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China's growing assertiveness on Taiwan to be key point in Suga-Biden talk
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 4 (ANI): As Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and US President Joe Biden are expected to meet later this month to discuss human rights in China, Taiwan is likely to become a major point of focus amid concern over its security due to Beijing's rising assertivenes
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Taiwan, US coastguard agreement aims to counter China's expansion: Analyst
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 28 (ANI): A new pact signed by Taiwan and the United States on coast guard cooperation aims at countering China's expansion, said a Taiwanese analyst.
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Chinese threat to Taiwan 'closer than most think': top US admiral
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): China is quickly amassing weapons and systems to militarily overwhelm Taiwan, an action it could be "poised to take" within the next six years, the admiral chosen to be the next commander of US forces in the Pacific warned on Tuesday.
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Amid rising tensions in Indo-Pacific, US, Chinese warships patrol same are
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 14 (ANI): Amid rising tensions in Indo-Pacific, a Chinese destroyer was spotted prowling near American Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn off the southeast coast of Taiwan on Thursday.
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China's first potential target is Taiwan, says US Commander
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington[US], March 12 (ANI) As Taipei continues to remain at the forefront of the escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing, Taiwan could be the first potential target of Chinese military aggression in the next five to 10 years, a top U.S. military commander said.
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8 Chinese fighter aircraft enter Taipei's air defense zone as Taiwan appoi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 20 (ANI): As a US-trained defence minister got appointed as Taiwan's defence minister, eight Chinese fighter aircraft flew into the southwestern part of its air defense zone.
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As US-Taiwan strengthen ties, China warns 'Taiwan's independence' means wa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 31 (ANI): As the United States and Taiwan strengthen their ties, China has threatened that "Taiwan's independence" means war.
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Taiwan becomes the meat in Biden-Xi sandwich
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 12 (ANI): Taiwan should be ready for a rough ride as its importance in China-US bilateral ties grows. Outgoing President Donald Trump upped the stakes yet again when his administration lifted restrictions on US officials visiting the democratically ruled East Asian island.
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Taiwanese officials laud Pompeo's decision to lift curbs on US contact
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 11 (ANI): Taiwan government officials on Sunday welcomed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's announcement of lifting restrictions governing official US contacts with the country, with many calling it the latest example of bipartisan commitment to deepening Taiwan-US
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Taiwan refuses to renew pro-China news channel's licence
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 19 (ANI): Taiwan on Wednesday refused to renew the licence of a channel widely seen as pro-China citing interference from a Beijing-friendly tycoon, amid China's attempts to win support on the island.
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China irked by proposed US-Taiwan economic talks, calls Washington to 'sto
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 11 (ANI): As the United States and Taiwan are set to begin economic talks, Beijing has called on Washington to "stop exchange or contacts" with Taipei and stop elevating its relationship with Taiwan in any substantive way.
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Is a Chinese invasion of Taiwan growing more likely?
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): Taiwan has always been the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) highest strategic priority, yet Beijing has felt the need to deepen its coercion against the island nation. Indeed, a number of commentators are claiming the threat of a Chinese invasion, or military a
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