Ma Ying-jeou visits birthplace of Sun Yat-sen, calls for peace and prosperity
Ma and his group also visited the office of BYD, China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on Tuesday.
Former Kuomintang party chairman urges more efforts to boost cross-Strait exchanges
Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, also said that compatriots on both sides of the Strait are bound by blood and closely related.
Chinese state media stoked allegation Taiwan President Tsai would flee war
Stories portraying the DPP leadership as warmongers who would flee in the event of conflict became talking points in Taiwan and were used by some media outlets and opposition…
30 Buddhist relics returned from Taiwan
The relics were escorted to Beijing by a delegation from the United Association of Humanistic Buddhism, Chunghua. Most of the relics were believed to have been stolen from Shanxi…
Former Taiwan president Ma to make second trip to China next month
Since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong’s communists, no serving Taiwanese leader has visited China.
Kinmen fishermen adrift at sea rescued
Upon preliminary examination, it was determined that their physical condition was good, and they would be transferred to the Kinmen authorities at sea.
US using Taiwan as ‘pawn’, says spokesperson
The remarks were made in response to a recent statement made by the head of Taiwan's defense authority, regarding the increase of the frequency of precision ammunition shooting…
‘Cannot be passive forever’: Taiwan updates definition of ‘first strike’ to counter China
This marks a departure from the Taiwanese military’s traditional rule of engagement, where the armed forces are authorised to respond only after an enemy has fired a first shot,…
China’s top leaders adopt measured tone on Taiwan at Two Sessions meetings
Premier Li Qiang only broadly restated China’s usual position on Taiwan, while Mr Wang Huning, Communist Party of China’s (CPC) fourth-ranked official, kept mention of…
Taiwan’s patrols near Kinmen ‘beyond reproach’: China
The mainland's coast guard began regular patrols this month around the islands, following a deadly collision between a mainland fishing boat and a patrol vessel from Taiwan…