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US lawmakers visit Taiwan to show support amid tensions with China
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Two United States House of Representatives members told former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te on Thursday that their current visit to Taipei was meant to showcase bipartisan support from the US Congress for Taiwan, Central News Agency Taiwan reported on
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As island nation Tuvalu heads to polls tomorrow, here's what it could sign
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The island nation of Tuvalu, which is all set to head to polls tomorrow, will examine its ties with Taiwan and China if finance minister Seve Paeni becomes prime minister following Friday's election.
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Taiwan detects 18 Chinese military aircraft, 6 naval ships around nation
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Taiwan's ministry of national defence has detected 18 Chinese military aircraft and six naval ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 24) and 6 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 25), the Taiwan News reported.
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Passenger entering South Korea with map showing Taiwan as country detained
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A South Korean tourist was stopped by customs when entering China. After checking the luggage, it was found that the map contained in one of the notebooks suspected of marking Taiwan as a country, so the passenger was detained by customs for about an hour before being released.
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Cross-strait crisis likely to occur in 2024: Taiwan, US experts
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
More than half of surveyed US and Taiwan experts said they believed a cross-Taiwan Strait crisis was likely to occur in 2024, although there were mixed views on how exactly it would play out, a report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said.
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Will China now play a long or short game against Taiwan?
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Following the Taiwanese people's refusal to buckle to Chinese coercion in the January 13 elections, voting back into power the incumbent Democratic People's Party (DPP) with its new leader Lai Ching-te, opinion varies as to what Beijing's next course of action will be.
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Taiwan showed its democratic resilience despite China's attempts to interv
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Wu stated that Taiwan successfully held legislative and presidential polls last week despite China's attempts to manipulate the election results.
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China summons Philippines envoy as Manila congratulates Taiwan's President
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Expressing disappointment over the Manila move, Beijing's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning said, "The Chinese side is strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposes" Marcos's remarks and urged Manila to give "a responsible explanation".
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Former Taiwan President Tsai thanks Dalai Lama for wishing party after vic
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen expressed gratitude to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama after he congratulated her colleague Lai Ching-te for winning third straight term for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwanese presidential elections.
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China suffers sharp rebuttal in Taiwanese election
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
As much as it fumed and vented, China could not prevent Taiwanese citizens from heading to polls on January 13 to choose their new government and president, Lai Ching-te.
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Taiwan detects 6 Chinese military aircraft, 4 naval vessels near island
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Taiwan detects six Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around the island country between 6 a.m. on Sunday (Jan. 14) and 6 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 15), Taiwan News reported citing the Ministry of National Defence.
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After losing Taiwan presidential elections, Hou Yu-ih returns to mayoral d
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Hou Yu-ih returned to his role as mayor of New Taipei City on Sunday, after he lost the Taiwan presidential elections to Lai Ching-te, reported Taiwan News.
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