China’s Fujian maritime safety administration has begun a three-day special joint patrol and inspection operation in the centre and northern areas of the Taiwan Strait that involves attempts to board ...
Chinese tourists to Taiwan Strait shrug off beefed-up security patrols
Tourist groups visiting Pingtan Island -- one of the closest points in southeastern China to Taiwan -- braved blustery seaside weather on Thursday and shrugged off the boosted maritime patrols in the flashpoint waters beyond them.
US Lawmaker Compares Xi to Hitler in Meeting With Taiwan’s VP
US Representative Michael McCaul compared Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Adolf Hitler while standing alongside Taiwan’s vice president, who is set to compete for the ruling party in an election next January.
Tsai in US: Reaction from Taipei
Tsai in US: Reaction from Taipei People in Taiwan are paying close attention to their president's time in the US. Our correspondent there tells us what Tsai achieved and how it could play on longer ...
Japan’s Kishida: hopes for peaceful resolution of Taiwan issue
Japan hopes for a "peaceful resolution through dialogue" on issues regarding Taiwan, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, repeating previous remarks by Japanese officials.
China accuses U.S. of using Taiwan as “ATM for American arms sellers”
Beijing reacted angrily to the meeting between U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen, but has not announced large-scale military exercises.
Taiwan’s president warns ‘democracy is under threat’ after McCarthy meeting
US House speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen to his home state of California on Wednesday, becoming the most high-profile US official to do so on the country’s soil. The meeting,
Why the Taiwan meeting matters
Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday will become the second US House speaker to meet with Taiwan's president in person in the span of a year when he sits down with Tsai Ing-wen in southern California.
Taiwan’s president warns ‘democracy is under threat’ in joint remarks with McCarthy
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set for a highly anticipated meeting in California on Wednesday, in a show of democratic solidarity in defiance of threats from ...
Belize reaffirms ties as Taipei’s Tsai visits
STORY: Tsai's visit comes a week after Honduras severed diplomatic relations with Taipei in favor of Beijingamid heightened U.S.-China tensions.China claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own ...
Rival protests in Los Angeles as Taiwan’s president arrives for visit
Tsai to meet the US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, which China has called a ‘provocation’
McCarthy welcomes Taiwan President to bipartisan meeting, optimistic US and Taiwan can promote ‘democracy, peace and stability’
“For President Tsai, an in-person meeting with Speaker McCarthy would showcase US bipartisan support for Taiwan,” said Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at the Center ... her transit ...
Neihu building flagged 10 years ago to be torn down
The Taipei City Urban Regeneration Office approved the demolition on Jan. 12, saying it was communicating with residents. “A small number of households still have doubts and concerns about sharing the ...
Chinese embassy sends threatening letter to Congress over Taiwan meeting, warns it ‘will not sit idly by’
China's embassy sent a threatening message to members of Congress on Wednesday, warning them not to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen this week.
FirstFT: Taiwan’s president meets House speaker Kevin McCarthy
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For McCarthy and Taiwan’s leader, visit marks historic first
The moment will be historic — a U.S. House speaker meeting with the president of Taiwan for a rare visit on American soil