The United States “very much” understands Taiwan’s defence needs and the severe military threat it faces from China, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Sunday, following a summit between US President Donald
A fossilized jawbone dredged from the seabed near Taiwan more than two decades ago has now been confirmed to belong to the elusive Denisovan species of archaic humans, marking a significant expansion
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In a bid to simplify travel and residency processes, China’s central government has announced two new measures aimed at residents from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. These new policies, which went into
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Taiwan has identified 2027 as a critical year for a potential full-scale invasion by China, as escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait continue to raise alarms. The warning was issued during Taiwan’s
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Washington’s Asian allies are increasingly alarmed over the possibility that the United States may not back Taiwan in the event of a military conflict with China. As the Trump administration recalibrates its
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The Deputy Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India, Robert Hsieh Bor-Huei, issued a strong rebuttal to China’s ‘One China Policy’ during his address at The Siang Dialogue 2.0
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It is almost unanimous, then. Most Western media have given us the lowdown. The people of Taiwan have “rebuffed” (Reuters), “dismissed” (CNN) and “defied” (Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, France 24, NBC)
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Taiwan’s electoral laws provide for the candidate with the highest number of votes becoming the winner on a first-past-the-post basis, and it is a moot point that the incumbent Vice President William
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Vice President William Lai (賴清德) won the presidential election last night, delivering the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) a record third term in office. It is the first time since direct presidential elections
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The idea behind the podcast was a simple one. The US has strategic interests in Taiwan, in part because of its geopolitical location in the center of the First Island Chain, in
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On May 15, 2023, Berkshire Hathaway reported in a Form 13F filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it had completed the sale of its $4 billion stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
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Joshua Keating is a foreign policy analyst, staff writer, and author of the World blog at Slate, and a former writer and editor at Foreign Policy magazine in an article updated on January 2022 wrote that “war over
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On 2 February 2023, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Malacañang Palace in Manila, where they agreed to expand the US military presence in the
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