China keeps up military pressure on Taiwan, sending 43 planes and 7 ships near self-governing island
Such Chinese maneuvers have become frequent and aggressive since then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August 2022
Such Chinese maneuvers have become frequent and aggressive since then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August 2022
Beijing froze military exchanges after then-speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi last August visited self-governing island
The Philippines and other neighbors of China have resisted Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims over virtually the entire South China Sea, and some have sought U.S. military support as incidents multiply
Guo announced Aug. 28 he would run as an independent candidate in Taiwan’s presidential election, ending months of speculation
Chenta Tsai Tseng — a Spanish musician of Taiwanese origin — turned insults into a stage name: Putochinomaricón. In their most ambitious project to date, they’re now working on deconstructing post-internet music
The defense ministry said in a statement that 32 aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army and nine vessels from the navy were detected in the 24 hours between 6 a.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday
The mainland’s ruling Communist Party claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and says it has no right to conduct foreign relations
President Santiago Peña took the presidential oath outside the government palace in the capital of Asunción in a ceremony attended by several regional leaders and Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai
William Lai’s trip includes stops in San Francisco and New York City, which Beijing criticized Washington for allowing
The move is the Biden administration’s first major package drawing on America’s own stockpiles to help Taiwan counter China
The U.S. State Department approved of the sale of 30 mm ammunition and related equipment, along with spare parts for Taiwan’s vehicles, small arms, combat weapon systems, and logistical support items
The Secretary of State will be the most senior U.S. official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office and amid rising tensions between the two countries
Taiwan’s TSMC, South Korea’s Samsung and U.S.-based Nvidia are leaders in a strategic sector where commercial and geopolitical interests overlap
China’s official CCTV says Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Honduran counterpart Enrique Reina took part in the inauguration of the embassy on Sunday morning
The incident occurred Saturday as the American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting a so-called ‘freedom of navigation’ transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland China
The global tug-of-war is measured in nanometers. Economic and military might increasingly depend on high-end semiconductors, 90% of which are produced in Taiwan. The U.S., China and the EU are making moves to avoid losing the battle
A recent increase in exchanges between the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries is an ‘extremely wrong and dangerous move,’ a spokesperson from China’s Defense Ministry said
John Bolton, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2024, said that national security teams must develop contingency plans on how to respond to actions Beijing might take
‘We remain committed to intensifying sanctions against Russia, coordinating and fully enforcing them,’ the Group of Seven foreign ministers said in a communique released on Tuesday
Caught in the hegemonic tug-of-war between the US and China, the explosive potential of the Asian archipelago has grown since the invasion of Ukraine. EL PAÍS travelled to the heart of the conflict
The European Union wants Xi to persuade President Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s costly war in Ukraine. It’s also concerned about a military escalation around Taiwan
The French president said that France and Europe ‘are for the status quo’ when it comes to Taiwan and ‘the policy of one China and the peaceful settlement of the question’
The three days of large-scale air and sea exercises named Joint Sword that ended Monday were a response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
‘The question we need to answer, as Europeans, is the following: is it in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan? No,’ the president was quoted as saying in an interview
Amid an economic boom, the planet’s largest democracy faces huge social challenges and an eroding political pluralism
China says the ‘combat readiness patrols’ named Joint Sword were meant as a warning to self-governing Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own
The Chinese military announced the start of three-day “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to Taiwanese who want to make the island’s de facto independence permanent