カテゴリー: Taiwan
Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security lawJimmy Lai, the detained pro-democracy activist and media mogul who is the target of Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security case…
With $500bn worth of trade in the crosshairs of Donald Trump’s tariffs, Xi Jinping is preparing for four more years of unpredictabilityChina is bracing itself for four years of volatile relations with its biggest trading partner and geopolitical rival,…
Taipei says it is paying close attention to reported request by Elon Musk’s firm Taiwan’s government says it is paying close attention to reports that Elon Musk’s SpaceX asked Taiwanese suppliers to move manufacturing to other countries because of “geo…
A ‘typhoon day’ has come to mean one thing for many – a chance to indulge their favourite pastimeThe winds of typhoon Kong-rey howled through the streets of the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, inside a brick and glass build…
Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, registering as the biggest storm the island has faced in decades. Kong-rey has been declared a ‘strong typhoon’ by Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, which said it was expected to be the large…
People warned to stay inside because of high risk of storm surges, flooding and landslides as typhoon crosses islandThe biggest typhoon to hit Taiwan in decades has crossed over the island, leaving behind a path of destruction but minimal reported deat…
Package includes Nasams air defence system that Taiwan says will help it in the face of China’s frequent military manoeuvres China will take “countermeasures” to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the government said, lambasting a $2bn a…
Foreign secretary discussed China’s treatment of Uyghurs and support of Russia as well as ‘areas of cooperation’David Lammy pressed his Chinese counterpart on human rights concerns and China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during talks in Be…
Coverage with UK-European provider will be in place by end of month, says island’s main telecoms companyTaiwan is expected to have access to low earth orbit satellite internet service by the end of the month, a step the government says is crucial in ca…
Image dispersed during Monday’s military drills likened to sexual harassment or abusive partnerA Chinese propaganda image dispersed during Monday’s military drills around Taiwan was supposed to send a positive message to the island’s people, but instea…
PLA and Chinese coastguard approach Taiwan by sea and air in move linked by state media to ‘separatist’ National Day speechChinese military and coastguard personnel surrounded Taiwan’s main island on Monday for a day of large-scale drills that Beijing …
Exclusive: Request to postpone Tsai Ing-wen’s trip came before ‘goodwill visit’ to China by David Lammy next weekThe UK Foreign Office (FCDO) asked for a visit by the former Taiwanese president to be postponed so as not to anger China ahead of a trip b…
Lai Ching-te argues the reverse may be true because the Republic of China – the mantle that nationalists carried with them to Taiwan – predates the People’s RepublicIt is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become Taiwan’s motherland be…
Several missing and more than 120 injured after storm makes landfall in Kaohsiung, with authorities pleading for people to stay insideTyphoon Krathon has made landfall in Taiwan, bringing destructive wind and rain to the island’s second biggest city.Th…
Two people have been killed and more than 100 injured as Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday. There was heavy flooding in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second biggest city and home to 2.7 million people, amid torrential rain brought by the typhoo…