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This photo taken on November 19, 2025 shows village secretary Sean Lee putting Taiwan’s civil defence booklets in mailboxes at the Shilin district in Taipei. | Photo Credit: AFP Taipei resident Jay Tsai hopes he never needs the crisis guide Taiwan is handing out to millions of households across the island, which faces threats of…
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The United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan is an internal matter for China, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Monday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump saying Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he will not invade…
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Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te. File | Photo Credit: AP Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te pledged to strengthen the island’s defences in the face of escalating Chinese threats, saying in a New Year’s address on Wednesday (January 1, 2025) that Taiwan was a crucial part of the “line of defence of democracy” globally. China claims Taiwan, a…
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A Taiwan’s fighter jet lands at an airbase in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, as Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it detected Chinese naval ships and military planes engaged in training. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) | Photo Credit: AP China’s secretive military appears to be up to something around Taiwan, but it’s unclear whether it’s…
Two German warships await orders from Berlin, their commander said, to determine whether next month they will be the first German naval vessels in decades to pass through the disputed Taiwan Strait, at the risk of stoking tensions with Beijing. While the U.S. and other nations, including Canada, have sent warships through the disputed strait…
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. File photo | Photo Credit: AP Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te welcomed what he called the “largest-ever” delegation of foreign lawmakers to Taiwan and said on Tuesday that it showed the importance of democracies uniting, even as Beijing pressured members of the delegation not to visit. “This demonstrates the support and the…
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Delegates discuss nuclear arms and regional security during US-China talks. Hong Kong: The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing’s representatives telling U.S. counterparts that they would not resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, according to two American delegates who attended. The…
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Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said it was China who is the provoker of tensions. TAIPEI: Taiwan is not seeking war with Beijing, and its policy is to build up a defensive, multi-level deterrence capability to make it harder for China to capture the island, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Monday. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has faced a stepped-up military and…
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Taiwan’s government has already thanked leaders around the world for their messages (File) Taipei: Taiwan on Thursday condemned China as “shameless” after Beijing’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the island. China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and also claims the right…
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