DPP election duo will ‘harm Taiwan’s future’
The DPP's Lai Ching-te had announced earlier this month that Hsiao Bi-khim, "Taiwan's representative to the United States", will serve as his running mate for the position of…
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Taiwan’s latest poll shows outsider leading presidential race
Taiwan’s Vice-President is leading the poll since China-friendly opposition parties failed in their last-ditch efforts to form an alliance aimed at winning the presidential…
Taiwan reports renewed China military activity
Democratically-governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past four years of regular Chinese military patrols and drills near the island, as…
Cooperation needed on both sides of Strait
Cross-Strait trade volumes increased from $168 billion in 2012 to $319 billion last year, with accumulated actual investment from the island reaching $72 billion.
‘A historic moment’: Taiwan’s opposition agrees to joint bid for presidential election
After weeks of stalled discussions, the Kuomintang and the Taiwan People’s Party announced that they would team up and determine which party’s candidate would run for…
Where do we flee? Japan’s outlying islands brace themselves for war in Taiwan Strait
To defend its territory, the Japanese government has been fortifying the islands closest to the potential theatre of conflict with surveillance radar stations and missile units.
Beijing condemns Taiwan for probing firms linked to Huawei
The Taiwan authorities launched the investigation after a foreign media report alleged that the four Taiwan companies were assisting Huawei-connected firms to build infrastructure…
China’s commerce ministry extends investigation into Taiwan trade restrictions
The commerce ministry had initiated a trade barrier investigation encompassing categories such as agriculture, chemicals and textiles that could potentially face import…
Most Taiwanese want DPP ‘taken off the shelf’, says ex-president Ma Ying-jeou
He also did not dismiss the possibility of a combined bid in which Kuomintang candidate Hou Yu-ih contests as the presidential candidate with Taiwan People’s Party’s Mr Ko…
Taiwan’s first homegrown submarine cannot stop the tide of reunification: Chinese defence ministry
National defence ministry spokesman Senior Colonel Wu Qian also said that the Taiwan authorities will not be able to stop the trend of national reunification, regardless of the…