China deployed two aircraft carrier groups and dozens of ships in waters north and south of Taiwan last month, a Taiwanese security official said Monday, as Beijing keeps up military pressure on the self-ruled island.
Taiwan is prepared to talk to China as equals but will continue to build up its defences, the island’s president Lai Ching-te said Tuesday as he marked his first year in office.
Taiwan conducted Monday its first live-firing of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems purchased from the United States, as the self-ruled island upgrades its capabilities to repel a potential Chinese attack.
China’s military drills around Taiwan this week aim to send a clear message to the island’s leadership, analysts say — in the event of war, Beijing can cut them off from the outside world and grind them into submission...
China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practising for ‘precision strikes’ and a blockade of the self-ruled island....
Taiwan will give pay rises to some service members in a bid to tackle manpower shortages, officials said on Friday, as the island faces intensifying military pressure from China.
Taiwan detected 11 Chinese balloons near the island in a single-day record, the defence ministry said on Friday.
Taiwan said on Thursday it detected 45 Chinese aircraft near the self-ruled island, the highest number this year and a tally that comes a day after Taipei condemned China’s ‘live-fire’ drills off the south.
Taiwan said it detected 24 Chinese military aircraft near the island on Sunday as a Canadian warship passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan said Wednesday it detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near the self-ruled island this week, as two US ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait...
Taiwan detected six Chinese balloons off the island, the defence ministry said on Friday, as Beijing maintains military pressure to push its claim of sovereignty.
Taiwan has identified 52 ‘suspicious’ Chinese-owned ships flying flags of convenience that require close monitoring if detected near the island, the coast guard said Monday, as Taipei seeks to protect its subsea telecoms cables.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump’s top diplomat denouncing Beijing’s ‘coercive’ moves...
Taiwan’s economy expanded four times faster than the year before in 2024, government data showed Friday, thanks to global demand for the island’s high-tech exports.
Taiwan has rejected ride-hailing giant Uber’s plan to buy Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda on the island, stating on Wednesday that the deal would significantly harm market competition.
China said Sunday it ‘firmly opposed’ US president Joe Biden’s approval of $571.3 million in defence assistance for Taiwan.
Taiwanese lawmakers tackled and doused each other with water on Friday as president Lai Ching-te’s party tried to block the passage of bills they say could harm the self-ruled island’s ‘democratic system’.
Taiwan said on Thursday it detected 16 Chinese warships in waters around the island, one of the highest numbers this year, as Beijing intensifies military pressure on Taipei.
China has expanded military drills around Taiwan aimed at drawing ‘a red line’ for the next US president, Taipei authorities said on Wednesday, branding Beijing a ‘troublemaker’...
China is deploying dozens of ships in its biggest maritime mobilisation around Taiwan in years, Taipei said Tuesday, after Beijing voiced fury at President Lai Ching-te’s recent visit to the United States...
Four Taiwanese soldiers, including three from a unit in charge of security for the president’s office, were charged Friday for photographing and leaking confidential information to China, prosecutors and the president’s office said.
Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, whose romance novels were wildly popular in the Chinese-speaking world, has died, authorities said on Wednesday. She was 86...
Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te arrived in the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, after visiting the United States on the first stop of a Pacific tour that has angered Chinese leaders.
Taiwan president Lai Ching-te discussed ‘China’s military threats’ toward the island in a call with former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, drawing a fresh barrage of criticism from Beijing.
Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te said in the United States on Saturday that we have to ‘fight together to prevent war’, as he kicked off a week-long tour of the Pacific that has sparked fiery rhetoric from Beijing.
The United States has approved the proposed sale of spare parts for fighter jets and radar systems as well as communications equipment to Taiwan, in deals valued at $385 million, a US agency said Friday.
Bangladesh’s human rights organisation Odhikar was announced as an awardee of the 2024 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award on Wednesday, according to a press release by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy...
Beijing said on Tuesday it deployed air and naval forces to monitor a US military plane as it flew over politically sensitive waters separating China and Taiwan...
A Taiwanese fishing boat captain held in China for more than four months on allegations of illegal fishing has been released after paying a fine, Taiwan’s coast guard said Saturday.
More than a dozen US-based employees of Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC have sued the company for apparent discrimination against non-Asian workers, according to a recent lawsuit...
