For the first time, Taiwan has charged a Chinese ship captain with damaging vital undersea communication cables. Prosecutors say Captain Wang of the Hong Tai 58 ship intentionally dropped anchor near a cable off southwestern Taiwan in February. Although Wang claims he is innocent, he refused to share ownership details of the ship and reportedly […]
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U.S. to continue deepening unofficial ties with Taiwan, Harris says
U.S. to continue deepening unofficial ties with Taiwan, Harris says. China is undermining key elements of the international rules-based order, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday, adding that Washington would continue to deepen its ‘unofficial ties’ with Taiwan. Speaking during a speech to American sailors serving in Japan, Harris also said the United […]
Nearly 50 aftershocks jolt Taiwan after 6.5-magnitude earthquake, no casualties reported
TAIPEI: As of Sunday morning, 47 tremors have jolted Taiwan subsequent to a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern county of Taitung at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, including a 5.3-magnitude one at 10:35 p.m., said the island’s meteorological agency. The tremors led to some mishaps such as wall collapse, power failure, water pipes bursts, and celling […]
US-Taiwan to start trade talks formally
TAIPEI: US-Taiwan to start trade talks formally. The United States (US) and Taiwan have agreed to start trade talks under a new initiative, saying they wanted to reach agreements with “economically meaningful outcomes”, in another sign of stepped-up US support for the island. Washington and Taipei unveiled the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade in June, […]
US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan as China tensions simmer
TAIPEI/WASHINGTON: US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan as China tensions simmer. A delegation of US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day trip during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to visit while there are military tensions between the self-ruled island and China. Beijing, which claims democratically governed Taiwan […]
Taiwan holds military drill after China repeats threats
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s army held another live-fire drill Thursday after Beijing ended its largest-ever military exercises around the island and repeated threats to bring the self-ruled democracy under its control. Beijing has raged at a trip to Taiwan last week by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — the highest-ranking elected American official to visit in […]
Tensions between Taiwan and China rise
China was seen firing enraged missiles as well as deploy fighter jets and warships around Taiwan. A multiple no-go danger zone was declared around Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army. This disturbance choked some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, sometimes which comes from within 20-kilometres of the island’s shores. Beijing found this […]
ASEAN ministers warn Taiwan tensions could spark ‘open conflicts’
Phnom Penh: Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint Thursday as China launched massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiraling into “open conflicts”. A furious Beijing kicked off its biggest-ever exercises around Taiwan in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit this week to the self-ruled island. Ministers from the 10-member Association […]
China summons US ambassador over Pelosi’s Taiwan trip
BEIJING: China summons US ambassador over Pelosi’s Taiwan trip. China summoned the US ambassador in Beijing Tuesday to rebuke him over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “egregious” trip to Taiwan, state media reported. Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng voiced “strong protests” over Pelosi’s visit to the democratic self-governing island, which China considers part of its territory, […]
Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan, voicing U.S. ‘solidarity’
TAIPEI: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late on Tuesday on a trip she said was intended to express American solidarity with the Chinese-claimed island, the first such visit in 25 years and one that risks pushing relations between Washington and Beijing to a new low. Pelosi and her delegation disembarked […]