In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Lai said Taiwan is committed to maintaining peace in the Indo-Pacific region despite frequent Chinese military incursions into its vicinity and drills breaching the first island chain that extends from Japan to Borneo.
US President Donald Trump expressed optimism after his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said that he held discussions on a lot of areas, including trade and his visit to China in April next year.
The India U17 men's team will look to secure their first win of the AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 Qualifiers when they take on Chinese Taipei on Wednesday, at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected 20 Chinese military sorties and five naval vessels in its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Wednesday.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said that the detention of an Indian citizen in China has been taken up at the highest level with the Chinese authorities, flagging it as a violation of international norms governing air travel.
India on Tuesday strongly rejected China's remarks regarding the status of Arunachal Pradesh and expressed serious concern over what it described as the "arbitrary detention" of an Indian national, Prema Wangjom Thongdok, at Shanghai International Airport.
The statement came a day after a phone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, during which Xi allegedly linked Taiwan's "return to China" to the postwar international order, as reported by The Taipei Times.
President Trump also announced that he would host the Chinese leader for a state visit in the United States later in 2026.
He said that the US' relationship with China is "extremely strong" and that that he has accepted an invitation by Xi to visit Beijing in April 2026.
Takaichi said her conversation with Trump had been on the request of the US President who briefed her on his phone conversation with Xi on Monday. However, she refrained from elaborating further, including on any discussion regarding her comments on a Taiwan contingency, the Kyodo report sai
A Chinese national named Liu Quinjing was caught entering India illegally. It was nabbed by the SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) during a routine police check at the India-Nepal border at the Bahraich post in Uttar Pradesh.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected 11 Chinese military sorties and five naval vessels in its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.
India's first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra made a special appearance at the FIDE World Cup 2025 and made the ceremonial first move in the opening game of the final between Chinese GM Wei Yi and GM Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan here on Monday