Taiwan 鈥榳ill not agree鈥� to making 50 per cent of its semiconductors in the United States, the island鈥檚 lead tariff negotiator said Wednesday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil...
Rescuers in eastern Taiwan pulled a man in his nineties from his flooded home on Thursday, where he had been trapped for three days after a barrier lake burst during torrential rains brought by Super Typhoon Ragasa.
Fierce winds, pounding rain and rough seas battered southern China on Wednesday as powerful Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in Guangdong province after killing at least 17 in Taiwan.
China has condemned the passage of US and British warships through the Taiwan Strait, shortly after announcing its new aircraft carrier had transited through the sensitive waterway.
Taiwan鈥檚 government plans to spend $18 billion on strengthening the island鈥檚 鈥榬esilience鈥�, including helping industries hit by US tariffs and boosting its defences against Chinese threats, the cabinet said Thursday...
The head of the US Senate armed services committee said Friday he was determined the United States and Taiwan remain 鈥榯he best of friends鈥�, during a trip to the democratic island claimed by China.
A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold.
Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses, grounding flights and knocking out power for tens of thousands of households, while parts of mainland China made ready for the storm...
Nearly 2,000 people in Taiwan will be evacuated from their homes on Tuesday as Typhoon Podul approaches the island, with storm-hit central and southern regions likely to be pounded again, authorities said.
Three Chinese coast guard vessels were being monitored in the waters off remote islands in the northern Philippines near Taiwan, maritime officials in Manila said on Friday.
Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC 鈥榠s exempt鈥� from US president Donald Trump鈥檚 100 per cent tariff on semiconductor chips, Taipei said Thursday...
Taiwanese voters rejected on Saturday an attempt to oust 24 opposition lawmakers, an official tally showed, dealing a blow to President Lai Ching-te鈥檚 party and its hopes for taking control of parliament.
Taiwan鈥檚 main opposition protested on Friday ahead of unprecedented recall elections targeting its lawmakers that could tip the balance of power to president Lai Ching-te鈥檚 party.
Taiwan鈥檚 trade negotiators were 鈥榳orking around the clock鈥� to strike a tariff deal with the United States, the island鈥檚 vice president said Friday, two weeks before Washington鈥檚 deadline...
Taiwan kicked off its largest military drills Wednesday with regular troops joined by a record mobilisation of reservists for 10 days of training aimed at defending against a Chinese invasion...
Typhoon Danas battered Taiwan鈥檚 west coast early Monday, killing two people, injuring hundreds and leaving nearly 400,000 households without electricity, authorities said...
Taiwan鈥檚 vice-president said she would not be intimidated by Beijing after the government accused Chinese embassy staff of planning to ram her car during an official visit to Europe...
Beijing hit out Wednesday at Taiwan鈥檚 inclusion of two Chinese tech giants on an exports blacklist, calling it 鈥榙espicable鈥� and vowing to defend its interests...
鈥業F DETERRENCE and diplomacy fail, the military takes over.鈥� This warning underscores the tone and urgency of 鈥業s Taiwan a Dangerous Flashpoint?鈥�, a timely and compact analysis of one of the most precarious geopolitical issues of our time. Written by Dr Mohd Aminul Karim, a noted security expert and former professor at the University of Malaya, the book addresses the...
Taiwan detected 50 Chinese military aircraft around the island, the defence ministry said Friday, days after a British naval vessel sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan has put Chinese tech giant Huawei and chip titan SMIC on an export blacklist, further squeezing Beijing鈥檚 access to the technology needed to build the most advanced chips...
A magnitude-5.9 offshore earthquake rattled Taiwan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with AFP journalists reporting buildings shaking in the capital Taipei.
China deployed two aircraft carrier groups and dozens of ships in waters north and south of Taiwan last month, a Taiwanese security official said Monday, as Beijing keeps up military pressure on the self-ruled island.
Taiwan is prepared to talk to China as equals but will continue to build up its defences, the island鈥檚 president Lai Ching-te said Tuesday as he marked his first year in office.
Taiwan conducted Monday its first live-firing of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems purchased from the United States, as the self-ruled island upgrades its capabilities to repel a potential Chinese attack.
China鈥檚 military drills around Taiwan this week aim to send a clear message to the island鈥檚 leadership, analysts say 鈥� in the event of war, Beijing can cut them off from the outside world and grind them into submission...
China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practising for 鈥榩recision strikes鈥� and a blockade of the self-ruled island....
Taiwan will give pay rises to some service members in a bid to tackle manpower shortages, officials said on Friday, as the island faces intensifying military pressure from China.
Taiwan detected 11 Chinese balloons near the island in a single-day record, the defence ministry said on Friday.
Taiwan said on Thursday it detected 45 Chinese aircraft near the self-ruled island, the highest number this year and a tally that comes a day after Taipei condemned China鈥檚 鈥榣ive-fire鈥� drills off the south.
