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Taiwan Pres Lai Ching-te orders DPP officials to report China visits amid
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te has mandated that all DPP officials report visits to China, Hong Kong, or Macau, as Taiwan heightens efforts to counter suspected Chinese infiltration. Lai emphasised party discipline, national security, and legal accountability for any members collab
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China's Taobao marketplace fined in Taiwan, faces license threat
Updated : 11 months ago IST
China-based e-commerce giant Taobao has been fined NTD 1.2 million by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs for unauthorised advertising activities. Authorities have warned that its license could be revoked if it fails to comply with regulations by mid-2025.
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Taiwan reports Chinese military activity near its territory
Updated : 11 months ago IST
According to Taiwan's MND, 11 out of 17 sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
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Taiwan to launch cybersecurity center in August amid rising threats from C
Updated : 11 months ago IST
In its weekly publication released last Wednesday, the institute noted that Taiwan is encountering significant cybersecurity threats posed by hackers supported by the Chinese state, along with challenges from artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, ransomware, and intellectual prope
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Taiwan's ruling party expels former assistant of foreign minister over all
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday expelled Ho Jen-chieh, a former assistant to Joseph Wu, the current national security chief and former foreign minister, following allegations of his involvement in a Chinese espionage case, Focus Taiwan reported.
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US to boost Philippine military to counter China, says defence chief
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Taipei Times, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Thursday in an interview in Manila that the country anticipates receiving consistent annual defense funding of US$500 million from the United States through 2029 to strengthen its military and counter China's "aggr
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China increases the temperature around Taiwan
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Just like the proverbial frog in a pot, who boils to death after the water is heated incrementally, so China under Chairman Xi Jinping is gradually but inexorably ramping up the pressure and heat against Taiwan. By acting in this way, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is normalizing such co
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Taiwan records Chinese military incursions around its territory
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Taiwan recorded four sorties and eight Chinese vessels operating around its territory on Monday, as reported by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND).
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G7 Foreign Ministers express concern over China's "provocative" military d
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The G7 Foreign Ministers, along with the High Representative of the European Union, expressed concern over China's recent "provocative actions," especially the large-scale military drills conducted around Taiwan.
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US, EU reaffirm opposition to China's military escalation in Taiwan strait
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The US and the EU have restated their disapproval of any unilateral alterations to the "status quo" in the Taiwan Strait following China's military's recent series of joint drills around Taiwan, which concluded last night, according to a report by Taipei Times.
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China ramps up military incursions around Taiwan
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Of the 59 aircraft, 31 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central, southwestern, and eastern ADIZ (Air Defence Identification Zone).
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US encourages peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues: White House Pres
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday during a press briefing that the US reiterates its stance of opposing any unilateral attempts to change the status quo of the Taiwan Strait by force or coercion.
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