Taiwan president: War with China not an option
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Saturday to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in the face of increased ...
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US House speaker meets Taiwan president despite Beijing’s threats
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sits down with Taiwan's president on Wednesday for a highly symbolic meeting in California that ...
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Taiwan, Guatemala leaders reaffirm ties at Mayan site
GUATEMALA CITY – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and her Guatemalan counterpart, Alejandro Giammattei, on Saturday took in the jungle ruins ...
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To curb ‘authoritarian expansionism’: Taiwan to bolster US military ties
Taiwan will boost military exchanges with the United States to curb "authoritarian expansionism," President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday after meeting ...
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Taiwan offers assistance to China over virus surge
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday, pledging to offer assistance if needed as coronavirus ...
Read moreTaiwan extends mandatory military service to one year
Taiwan on Tuesday announced an extension in mandatory military service from four months to one year, citing the threat from ...
Read moreTaiwan leader: ‘No compromise’ on freedom, democracy in national day talk
Taipei—Taiwan’s leader warned Beijing on Monday that the island would never give up its democratic way of life in a ...
Read more‘China drills only deepened international solidarity’
Taipei—China’s huge military drills around Taiwan have only made allies more determined to visit the island democracy and show solidarity, ...
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Pelosi’s political stunt to bluff China
"It seems this female version (Nancy Pelosi) of Rip Van Winkle lawmaker refuses to wake up to the reality that ...
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China warplanes enter Taiwan airspace, airlines warned
Taipei—Taiwan’s defense ministry announced late Wednesday that 27 Chinese warplanes had entered the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). TENSED ...
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