Category: Taiwan

Pacific nation Palau begins voting Tuesday in a presidential election dominated by cost of living worries, China meddling claims, and the expanding military footprint of the United States. The Melanesian microstate of some 20,000 people is one of Taiwan's few remaining diplomatic friends ...

Kiribati's pro-China acting president Taneti Maamau sought a third term in power Friday, as voters chose between three candidates to lead the low-lying Pacific island. Maamau, 64, retained his seat by a landslide in August parliamentary elections that were dominated by ...

By Joy Chiang and Amber Wang A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan's defense minister said, a day after Beijing held a live-fire exercise near the self-ruled island. China ...

South Africa has ordered Taiwan's representative office to relocate outside of the capital Pretoria, a Taipei foreign ministry official said Friday, blaming Chinese pressure for the decision. China considers self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has sought to whittle ...

By Amber Wang with Sam Davies in Pingtan China insisted on Monday it would never renounce the "use of force" to take control of Taiwan after ending a day of military drills around the self-ruled island that Beijing said was a ...

By Joy Chiang and Amber Wang Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te vowed Thursday to "resist annexation" as China exerts growing military and political pressure on the self-ruled island it claims as part of its territory. China ...

By Kyoko Hasegawa A Japanese warship cruised through the Taiwan Strait for the first time to assert its freedom of navigation, local media said Thursday, just a week after a Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan.

The new de-facto U.S. ambassador to Taiwan said Wednesday that the democratic island is "not the only target" of China's "intimidation and coercion", with more countries cooperating with Washington to "avoid war." China claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory ...

Pacific leaders wrapped up a key summit in Tonga on Friday, endorsing a major joint policing initiative and rebuffing moves from China's regional allies to sideline long-term partner Taiwan. Leaders trickled back to the capital, Nuku'alofa, after an overnight island retreat, ...

Honduran President Xiomara Castro met Tuesday with China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, to strengthen bilateral relations and negotiate a new trade agreement, Castro's government said. Enrique Reina, the Honduran foreign minister, told reporters that Hua "visited the country ...

The United States hailed "open and productive" discussions between China's foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday in which Blinken raised U.S. concerns over Beijing's "provocative actions" around Taiwan. The U.S. top diplomat and his Chinese ...

By Hiroshi Hiyama and Katie Forster Palau's President Surangel Whipps on Wednesday said the tiny country, one of Taiwan's few diplomatic allies, had suffered a major cyberattack, pointing the finger at China. The Pacific archipelago ...