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The Risk of War in the Taiwan Strait Is High—and Getting Higher
JOHN CULVER is a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings. He served for 35 years as a ...
Taiwan is worried about spying threats. That may mean deporting thousands of Chinese
Taiwan, suspicoius of spying, is enforcing stricter oversight of Chinese immigrants. Some of them are being deported.
Taiwan’s Military Plans New Drone Units in Preparation for Potential China Invasion
Taiwan is racing to overhaul its military in preparation for what it sees as a potential invasion by China as soon as 2027.
In Trump Era, Taiwan Defense Chief Says U.S. Still Is a Check on China
Wellington Koo says the Trump administration has a shared interest in security in the region, but Taiwan must also ready its ...
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Is defending Taiwan a vital U.S. interest? Experts offer differing views
Taiwan has long been a tense flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. By law, the U.S. is required to help Taiwan defend ...
Taiwan’s president downplays tariff tensions with the US as ‘frictions between friends’
The Taiwanese president says trade tensions between the United States and Taiwan are just “frictions between friends.” ...
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'Ignorant' to call Taiwan a country, China says responding to Taipei's foreign minister
It is "arrogant and ignorant" to call Taiwan a country and its future can only be decided by China's 1.4 billion people, the ...
Taiwan to strengthen defenses in preparation for escalations as China goes AWOL on peace talks
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te voiced his hope for peace with China, but is boosting the country’s defenses amid Beijing’s ...
A car runs a red light and kills 3 people in Taiwan, including two 12-year-old girls
A stream of people in Taiwan left flowers and bags of snacks Tuesday near an intersection in New Taipei city where a driver ...
Are these celebrities trying to dodge the draft in Taiwan?
Taiwan authorities have questioned nearly a dozen celebrities for allegedly dodging their mandatory military draft. The ...
Taiwan’s president takes on alleged Chinese infiltration
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, broke with tradition on March 13th when he declared China to be a “foreign hostile force" ...