Taiwan President William Lai urged China to reconsider its Taiwan policy, warning that escalating military pressure has only strengthened US presence in the Indo-Pacific. In a recent interview, Lai said this outcome may not serve Beijing's best interests and called for a respectful approach
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te dismissed the notion that dialogue with China could be pursued in cooperation with Taiwan's opposition parties, arguing their approaches differ fundamentally from that of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Focus Taiwan reported.
The Chinese Qunpeng Association's activities are suspected of breaching the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, reported Taipei Times.
"If this kind of unfair trade is not resolved, the stable societies and economic prosperity we have painstakingly built over decades, as well as some of the values we pursue, could be destroyed," William warned.
The US Department of State has clarified that President Donald Trump's recent use of the term "unification" referred to US-China trade relations and not Taiwan, reaffirming that US policy on Taiwan remains unchanged.
A Taiwanese intelligence official revealed that the Chinese Communist Party is funding trips for Taiwanese temple-goers to attend religious and cultural events in China, offering financial incentives to local organisers as part of united front efforts to deepen cross-strait influence.
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has raised concerns that a cross-strait essay contest organized by a Taipei-based society and a CCP-linked publisher may violate laws prohibiting political cooperation with mainland Chinese entities, citing all-expenses-paid trips and ties to Beijing's
The latest development follows heightened activity recorded just a day earlier. On Saturday, the MND said it had detected 34 sorties of People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and seven PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan by 6 a.m. that day.
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.
At 8 am (local time), a Coast Guard patrol boat probed a suspicious vessel in restricted waters about 37 kilometres northwest of Yongan Fishing Port in Taoyuan's Xinwu District.
The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) urged caution for Taiwanese traveling to China as three more Taiwanese nationals have been detained, and one more has gone missing in China, as reported by Taipei Times.