the country to widespread mask wearing earlier than New Zealand. ( read original story ...)

China is set to compile a list of “stubborn elements of Taiwanese independence” that could include the island’s president, according to pro-Beijing media.President Tsai could be labelled as a ... ( read original story ...)

For a country that thrives on innovation, it is no wonder that Taiwan is already recognized as one of the top countries in the world that truly excels in manufacturing and exporting products that will ... ( read original story ...)

Will the incoming president follow the footsteps of President John F. Kennedy who took on the vision of America’s purpose in world affairs in the midst of the Communist threat. ( read original story ...)

More than 70 percent of Taipei’s buildings are four or five-story residential blocks built in the 1960s and 1970s that due to cost considerations and architectural limitations lack elevators, said ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan hopes to continue its close cooperation with the United States, the island's de facto U.S. ambassador told Antony Blinken, a longtime confidant of President-elect Joe Biden, as Taiwan moves to ... ( read original story ...)

The head of Taiwan's Air Force has joined the first test flight of a fighter jet following a fatal crash. All of Taiwan's ageing F-5 jets were grounded and inspections carried out after a pilot was ... ( read original story ...)

US forces, to be better able to repel an attack from mainland China. But both the United States and the island were quick to distance themselves from reports of the cooperation, raising speculation ... ( read original story ...)

China has urged the United States to stop boosting ties with Taiwan after Washington and Taipei announced they would hold economic talks this month that Taiwan’s government described as a “major ... ( read original story ...)