Beijing backs down from Taipei FIR restriction

The Chinese Civil Aviation Administration on Tuesday notified the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) that it would set up a flight restriction zone within the Taipei FIR to engage in “aeronautic activities” between 9am and 2pm from Sunday to Tuesday next week,

Emmanuel Macron’s blunder over Taiwan

Mr Macron’s comments, made to some journalists, were worse than unhelpful: they were diplomatically dangerous and conceptually wrong. Though he later corrected them back in Europe, the damage had been ...

Macron Taiwan: French president stands by comments on diplomacy

French President Emmanuel Macron has stood by recent controversial comments about Taiwan, in which he said France should not get caught up in an escalation between the US and China. He made the comments in an interview over the weekend following his three-day state visit to China. He also said that being a US ally ...