to a report released in April by Taiwan-based nonprofit organization Doublethink Lab.

Taiwan lawmaker Lin Chu-yin questions officials about a new Chinese law she said expands Beijing’s long-arm jurisdiction and transnational repression against Taiwan on July 6, 2026.

Yu-Chieh Lee, executive director, Cyber Security Research Center, Academia Sinica; chairman, Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)Hao-Wei Chen, chief information security officer (Taiwan & Japan), Coupang; board member, Association of Hackers in Taiwan

–Taiwan–China relations in a rapidly changing global environment.Building a free, secure, and resilient Indo-Pacific through stronger U.S.–Taiwan collaboration. Speakers: Chu-Cheng Ming, professor emeritus, National Taiwan UniversityRetired Maj.

Unwinding Taiwan Ties The warming reversed years of Czech outreach to Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory despite the communist regime never having governed it. 

Taiwan Diplomacy Taiwan currently has 12 diplomatic allies, including the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Tuvalu in the Pacific.  In 1990, Taiwan established its representative office in Papua ⁠New Guinea despite a lack of formal diplomatic ties. 

Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims.

Taiwan sees a diplomatic setback as the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea closes its representative office under pressure from Beijing.

Taiwan.

In response, Taiwan has increased defense spending and deepened security ties with democratic partners.  The latest remarks reflect Taiwan's continued efforts to improve preparedness as tensions across the Taiwan Strait remain high.

Taiwan transferred most military criminal cases to civilian courts in 2014 and created specialized national security criminal divisions in 2024. Hsu said Taiwan does not have a specialized national security warrant system comparable to the U.S.

Chinese authorities expanded patrols in the waters surrounding Taiwan, as part of Beijing’s efforts to enforce its territorial claims.

In the case of Taiwan, China's military is gradually increasing its presence on all sides of the democratic island.

Taiwan Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim told reporters on July 7 that the incident served as a warning to Taiwan.

He highlighted the real-world testing of Ukrainian technology and expressed hope that firms from Ukraine, Japan, and Taiwan could combine their strengths.

through Okinawa and Taiwan to the South China Sea.

A glimpse into the world through the lens of photography.

Bi-Ling Kuan (C), minister of the Taiwan Ocean Affairs Council, speaks at the Taiwan International Ocean Forum in Taipei on July 8, 2026.

He said Taiwan faces military activity across the East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea, along with gray-zone harassment and other compound pressure.

The military messaging comes as Beijing has adopted new forms of pressure against Taiwan.

of the Taiwan Strait are “Chinese people.”

-based IT solutions company with facilities in Taiwan, were released on bail.

The Chinese Taiwan Affairs Office has not commented. 

Public records do not show that Supermicro, Albatron, Chief Telecom, or Nvidia have been charged in Taiwan.

The letters, published by the American Institute in Taiwan, which serves as the de facto embassy of the United States in Taiwan, encourage cooperation in trade, investment, education, and tourism.

Taiwan has also handled criminal cases involving Chinese intelligence activity.

Despite the law’s broad scope, Fan argued that it was designed specifically for Taiwan, even though the word “Taiwan” appears only twice in the text.

From Hong Kong to Taiwan The Causeway Bay Books disappearances came before the 2019 Hong Kong protest movement and before Beijing imposed the National Security Law on the city in 2020.

The Western statements concerned Chinese activity east of Taiwan, not the Fujian’s passage through the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan has said waters east of the island are not China’s and that Beijing has no right to claim jurisdiction there.

History of California–Taiwan Partnership California and Taiwan have maintained close ties for more than four decades.