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US lawmakers call for US$2 billion more in arms for Taiwan after Xi threats

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Republican members of the House China Select Committee on Sunday (Nov. 19) sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate and House to provide Taiwan with US$2 billion (NT$62....

China's former US envoy calls Taiwan 'life and death question'

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Former Ambassador of China to the United States Cui Tiankai (崔天凯) said that Taiwan is a “life and death” question for China, in an interview with the South Chi...

Cartoon of the Day: Biden holds bigger gun than Xi in Wild West showdown

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Swedish cartoonist created an illustration depicting President Joe Biden toting a much bigger gun that Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) under the table like a prelude to ...

Xi-Biden meeting lowered likelihood China will invade Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Nov. 15) reduced the chances that China will invade Taiwan, according to one ex...

Austin says Biden-Xi summit will not impact US arms sales to Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday (Nov. 16) reiterated Washington’s commitment to providing weapons to Taiwan and said that the latest summit between P...

Xi tells Biden to stop arming, supporting Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — During his four-hour meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Nov. 15), Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) told the U.S. to stop supporting Taiwan independence and halt...

Xi told Biden Taiwan is biggest, most dangerous issue in bilateral ties -US official

WOODSIDE, California, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden during their four-hour meeting on Wednesday that Taiwan was the biggest, most dangerous issue in U.S...

PLA lieutenant general says Chinese invasion of Taiwan will be 'just and legitimate war'

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A People's Liberation Army (PLA) lieutenant general on Sunday (Oct. 29) was cited by Chinese state-run media as saying that when China invades Taiwan, it will be a &qu...

Suspected CCP agent Lin Te-wang indicted in Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chair of the Taiwan People's Communist Party (TPCP), Lin Te-wang (林德旺), has been indicted for political infiltration and receiving financial support from the Chinese C...

Will Berlin's monument to German Unity ever be completed?

October 3 marks German Unity Day, celebrated every year since the peaceful reunification of the country, 33 years ago. A monument to mark this historical event, the Monument to Freedom and Unity, was...

Taiwan colonel pictured with 'peaceful reunification' pledge to stay in prison

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Kaohsiung court on Thursday (Sept. 21) rejected an appeal attempt by a former colonel in Taiwan's Army who posed for an in-uniform photo with a letter pledging commi...

China promotes economic ‘integration’ with Taiwan while militarily threatening the island

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is promoting new economic opportunities for Taiwanese people while at the same time ramping up military activity around the island it claims as its own. Exper...

China's military gaining upper hand over Taiwan, says Japan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As Taiwan conducts military drills to prepare for a possible Chinese invasion, Japan’s Defense Ministry released its annual security assessment and said the China-Ta...

China criticizes US 'tampering' with Taiwan issue days after Blinken trip

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China’s foreign ministry said the U.S. is tampering with its recognition of the one China policy, only days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chi...

Wu: Taiwan wants 'more European voices' to caution China against aggression

Taiwan is trying to convince more EU actors to caution China against aggression toward the island. Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said a recent trip to Europe was aimed at drumming up support. "We a...