What’s the latest delicately handled disruption between China and the United States? Furniture. China is accusing the United States of seizing and violently searching furniture ordered by Beijing …
Taiwan Has Had 7 Coronavirus Deaths. Here’s How
Professor Kerry Brown, of King’s College London told Newsweek it is hard to see how Taiwan could have done better. “They must be the global model of how to combat this issue.” …
Why the U.S. Trip to Taiwan Bothers Beijing
U.S. health chief Alex Azar made a rare trip to Taiwan as the highest-level American official to visit the island democracy in decades. Recent displays of friendship have angered Beijing, which …
U.S. health chief, visiting Taiwan, attacks China’s pandemic response
U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been …
China increases military drills as tensions with US heat up
China is stepping up military drills around East Asia as a war of words with the United States heats up over Washington’s military activities and the visit of a US cabinet secretary to Taiwan.
Taiwan considers U.S. health chief visit worth China’s disapproval, says professor
It is unclear what Taiwan will gain from avoiding cooperation with the United States, since China’s approach to Taiwan has been so negative, says Shelley Rigger, a political science professor at …
‘The next Hong Kong’: Taiwan’s foreign minister sounds warning over China
Joseph Wu tells visiting US health secretary Taiwan lives under constant threat of its freedoms being quashed by Beijing …
Azar visit to Taiwan is fresh thorn in prickly U.S.-China ties
China and the U.S. find themselves at loggerheads just three months ahead of the American presidential election.
China sends fighter jets toward Taiwan during highest-level US visit to the island in 40 years
Chinese fighter jets cross the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait on Monday as US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar visited the island.
As U.S. and Taiwan Celebrate a Bond, China Responds With Screaming Jets
The highest-level American visit to Taiwan in decades shows the island’s importance as ties between the United States and China deteriorate.