of speech in Taiwan,” Mr.

The CCP’s Taiwan Affairs Office has portrayed the upcoming Taiwan election as a decision between “peace and war, prosperity and decline.”

The Japanese government policy is that an attack on Taiwan is an attack on Japan and that Japan would respond militarily to defend Taiwan.

The Central Weather Administration of Taiwan stated that this earthquake, being closer to the land and having a shallower epicenter, was felt across Taiwan and nearby islands, marking the strongest earthquake in Taiwan in 25 years.

Trump discloses a bombshell promise from the leader of China's communist party: China will not invade Taiwan as long as Trump is in office.

But it is yet another cost for Beijing to consider before making a move on Taiwan in any way. In the meantime, Taiwan is clearly reducing at least some of the vulnerabilities that the FDD has warned about.

Taiwan and the United States currently aren't diplomatic allies; Washington switched its diplomatic recognition to China from Taiwan in 1979.

A bipartisan Australian delegation of MPs visits Taiwan to bolster an economic partnership on Sept. 26, 2023. (Office of the President, Taiwan.)

The 15 iterations resulted in five different outcomes: a cease-fire with the withdrawal of the defeated Chinese military forces from Taiwan; a cease-fire with China establishing an enclave on Taiwan; Chinese troops on the island get destroyed but Taiwan

offices of Taiwan in various countries.

Of these, 20 warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone. Taiwan responded by deploying aircraft, navy vessels, and coastal missile systems to monitor the Chinese military's activity.

Lai in May, the CCP has launched what it called “punishment” military drills encircling Taiwan and issued new judicial guidelines threatening to impose the death penalty on “diehard” supporters of Taiwan independence.

Given the problem of defending against a mainland Chinese attack across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan really needs modern submarines to disrupt and defeat it.

The regime urged the Australian government not to waver from its One China policy, under which the government does not recognise Taiwan as an independent country. Australia maintains unofficial ties with Taiwan.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is positioning itself for a potential war over Taiwan.

TAIPEI, Taiwan—During the first stop of his East Asia tour, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te and emphasized the importance of the partnership between Texas and Taiwan.

Taiwan just opened a new de facto embassy in India, and China isn't pleased. Beijing is urging New Delhi to be "cautious" in handling the Taiwan issue.

The KMT then fled to Taiwan in 1949, after the CCP won the Chinese civil war with prodigious Soviet guidance, support, and protection.

China’s paramount leader in the 1970s, Deng Xiaoping, bargained hard with President Jimmy Carter over the opening to China in 1979 that extracted a switch of U.S. recognition from Taiwan to China.

Will China ever change its willingness to use force to take control of Taiwan? Beijing answered that question on Wednesday, saying it will never renounce the option. Intel tech products sold in China could be in hot water.

Hours before Lai’s comments, China’s Eastern Theater Command launched what it called “Joint Sword-2024B” drills in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, south, and east of Taiwan.

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwanese authorities are calling on communist China to release fishermen in its custody after the Chinese coast guard boarded and seized a Taiwan-flagged fishing boat on Tuesday night, in a further escalation of tensions.

Xi conveyed a veiled threat of war against Taiwan and leveraged U.S. fentanyl deaths.

Taiwan Proves China Can Practice Democracy Mr. Wu said the "brightest and most ideal path" for post-communist China was to emulate the democratic system in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

CCP’s Disinformation Campaigns Against Taiwan For decades, Taiwan has faced significant disinformation campaigns from the CCP as the latter seeks to undermine the island’s democracy.

Video footage shows buildings destroyed by the devastating earthquake Wednesday in Hualien City, Taiwan.

Firefighters and other emergency responders searched for survivors in partially collapsed buildings in Hualien City Wednesday following Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years. Video footage from the self-ruled island’s fire department shows workers using specialized detection devices and rescue dogs to locate survivors who may be stuck inside buildings destroyed by the tremors. The quake […]

The latest rescue operations near the epicenter of the earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on April 3.

"The Secretary reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the South China Sea," it said.

-Taiwan ties, as well as to undermine the level of public confidence in whether international allies will assist Taiwan in resisting China’s coercion.”