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In its first Taiwan white paper in over two decades, China promises prosperity for the island after "reunification." ... ( read original story ...)

The announcement appeared to signal an end to days of war games, but also that Beijing will keep up the pressure against the self-ruling island. ( read original story ...)

Beijing repeats resolve to annex Taiwan by force if peaceful means prove unsuccessful ... ( read original story ...)

The confrontation threatens to overwhelm President Biden’s efforts to find a series of issues in which the United States and China can work together. ( read original story ...)

Why was the visit significant? Did this visit have anything to do with the welfare of the Taiwanese people? Or has the island nation become a pawn in the larger scheme of things? We discuss this in ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan is mulling over how and where to evacuate close to 700,000 pieces of cultural treasure brought in from mainland China decades ago, as the shadow of cross-strait war looms ever larger. Massive ... ( read original story ...)

A furious China has extended its largest-ever exercises around the self-ruled island it claims as its own beyond the originally scheduled four days. The drills last week have incl ... ( read original story ...)

China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid threatening Chinese military exercises that have raised tensions between the sides ... ( read original story ...)

Why isn’t the United States doing more to prepare for war with China over Taiwan—precisely to deter and thus avoid it? The visit to Taiwan this month by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Beijing’s ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition party has sent its deputy leader to China on a trip that Taipei warns risks sowing internal division as the country faces unprecedented intimidation from the ... ( read original story ...)

The House speaker said in her first interviews since returning from Taiwan that Chinese President Xi Jinping “has his own insecurities” and is “in a fragile place.” ... ( read original story ...)

Show of force by China has eased off, but observers say it will strike ‘fear and a sense of inevitability in Taiwanese hearts and minds’ ... ( read original story ...)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her trip to Taiwan, despite China's aggressive response, calling Chinese President Xi Jinping "a scared bully" in her first interview since returning to Washington, ... ( read original story ...)

TAIWAN has declared it is "not scared" as Chinese military drills continue for another day and pressure mounts on the US to offer support. ( read original story ...)

China considers Taiwan its own territory, and President Xi Jinping has made it clear that he intends to exert control over the island, by force if necessary. His regime was infuriated by U.S. House ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that beyond aiming to annex the island democracy, China wants to establish its dominance in the western Pacific. ( read original story ...)