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China president Xi Jingping and Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen

China sanctions seven Taiwanese ‘independence diehard’ officials

China imposed sanctions on Tuesday on seven Taiwanese officials and lawmakers it accused of being “independence diehards”, including banning them from entering, in its latest angry reproach of the ...

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on 4 August, 2022

Taiwan accuses China of exaggeration with islands footage

Taiwan accused China of exaggeration on Tuesday after the Chinese military published footage of the strategically located Penghu islands, where there is a major Taiwanese air base, saying it was not ...

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry Department of North American Affairs Director-General Douglas Hsu welcomes US Representatives Alan Lowenthal, John Garamendi, Don Beyer and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan in this handout image released August 14, 2022

Angry China stages more drills near Taiwan as US lawmakers visit

The five US lawmakers, led by Senator Ed Markey, arrived in Taipei on an unannounced visit late on Sunday

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry Department of North American Affairs Director-General Douglas Hsu welcomes US Representatives Alan Lowenthal, John Garamendi, Don Beyer and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan in this handout image released August 14, 2022

US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan with China tensions simmering

A delegation of US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day trip during which they will meet president Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to visit while there are military tensions ...

Flags of India and China

India sticks to 'one-China' policy stance

India said on Friday it opposed any unilateral change to the status quo over Taiwan but that its stance on the 'one-China' policy remained consistent, days after Beijing said it hoped New Delhi would ...

A general view shows the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei on on 12 August, 2022

Taiwan thanks US for maintaining security in Taiwan Strait

Taiwan’s government says that as the People’s Republic of China has never ruled the island, it has no right to claim it or decide its future, which can only be set by Taiwan’s people

Taiwanese flags are seen as tourists walk past in Taiwan's Kinmen islands on 11 August, 2022

US to boost Taiwan trade, conduct transits in straits

A new trade plan will be unveiled within days, while US forces will transit the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks, said Kurt Campbell, White House coordinator for Asia-Pacific issues and an advisor ...

An aerial view shows Taiwanese navy ships (foreground) in Keelung harbour on 4 August 2022, as China held military exercises encircling Taiwan.

China’s Taiwan military drills offer spying opportunity for US

While China’s expanded drills surrounding Taiwan have marked an unprecedented military and political warning against outside interference over the island, they opened a window to gather intelligence ...

Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan

Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan

China was using US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei as an "excuse to create a new normality to intimidate Taiwan's people

US president Joe Biden waves to the media as he walks towards Marine One for departure to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US on 7 August, 2022.

US rethinks steps on China tariffs in wake of Taiwan response -sources

China’s war games around Taiwan have led Biden administration officials to recalibrate their thinking on whether to scrap some tariffs or potentially impose others on Beijing, setting those options ...

The Ground Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts a long-range live-fire drill into the Taiwan Strait, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on 4 August, 2022

China warns it will not tolerate Taiwan 'separatists'

China on Wednesday vowed zero tolerance for "separatist activities" in Taiwan and reaffirmed that it would take the self-ruled island by force if necessary

US President Joe Biden arrives for a signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the WhiteHouse in Washington, DC, on 9 August, 2022

Biden signs major semiconductors investment bill to compete against China

US president Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a multi-billion dollar bill boosting domestic semiconductor and other high-tech manufacturing sectors that US leaders fear risk being dominated by rival ...

A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft flies over the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, one of mainland China's closest points to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan island, Fujian province, China on 5 August 2022.

Taiwanese foreign minister warns China preparing for invasion

Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as an excuse to prepare for an invasion of the ...

A Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000-5 aircraft lands at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu, Taiwan on 7 August 2022.

Biden 'concerned' as China extends military drills around Taiwan

China announced new military drills around Taiwan on Monday, eliciting concern from US president Joe Biden, a day after the scheduled end of Beijing's largest exercises to protest last week's visit ...

A Taiwan military vessel is seen from a Navy Force vessel under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the navy's military exercises in the waters around Taiwan, at an undisclosed location in this 5 August, 2022 handout released on 6 August, 2022

China announces fresh military drills around Taiwan

China’s military announced fresh military drills on Monday in the seas and airspace around Taiwan - a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against last week’s visit to ...

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