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European Union legislators voted overwhelmingly in favor of trade talks with Taiwan and other measures flouting China’s claims to sovereignty over the island, leaving officials in Beijing fuming at ... ( read original story ...)

The standoff between China and Taiwan has become a dangerous flashpoint. The Taiwan Strait has become one of the most dangerous places in the world. Known as "The Black Ditch," the strait separates ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan being blocked for participation in nearly all of the UN activities creates an immense cost,’ said Rick Waters, the US State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for China, Taiwan and ... ( read original story ...)

China noted that Nicholas Burns’s ‘deliberately picked tough words to pass the Senate hearing’ were not backed up by a willingness to change the US’s 40-year-old policy ... ( read original story ...)

At least one parliamentarian claimed to have been privately threatened by Chinese diplomats ahead of Wednesday's vote to upgrade EU-Taiwan ties. ( read original story ...)

There has been an extraordinary amount of talk in policy circles recently about Taiwan and the U.S. commitment to Taiwan’s security—and for good reason. ( read original story ...)

POLITICO’s China Direct explores Europe’s diplomatic and commercial relationship with China, delivering expert reporting and analysis every week in your inbox. ( read original story ...)

Foxconn is planning to produce electric vehicles in Europe, India and Latin America. Chair of the board Liu Young-way hinted at this in a conversation with reporters at a business forum in Taipei. ( read original story ...)

Britain's defence minister called on China on Thursday to find a peaceful way to settle its dispute with Taiwan, warning that Chinese incursions into the Taiwanese air defence zone were dangerous and ... ( read original story ...)

Team Biden needs a fuller strategy that includes international recognition and new regional alliances. ( read original story ...)

The European Union must deepen ties with Taiwan and start work on an investment deal with the island, EU lawmakers said in a resolution adopted on Thursday, angering Beijing, whose similar deal with ... ( read original story ...)

POLITICO’s China Direct explores Europe’s diplomatic and commercial relationship with China, delivering expert reporting and analysis every week in your inbox. ( read original story ...)

The European Union must deepen ties with Taiwan and start work on an investment deal with the island, EU lawmakers said in a resolution adopted on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing as a similar ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will visit Slovakia next week on a rare trip to Europe that will also include a trip to the neighbouring Czech Republic and a virtual address to a forum in Rome, his ... ( read original story ...)

Nicholas Burns calls Beijing an ‘aggressor’ and that US responsibility is ‘to make Taiwan a tough nut to crack’ ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden's pick to be US Ambassador to China called for a continued commitment to the longstanding "One China" Policy but defended the United States' right to increase security assistance ... ( read original story ...)