Country: Taiwan
China Pressure Claim Derails Taiwan Leader’s Africa Trip
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has postponed a planned April 22–26 visit to eSwatini after three African countries—Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar—withdrew overflight clearance for his aircraft, according to Taiwan’s presidential office. Taipei said the permits were revoked without warning and blamed “intense ...
China Praises Blocking of Taiwan President’s Africa Trip, Taipei Defiant
By Ryan Woo and Ben Blanchard China heaped praise on Wednesday on three African countries that refused to let Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's aircraft fly over their territories, forcing him to cancel a trip to Eswatini, while Lai vowed ...
Fact Check: The China Debt-Relief Claim Behind Taiwan’s Scrapped Africa Trip
One of the interesting narratives to emerge from Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s cancelled trip to eSwatini is that China used economic coercion against African countries to help block the visit. Reuters reported that a senior Taiwan security official said China pressured Seychelles, ...
Chinese Navy Brushes Past Okinawa Islands After Japanese Transit in Taiwan Strait
China said a group of its naval vessels, including a destroyer, passed through a waterway between two islands administered by the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday as it returned home after testing far-seas capabilities. Vessel formation 133 dispatched by the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command has completed its ...
China Praises Nations Denying Overflight to Taiwan’s Lai Ching-Te, eSwatini Says Bilateral Relations Unchanged
By Ryan Woo and Ben Blanchard China heaped praise on Wednesday on three African countries that denied overflight permission for the aircraft of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, forcing him to cancel a trip to Eswatini, while Taipei denounced their "servitude" to Beijing. ...
Taiwan Leader Postpones eSwatini Trip After Overflight Permits Revoked
By Joy Chiang Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has postponed an official trip to Eswatini, the democratic island's only diplomatic ally in Africa, after several countries revoked overflight permits following "intense pressure" from China, a senior aide said Tuesday. ...
Taiwan President Cancels eSwatini Trip Blaming Chinese Pressure
By Joy CHIANG Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his government accused China of pressing three other African countries to revoke permission for his aircraft to fly over their territories.
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sailed Through Taiwan Strait, Taipei Says
The Chinese aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in the first transit of the sensitive waterway by such a vessel since late last year. Taiwan, which Beijing views as its territory, reports ...
China Says Its Military Activities Around Taiwan ‘Reasonable, Justified’
China's regular military activities around Taiwan are "entirely justified and reasonable," and any tensions are the fault of the government in Taipei, the Chinese defense ministry said in a rare comment on Friday. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its ...
U.S Senators Reassure Taiwan on Weapons Approvals in Coming Weeks
By Michael Martina The United States will likely approve pending weapons sales to Taiwan in coming weeks, a bipartisan group of senators assured Taiwanese lawmakers in a letter, urging Taipei to hasten its stalled defense spending in the face of