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What, then, is IPEF? The answer largely rests on whether the U.S. continues to exclude Taiwan from joining. First, the background. IPEF debuted with 13 members, including the U.S., Australia ... ( read original story ...)

Biden changed U.S. policy, seemingly off the cuff. But deterring China from invading Taiwan will take more than what he's done so far. ( read original story ...)

Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney talks to FNC's "Sunday Morning Futures" about President Biden pledging out loud this week in Japan that the U.S. intends to defend Taiwan more directly than ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan dropped its GDP expansion prediction for 2022 by 0.51 percentage points to 3.91 percent against its earlier prediction. Based on ... ( read original story ...)

The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of Taiwan declined by 7.07 points year on year to 67.81 points in May, a two-year low, according to a latest survey released by the Research Center for Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

China is becoming“more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad”, according to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Blinken made a maj ... ( read original story ...)

Wayne Chiang has pledged to bring the KMT’s ‘blue skies’ back to the island’s capital, where he is the early front runner. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s worst Covid outbreak has left the island’s insurers bracing for more than $1 billion in claims that the financial regulator is urging them to honor. ( read original story ...)

Mr. Biden was asked whether the United States would respond “militarily” if China sought to retake the self-ruled island by force. “Yes,” he said. “That’s the commitment we made.” It was one of the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan, home to many of the world’s largest technology companies, reported a daily record 127 Covid deaths on Saturday, an increase of one from 126 on Friday, amid signs the global pandemic was ... ( read original story ...)

The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan has reached a plateau, with cases at a high but stable level, the government said on Friday, as it maintained a policy of gradually easing restrictions and letting the ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei said it would continue efforts to join the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), and a source has provided specific details of its plans to attend events next month to deepen ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers of the upcoming Taipei International Book Exhibition said on Thursday that France has been selected as the fair’s theme for the fourth time, and is to prominently feature renowned authors ... ( read original story ...)

America is committed to a one-China policy but that does not mean China has the jurisdiction to use force to take Taiwan. My expectation is that will not happen.” While the US President is confident ... ( read original story ...)

By Philip Lenczycki, DCNF Audio recorded during an alleged May 14 Chinese military planning session seemingly revealing China’s invasion plans for Taiwan could be misinformation, according to […] ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's economy is likely to grow at a slower pace this year that initially forecast, the statistics office said on Friday, downgrading its outlook due to global inflation and COVID-19 dampening ... ( read original story ...)