カテゴリー: Taiwan
Taiwan to send former vice-president despite Vatican being one of country’s few diplomatic alliesPope Francis’s funeral – latest updatesTaiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, will not attend the funeral of Pope Francis, despite his foreign ministry saying e…
‘Invasion’ barges, subsea cable cutters and surprise naval drills: how China is testing Donald Trump
China has been flexing its maritime muscle in the Indo-Pacific – moves that pose a challenge for the US presidentIn the space of just five weeks, China held live-fire drills on the doorsteps of Australia, Taiwan and Vietnam. It tested new landing barge…
From energy security to boosting internet connections, Taiwan is working on ways to protect its population if China attacksIf war comes to Taiwan, the local citizens might be sent to their nearest 7-Eleven.No one knows for sure what a Chinese attack on…
Taiwan launches first such prosecution, alleging the captain of the Chinese-crewed Hong Tai 58 dropped anchor near an undersea cable that then damaged itProsecutors in Taiwan charged, for the first time, a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damagi…
Beijing continues drills in Taiwan strait, practising hitting key ports and energy infrastructureThe US has accused China of putting the region’s security at risk after it launched a second day of military drills targeting Taiwan with a rehearsal block…
Defence secretary’s trip to Asia shows the Trump administration is engaged with the region, but analysts warn Taipei to tread carefully On Tuesday China’s military launched joint drills around Taiwan, sending ships, planes and some bizarre propaganda v…
Taiwan says it has detected nearly 20 vessels off its coast as Beijing orders large scale sea and air exercises and calls leaders in Taipei ‘parasites’China has launched large-scale military drills around Taiwan, accusing its leaders of being “separati…
Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict
Prospect of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan has forced Japan to step up measures to protect islands in Okinawa prefecture Japan has for the first time released plans to evacuate more than 100,000 civilians from some of its remote islands near Taiwan in th…
Soldiers had worked for ‘extremely sensitive and important units’ and ‘their acts betrayed the country’, Taipei court saysA Taiwan court has sentenced four soldiers, including three who worked in the president’s security team, to jail for up to seven y…
Sighting of Shuqiao ships provides insight into China’s integration of its military, paramilitary and civilian operations – and its plans for a potential invasionThe short video is shot from a public beach in China’s Guangdong province, the unidentifie…
Lai Ching-te’s speech – which included a proposal to set up military courts – prompted an angry reaction from Beijing, which called him a ‘creator of crisis’Taiwan’s new president has formally labelled China a “foreign hostile force” and ramped up nati…
The producer of the world’s most advanced chip technology is investing on US soil but some fear that could reduce the leverage Taiwan holds to ensure its future securityTSMC’s chief executive, CC Wei, smiled broadly as he stood next to Donald Trump in …
Exclusive: Zhou Bo says harm done to US image may make Taiwanese reconsider their attitude towards Beijing but says he sees Trump as overall being ‘rather friendly’The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating opportuni…
Up to 90% of young people in Taiwan have myopia but eye experts say the growing global trend can be reversedIn the final days of their eight-week bootcamp, dozens of young Taiwanese conscripts are being tested on an obstacle course. The men in full com…
Threat after Taipei announces bigger military drills appears to mirror a line from children’s film Ne Zha 2China’s defence ministry spokesperson has warned Taiwan “we will come and get you, sooner or later”, after Taipei announced an expansion of milit…