Taiwan is China’s most sensitive issue and is claimed by Beijing as its sacred territory. Xi has stepped up pressure on the democratic island since Tsai Ing-wen from the pro-independence ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s capital market outlook for new year mixed: PwC
Liang said the government has relaxed stock market listing rules to allow large-sized firms which remain in the red to launch IPOs in Taiwan, streamlined the IPO application review process and ... ( read original story ...)
Unification Plan From China Finds Few Takers in Taiwan
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping declared on Wednesday that he wants progress on China’s decades-long quest to win control of Taiwan. But his proposal appeared ... and residents of the city still enjoy ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese leader rejects “any sort of Taiwan independence”
Beijing-- Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides ... Wireless Electromagnetic Method project was built on a site nearly five times the ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Foxconn plans $9bn China chip project amid trade war
The Taiwan-based company -- which formally trades as Hon Hai Precision Industry -- is set to proceed with the project in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai. The total amount of the investment in ... ( read original story ...)
A more confident China threatens military force in Taiwan, holds up Hong Kong as a model
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has issued a new threat to use military force in Taiwan as Beijing intensifies efforts to achieve unification with the self-governing democratic region, holding up Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Tightrope
Taiwan is a country, right? Well, sort of. It has a constitution, an army and an elected government, and yet the United Nations doesn’t recognize it. The reason? Taiwan became the home base of Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
China’s leader urges action on unification with Taiwan
Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future generations. No on... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping warns Taiwan independence is ‘a dead end’
Xi Jinping called on Taiwan to reject independence and embrace "peaceful reunification" with China, in a conciliatory speech that nevertheless took a hard line on the self-governing island's political ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping says Taiwan “must and will be” reunited with China
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China. In a speech marking 40 years since the thaw in cross-strait relations, he reiterated Be... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi says Taiwan independence would be disaster, calls for peaceful ‘reunification’
Taiwan independence would lead to “disaster,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, pledging efforts for peaceful “reunification” with the self-ruled island but warning China would not renou... ( read original story ...)
Unification Is the Goal and Force Is an Option, Xi Jinping Says of Taiwan
BEIJING — China’s president, Xi Jinping, warned Taiwan that unification must be the ultimate goal of any talks over its future and that efforts to assert full independence could be met by armed force, ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping urges action on unification with Taiwan
BEIJING—Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged both sides to reach an early consensus on the unification of China and Taiwan and not leave the issue for future generations. No one or no party ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi Threatens Taiwan With Force but Also Seeks Peaceful ‘Reunification’
BEIJING — China reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan under its control but will strive to achieve peaceful "reunification" with the self-ruled island that has a bright future under Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
‘All necessary means’: Xi Jinping reserves right to use force against Taiwan
Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday where he issued a warning to Taiwan over independence. Photograph: POOL/Reuters Taiwan independence would lead to “disaster”, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said, pl... ( read original story ...)
Ahead of major Xi speech, Taiwan tells Beijing to ‘face squarely the reality’ of its situation
Chiang Kai-shek fled with defeated Nationalist forces to Taiwan in December of 1949 after loosing a civil war to the Communists. Despite the deep business, cultural and personal links which exist toda... ( read original story ...)