Tag: Taiwan

The latest incursions across a U.S.-drawn median in the strait, a line Beijing has never recognized, come as Taiwan’s new President considers travel to the U.S.

China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and threatens to subjugate it with military force if Taipei refuses to submit to Beijing’s control indefinitely. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has in recent years replaced his predecessor’s more patient approach with a campaign of political, economic and military pressure aimed at coercing Taiwan.

The purge of the defense ministers is almost certainly a sign that Xi is increasing his control over the officer corps. It’s not hard to figure out what comes next.

Beijing condemns Taiwan’s Lai as a “separatist” and staged war games shortly after his May inauguration. Taiwan has complained of ramped up Chinese pressure since Lai won the election in January, …

China could take control of Taiwan without even launching an invasion, a think tank report says. The report says that China could use a “quarantine” of Taiwan to exert control over the island. The …

Most Taiwanese can visit China with no need to worry and can come “in high spirits”, the Chinese government said, condemning Taiwan for warning its citizens not to go following a threat from Beijing …

“I want to stress: democracy is not a crime; it’s autocracy that is the real evil. China has absolutely no right to sanction Taiwan’s people just because of the positions they hold. What’s more, China …