After new incidents of Chinese warplanes flying near Taiwan, the U.S. State Department urged Beijing to replace pressure with dialogue. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Pushes China to Cease Pressure on Taiwan, Open Dialogue
The U.S. State Department urged China to engage in dialogue with Taiwan’s democratically elected representatives and cease putting military, diplomatic and economic pressure on the island. ( read original story ...)
US reaffirms Taiwan support after China sends warplanes
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. has reaffirmed support for Taiwan following China’s dispatch of warplanes near the island in an apparent attempt to intimidate its democratic government and test ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese aircraft enter Taiwan’s air defence zone
Eight bombers and four fighter jets warned off as missiles deployed to monitor incursion ... ( read original story ...)
China sends warplanes into Taiwan’s airspace: report
China ramped up its antagonism of Taiwan Saturday by sending 13 warplanes into the island’s airspace, prompting Taiwan to launch missiles to monitor the flights in response. China sent eight ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports large incursion by China’s air force
Taipei says Chinese combat aircraft, including nuclear-capable H-6K bombers and fighter jets, entered its airspace. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan's air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says realistic about US trade deal, but one will happen eventually
Taiwan has long sought a bilateral trade deal with the United States, the Chinese-claimed island's most important international backer and supplier of arms. ( read original story ...)
With Trump Gone, Taiwan Seeks Assurances From Biden Administration
But Biden and his team are likely to resist using Taiwan as a cudgel against China the way Trump did. After 9/11, Washington formed a national commission that made the country safer. It should do the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says realistic about U.S. trade deal, but one will happen eventually
Taiwan is under no illusions it can quickly sign a long hoped for free trade deal with the United States but feels when the time is right "success will flow naturally", the island's chief trade ... ( read original story ...)
Outging US ambassador says world must end Taiwan’s exclusion
In a final swipe at China, the Trump administration’s outgoing U.N. ambassador tweeted that it's time for the world to oppose China’s efforts to exclude and isolate ... ( read original story ...)
Giant worm’s undersea lair discovered by fossil hunters in Taiwan
Scientists believe 2-metre-long burrow once housed predator that ambushed passing sea creatures ... ( read original story ...)
Biden Sends Important Foreign-Policy Signal With Taiwan Inauguration Invite
Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the U.S. overcame four decades of precedent when she accepted a formal invitation to attend President Joe Biden’s inauguration, calming fears on the self-ruled island ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan heartened as senior diplomat attends Biden inauguration
Taiwan's de facto ambassador in Washington attended the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, hearting the Chinese-claimed island which has been nervous it would not win the same level of support ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Communist Party Apparatchik Demands Progress on Taiwan ‘Unification’
The Chinese government's top political adviser called on Taiwan affairs staff to produce "outstanding achievements." ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Says Joe Biden Backs Taiwan As Blinken Warns China Invasion ‘Grievous Mistake’
President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state was quizzed by senators Tuesday at his confirmation hearing. ( read original story ...)