Taiwan’s 2027 defense push reflects deepening U.S.-China-Japan strategic competition

President Lai Ching-te unveiled Taiwan’s most ambitious military spending program last week, committing $1.25 trillion Taiwan dollars ($40 b...

Beijing unleashes economic pressure on Japan over escalating Taiwan dispute

Japan dispatched a senior diplomat to Beijing Monday to calm a deepening dispute after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that Tokyo mi...

Beijing denounces Taiwan president for ‘prostituting himself’ to Trump

Beijing accused Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te of “prostituting himself” to foreign powers after he praised U.S. President Donald Trump dur...

Taiwan warns citizens against China’s WWII events over ‘distorted’ history

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Friday reinforced a call from Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chiu Chui-cheng for citizens to reject p...

Taiwan president’s Americas trip shelved over Beijing’s objections

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has reportedly shelved his planned August trip to diplomatic allies in the Americas amid reports that the T...

Taiwanese President Lai: ‘Of course Taiwan is a country’

President Lai Ching-te is traveling across Taiwan to urge unity against growing Chinese pressure, declaring the island an independent countr...

‘Absolutely impossible’: Taiwan president says China can never be Taiwan’s ‘motherland’

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te asserted on Saturday that it is “absolutely impossible” for Communist China to be Taiwan’s motherland...

Taiwan tells citizens to avoid travel to China after execution threats

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council has elevated its travel alert for China, Hong Kong and Macau to the second-highest orange level, adv...

Taiwan’s new president tells China to stop threats, ‘face reality’ of Taipei’s existence

New Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has urged China to cease military and political threats, advocating for peace and stability through dia...

World reacts to Lai Ching-te winning Taiwan’s presidential election

Lai Ching-te, the current vice president of Taiwan from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has clinched the Taiwanese presidency...