Thousands of Chinese political elites and lawmakers will gather in Beijing this week for annual legislative meetings as concern continues to mount over Beijing's economy, national security and ambition of 'reunification' with Taiwan, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
The United States and European Union affirmed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and called for the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues.
In the survey titled "Changes in the Unification-Independence Stances of Taiwanese," National Chengchi University's Election Study Center, which has tracked the annual change in Taiwanese residents' stance on the issue from 1994-2023, said it saw increasing support for the continuation of cr
Washington and Beijing separately announced late Saturday that Sullivan and China's top diplomat Wang, who is also a Chinese Communist Party politburo member and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, had met in Bangkok on Friday and Saturday.
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.
The US congratulated Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te on his victory in Saturday's elections, vowing to cooperate and work closely with the island nation.
VOA reported that in addition to the warning from Xi, the Taiwan Affairs Office, which oversees cross-strait relations in Beijing, also called on Taiwanese people to promote "peaceful unification," saying it's the common desire of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan scrambled its aircraft, naval ships, and land-based missiles after spotting 11 Chinese military aircraft that breached the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, reported Taiwan News.
The two sides also exchanged views on a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including Russia’s war against Ukraine and cross-Strait issues.
Taipei [Taiwan], October 10 (ANI): Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday stated that there is "no room for compromise" over the sovereignty of the island nation and warned China that resorting to war must not be the option for cross-strait relations.
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): Although confronted by unceasing cross-strait military intimidation and grey-zone threats, Taiwan has continued to strengthen its self-defence capabilities, said Baushaun Ger, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India on Thursday.