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China holds 'biggest' military drills around Taiwan
Published on 23/05/2024
» TAIPEI - China held its most expansive military drills in a year around Taiwan, just days after Lai Ching-te took over as the island’s new president.
Taiwan’s new president calls on China to end threat of war
Published on 20/05/2024
» New Taiwan President Lai Ching-te urged China to stop its campaign of pressure of the democratic island, comments aimed at calming a dispute at the heart of a geopolitical rivalry involving the world’s two biggest powers.
Thai workers lauded in Taiwan, meet president
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 01/05/2024
» Two Thai workers have won employee awards in Taiwan and had an opportunity to meet the country's president.
China objects to US arms sales to Taiwan
Reuters, Published on 24/04/2024
» TAIPEI/BEIJING - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the United States Congress had passed a sweeping foreign aid package which includes arms support for the island, as China urged Washington to stop selling weapons to Taipei.
Ex-Taiwan leader Ma kicks off China visit, may meet Xi amid tensions
Published on 01/04/2024
» Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou of the opposition Nationalist Party kicked off Monday an 11-day visit to mainland China, where he may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan axes tour group travel to mainland China, blames lack of goodwill from Beijing
Published on 08/02/2024
» HONG KONG: Taiwan has suspended a plan to allow local agencies to organise tour groups to mainland China after the Lunar New Year holiday, citing a failure by Beijing to reciprocate the goodwill gesture.
No losers, two winners in Taiwan poll
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/01/2024
» Among elections in Asia this year, Taiwan's is no less consequential, not just for the island country's political future but also for the United States-China rivalry and broader geopolitics. In the event, the results from the Jan 13 general election in Taiwan ended up with no major losers among the main contenders and two big wins for democracy in Asia and the geopolitical status quo.
Taiwan voters deliver rebuke to China
Published on 13/01/2024
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese voters swept Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China’s warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace.
Schrödinger's Island: Taiwan election 2024
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/01/2024
» Taiwan's fate is as unknowable as usual, even though we know who the next president will be. The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) William Lai, vice-president under outgoing President Tsai Ing-Wen, will almost certainly win the election tomorrow because the two opposition parties failed to agree on a joint candidate and will split the slightly-less-anti-China vote between them.
Taiwan president says ties with China must be decided by people's will
Published on 01/01/2024
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's relations with China must be decided by the will of the people and peace must be based on "dignity", President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday after China's leader, Xi Jinping, said "reunification" with the island is inevitable.