China sends fighter jets to shadow US Navy plane over Taiwan Strait
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military said on Wednesday it sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew over the sensitive Taiwan Strait,…
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military said on Wednesday it sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew over the sensitive Taiwan Strait,…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s homegrown submarine programme will remain on track, the defence minister said on Wednesday, after the head of the programme resigned due to what he said were…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia discussed Middle East developments, the South China Sea and Taiwan issues with Chinese counterparts in Beijing, the State Department said…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned the senior executives of two U.S. defence companies from entering the country and frozen their property in response to their arms sales to Taiwan,…
By Nandita Bose and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first direct talks Tuesday since meeting in November, with…
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The U.S. military will not be involved in development of a port in the Philippines’ remote northernmost islands near Taiwan, the local governor said…
EXCLUSIVE: Senators Bring Bipartisan Bill To Cancel Key Treaty With China If Taiwan Invaded Arjun Singh on March 5, 2024 A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of about $75 million of advanced tactical data link system upgrade planning, the Pentagon said on…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next to China’s coast on Monday, the government in Taipei said, in an escalation…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Almost half of companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taiwan consider geopolitical concerns a deterrence to expanding or investing in the island but…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 23 Chinese air force planes operating around Taiwan and carrying out “joint combat readiness patrols” with Chinese warships on Friday, ahead…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China criticised the United States on Thursday for causing “trouble and provocation” after the U.S. Navy sailed its first warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait since presidential…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Some board members of Taiwan’s central bank noted “persistent” concerns about higher inflation and said more monetary policy tightening could not be ruled out if inflation continued…
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Nauru re-established diplomatic ties on Wednesday, after the tiny Pacific island nation unexpectedly severed relations with its now former ally Taiwan in a…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Taiwan Caucus, Republican Representative Mario Diaz Balart and Democratic Representative Ami Bera, have arrived in Taipei,…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s export orders fell more than expected in their worst performance in six months in December, with the outlook for the island’s high-tech products remaining poor due…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s position that it will not renounce using force to bring Taiwan under its control is aimed at foreign interference and a tiny number of separatists, but Taiwanese…
By Kirsty Needham and Yimou Lee SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China on Monday, just days after it elected a new president,…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday raised concerns over China’s human rights issues in a meeting with senior Chinese official Liu Jianchao in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet senior Chinese official Liu Jianchao in Washington on Friday, the State Department said in his official schedule, the talks…
By Ben Blanchard and Ryan Woo TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan’s government issued an air raid alert on Tuesday, saying a Chinese rocket carrying a satellite had flown over its southern airspace,…
By Liang-sa Loh and Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s exports rose more than expected in December on stronger demand for high-tech products from the United States, but the recovery…
GORDON CHANG: Could This Crucial Election Lead China To Invade Taiwan? Gordon G. Chang on January 7, 2024 “Taiwan compatriots must stand on the right side of history, and make…
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – As Taiwan’s election approaches next month, it is not only fraught ties with China competing for electors’ attention. The candidates are exchanging blows over…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan reported Chinese warplanes and warships around the island on Saturday, including aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing continues military activities…