Following the talks held between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan's former president, Ma Ying-jeou, the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) slammed the Chinese leader for meeting the former president, while failing to take any concrete steps to establish a dialogue with the curr
"Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are all Chinese people. There is no grudge that cannot be resolved, no issue that cannot be discussed and no force that can separate us," Xi told the former Taiwan president.
According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence, of the 10 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, two crossed the Taiwan Strait median line and four entered the southwest corner of the country's air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
Taken by Chinese citizens, low-resolution images of the new attack helicopter performing flight testing started circulating on the internet in late March.
Taiwanese armed forces have monitored the situation and deployed naval vessels and coastal systems in response to China's activities, according to the statement.
As of 8.12 am Sunday, a total of 681 aftershocks had hit Taiwan, including two exceeding a magnitude of 6, one of magnitude 6.5, and another 6.2 that struck at 8.11 am and 10:14 am on April 3 and 24, ranging from magnitude 5 to 6, CWA data showed, as per Focus Taiwan.
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs frowned on the Bolivian government's expression of solidarity with China after the earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday, calling it a 'serious mistake', Central News Agency (CNA) reported.
The Czech Republic government initiated an investigation into an alleged incident concerning a Chinese embassy staff member accused of tailing Taiwan's Vice President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim in the Czech capital, Prague, during her March visit to the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (
The death toll from the quake has increased to 13, Taiwan's National Fire Agency (NFA) said, after three bodies were recovered from a walking trail through the mountainous region. Of them, two bodies were recovered on Friday and the other on Saturday, the NFA said, while adding that the team