After refusing to meet with his US counterpart, general says ‘some countries’ interfering in others’ business but Beijing does not seek confrontationChina’s defence minister, Li Shangfu, has said a cold war mentality is resurgent in the Asia-Pacific re…
続きを読むAgreement designed to deepen economic ties ‘signals a new beginning’, says Taiwan cabinet spokespersonThe United States and Taiwan have signed a trade deal aimed at deepening economic relations between both sides – in a move that has sparked a warning …
続きを読むA dependence on food and energy imports could be China’s biggest weakness in a potential future conflict with TaiwanNot much could unite Peng Lifa, the activist who disappeared after staging a rare anti-lockdown protest in Beijing last year, and Xi Jin…
続きを読むCampaigners vow to continue fighting in memory of the ‘grandmas’ – an estimated 2,000 Taiwanese women sexually enslaved by Japan’s militaryTaiwan’s last known survivor of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery has died at the age of 92, according to the island…
続きを読むThe presidential election in 2024 will be decided by 23.5 million people voting on a range of issues, but how each party intends to deal with China looms largeThree popular former mayors are vying against each other to replace Tsai ing-wen as president…
続きを読むTaipei criticises ‘unfair and unjust’ decision to deny observer status despite support from US, UK, France and other countriesThe World Health Assembly has again rejected Taiwan’s request to join its annual gathering amid routine objections from China …
続きを読むUS efforts to stifle China’s chip industry are thought to be part of a wider plan to hinder Beijing’s preparations for warSigns of the burgeoning conflict between the US and China can be spotted in many different places, from balloons in the sky to vid…
続きを読むVolodymyr Zelenskiy is set to meet with Joe Biden after US said it would allow allied countries to supply Ukraine with fighter jetsThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has landed in Japan, where he is due to discuss greater military assistance…
続きを読むUkraine and China’s Taiwan ambitions are expected to dominate summit discussions, but Fumio Kishida will have a powerful backdrop The war in Ukraine and Chinese aggression towards Taiwan will dominate G7 discussions this week, but host Fumio Kishida is…
続きを読むFormer British PM says Taiwan is ‘on the front line of the global battle for freedom’ during trip that China has called a ‘dangerous political show’Free nations must commit themselves to a free Taiwan and must be prepared to back it up with concrete me…
続きを読むFormer prime minister will challenge Rishi Sunak to deliver on rhetoric about Beijing being a ‘threat’ to UKLiz Truss’s trip to Taiwan this week is a “dangerous political stunt”, the Chinese embassy in London has said, as the former prime minister prep…
続きを読むDespite having the world’s biggest armed forces, China’s military faces a number of serious obstacles in any potential invasion of TaiwanTaiwan’s foreign minister says he is preparing for conflict with China. In an interview this month, Joseph Wu said …
続きを読むAnnual emergency drills have for the first time included a military strike on Taipei, a sign of worsening cross-strait relationsOn a Thursday afternoon in Taipei, it was 26 August 2025 and China’s military had just fired a missile into the city, hittin…
続きを読むBeijing says US, Australia and New Zealand have ‘a cold war mentality’ and are driving up geopolitical tensionsAustralia budget 2023 live updates: federal treasurer Jim Chalmers to deliver budget speech tonight – latest newsGet our morning and afternoo…
続きを読むIn the wake of sanctions on Russia, China has pushed to conduct more trade using the yuan in an effort to reduce its reliance on the dollarChina-Taiwan tensions explained in 30 secondsFor more than a decade, Beijing has been trying to reduce its relian…
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