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President Joe Biden said he discussed Taiwan with China's President Xi Jinping, after the Chinese government sent a record 145 fighter planes into the self-governing island's air defense zone. ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON – Tensions between the U.S. and China have flared in recent days as the Biden administration rebuked Beijing for its military aggression against Taiwan, prompting a fierce backlash from ... ( read original story ...)

South Korea’s LS Cable & System has secured a preferred bidder status for a KRW 200 billion (around EUR 145 million) contract to provide submarine cables for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

As a result, LS Cable & System won the right to supply all the extra-high voltage submarine cables for Taiwan’s phase2 offshore wind farm project, which have been ordered so far ... ( read original story ...)

With record numbers of military flights near Taiwan over the last week, China has been showing a new intensity and military sophistication as it steps up its harassment of the island it claims as its ... ( read original story ...)

If the brewing "cold war" between Washington and Beijing turns hot, Taiwan will be the spark, experts fear. They say Biden must tread carefully. ( read original story ...)

Chinese state media has warned that “war is real” and it “may be triggered at any time” as China’s relationship with Taiwan worsened and military tension escalated to its worst in more than 40 years. ( read original story ...)

The displays of military strength place the democratic island at the center of efforts by the United States and its allies to counter Beijing’s aggression. ( read original story ...)

President Biden said on Tuesday that he and Xi Jinping have agreed to abide by the Taiwan agreement as Beijing takes a more aggressive stance against the democratically-run island, according to ... ( read original story ...)

China could be capable of mounting a "full-scale" invasion of Taiwan by 2025, the island's defense minister said Wednesday -- days after record numbers of Chinese warplanes flew into Taiwan's air ... ( read original story ...)

As China ramps up its display of power, Taiwan’s leaders vow to do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend its independence ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's military relations with Beijing have plunged to their lowest point in four decades, the island's defence minister warned on Wednesday, following a string of record Chinese jet incursions into ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s defence minister has warned that China will be fully capable of invading the island by 2025, in the government’s first clear message to the public that the country faces a threat of war. Chiu ... ( read original story ...)

President Biden told reporters Tuesday evening that he's spoken with China's President Xi Jinping after the Chinese government sent a record 145 fighter planes into the self-governing island’s air ... ( read original story ...)

A group of French senators arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit Wednesday following a large Chinese show of force with fighters jets and escalating diplomatic pressure against the island. ( read original story ...)

US President Joe Biden says he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to abide by the "Taiwan agreement". Mr Biden appeared to be referring to Washington's longstanding "one China" policy ... ( read original story ...)