Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
Related Topics
...“China would certainly go mad over a delegation of [House] China committee members,” said James Chen, a foreign policy expert at Tamkang University in Taipei....
...“The paramount US goal at this sensitive time should be to encourage restraint by both Beijing and Taipei,” he said....
...Train services were suspended and New Taipei, the municipality surrounding the capital, suspended school and work for the day....
...Earlier in his administration, Biden dispatched two high-level delegations of former officials to Taipei to reassure Taiwan about US support in the face of pressure from Beijing....
...Taiwan’s coastguard has defended its pursuit of the Chinese vessel, saying the boat trespassed into waters near Kinmen declared as restricted by Taipei....
...Five Chinese coastguard vessels entered restricted waters around the Taipei-controlled island of Kinmen on Monday, according to Taiwan’s government, as tensions continue to rise in an area just a few kilometres...
...Still, since large parts of the Taiwanese public are tired of the DPP after eight years in power and Lai will be leading a minority government, officials in Taipei are concerned that United Front work could...
...Beijing claims the island as part of its territory and has threatened to take it by force if Taipei resists submitting to its control indefinitely....
Incident comes just days after Washington reiterated security ties with Manila
Beijing launches restructuring of armed forces as it challenges US dominance in Pacific
World’s largest chipmaker says ‘incremental cost’ of setting up plants abroad should be shared
...Former US national security adviser Stephen Hadley told President Tsai Ing-wen that Washington’s commitments to Taiwan were “rock-solid” and said it hoped to continue working with Taipei to safeguard peace...
From William Seccombe, Taipei, Taiwan
...A high-level US delegation of former top officials will arrive in Taipei later on Sunday, putting to the test China’s restraint in its response to its democratic neighbour’s presidential election....
...More than 350 of the injured were in Taipei and New Taipei, the municipality surrounding the capital, where school and work were suspended for the day....
International Edition