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The names of a number of the teams competing at the Olympic Games have had people scratching their heads. The main one has been ROC, the Russian Olympic Co ... ( read original story ...)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a warning toward China this week regarding aggression in the Pacific. Austin, who spoke at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore on ... ( read original story ...)

The names of a number of the teams competing at the Olympic Games have had people scratching their heads. The main one has been ROC, the Russian Olympic Committee, which is an umbrella term for ... ( read original story ...)

To have any chance of conquering Taiwan, China might need to transport as many as two million troops across the rough 100 miles of the Taiwan Strait and land them under fire at the island’s 14 ... ( read original story ...)

Kuo Hsing-Chun collected an Olympic gold medal with an impressive batch of lifts in the 59kg weight class at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan cannot even call itself 'Taiwan' at the Games. Instead, it must use the title 'Chinese Taipei', a source of considerable frustration to many Taiwanese. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Hsing-Chun Kuo, a female athlete who represents Chinese Taipei, a term used by the International Olympic Committee to represent Taiwan, won the weightlifting gold medal in the -59 ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's star weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun won gold at the Tokyo Olympics, but when she ascended the podium to receive her medal there was no national flag. ( read original story ...)

Escalating U.S.-China tensions have triggered a debate in Washington over "strategic ambiguity" — the long-standing U.S. policy to stay quiet on whether it would defend Taiwan should China attack. ( read original story ...)

Kuo, who holds the world record with a total lift of 247kg, lifted 236kg to win gold on Tuesday, an Olympic record. ( read original story ...)

Kuo Hsing-Chun has won Taiwan’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a dominant performance in the women’s 59-kilogram weightlifting category ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing sees self-ruled Taiwan as a renegade province that should be brought back under its control. Last year Beijing condemned the head of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil, for ... ( read original story ...)

Tensions over Taiwan can also potentially start another world war among nations like China and the US. A Chinese military expert has now warned the US that it will not succeed in intervening in Chinas ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan's economy is expected to have expanded at a slower pace in the second quarter as a rare spike in COVID-19 cases hurt consumption, a Reuters poll showed, although a strong growth in exports ... ( read original story ...)

The Czech Republic is donating 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan, the island's president said on Tuesday, praising the central European country for taking a step that could irritate China. ( read original story ...)

Although Japan has in recent months hinted it would aid in any Taiwanese defense against China, it would only help defend the island from Chinese attack if called on by the U.S. or if the conflict ... ( read original story ...)