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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks during a press conference with the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday (June 18, 2026). | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan safeguarding its own security and refusing rule by China’s Communist Party should not be seen as a provocation, President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday (June 18, 2026),…
Taiwan’s Defence Minister Wellington Koo. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese Coast Guard patrols to the east of Taiwan are a “provocative act” and the military will closely coordinate with the island’s Coast Guard in responding, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Monday (June 8, 2026). China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own…
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks at an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei, Taiwan on May 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan will not be sacrificed or traded and will not give up its free way of life under pressure, President Lai Ching-te wrote…
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Taiwan said it detected 24 Chinese military aircraft near the island on Sunday as a Canadian warship passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. It was the first Canadian naval vessel to transit the waterway this year, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said, and came days after two U.S. ships made the passage. The United States and its…
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The navy vessels, along with 34 Chinese aircraft, were spotted near Taiwan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan said Thursday (December 12, 2024) that it detected 16 Chinese warships in waters around the island, one of the highest numbers this year, as Beijing intensifies military pressure on Taipei. The navy vessels, along with 34 Chinese…
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Self-ruled Taiwan — which Beijing claims as its own territory — also called on “all like-minded countries to closely monitor China’s actions”. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry on Saturday (August 31, 2024) accused China of an “arbitrary intervention” after a joint declaration by Pacific leaders was altered to remove mentions of…
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Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, said in his inauguration speech Monday that he wants peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats and intimidation of the self-governed island that Beijing claims as its own territory. “I hope that China will face the reality of (Taiwan)’s existence, respect the choices of the people…
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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