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Foreign lawmakers discuss Chinese actions around Taiwan, costs of conflict

In a keynote speech on Tuesday, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said China's threat to any country is a threat to the world.

Taiwan detects 16 Chinese aircraft, 14 naval vessels near its territory

According to the Ministry, 13 of the PLA aircraft breached the median line, entering Taiwan's northern, central, southwestern and eastern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Beijing pressures lawmakers from 6 countries to not attend summit in Taiwan

Chinese diplomats are pressuring lawmakers from at least six countries not to attend a China-focused summit in Taiwan, participants told The Associated Press. Politicians in Bolivia, Colombia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one other Asian country that declined to be named, say they are getting texts, calls and urgent requests for meetings that would conflict with their plans to travel to Taiwan, in what they describe as efforts to isolate the self-governed island. The summit begins Monday and is being held by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, a group of hundreds of lawmakers from 35 countries concerned about how democracies approach Beijing. The Associated Press spoke to the organizers and three lawmakers, and reviewed texts and emails sent by Chinese diplomats to the lawmakers asking whether they were planning to participate in the summit. I'm Wu, from Chinese Embassy, read a message sent to Antonio Miloshoski, a member of parliament in North ...

US-based organisation urges IOC to let Taiwan compete under its own name

The advocacy group, in a statement issued on Friday, said that the name was a discriminatory misnomer

Taiwan detects 4 Chinese aircraft, surge in activity near its territory

Amid the growing threat, Taiwan, starting Monday, began military exercises to test its war-fighting capabilities

At least eight individuals dead as Typhoon Gaemi intensifies, hits Taiwan

A 75-year-old scooter rider collided with a fallen tree and fell to the ground before being rushed to a hospital in Yulin County, where doctors were unable to resuscitate him

US green card lottery: Diversity Visa can fulfil your 'American dream'

The Diversity Visa Programme, often called the Green Card Lottery, is an annual lottery providing an opportunity for people from countries with low immigration rates to the US

Typhoon Gaemi: Taiwan sees flooding, landslides; kills 22 in Philippines

Taiwan has seen flooding in low-lying areas, along with landslides and damage to homes and shops after Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on the island. The storm swept up the western Pacific, leaving 22 people dead in the Philippines from flooding and landslides, and three in Taiwan, with more than 220 reported injured. Offices and schools in Taiwan were closed for the second consecutive day on Thursday and people were urged to stay home and away from the coastline. The island is regularly hit by typhoons and has boosted its warning systems, but its typography, high population density and high-tech economy make it difficult to avoid losses when such storms hit. The capital, Taipei, was unusually quiet, with light rain falling and occasionally gusting winds. In the Philippines, the death toll rose due to drownings and landslides. At least three people are missing, according to police. The Philippine coast guard reported that an oil tanker, MT Terra Nova, loaded with about 1.4 million li

Typhoon Gaemi approaches China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the main chipmaker for Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., said it was taking routine precautions for its local fabrication facilities

Typhoon Gaemi strengthens near Taiwan, work halted, flights cancelled

Taiwan shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island Wednesday ahead of a powerful typhoon that already worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, killed at least eight people and displaced 600,000. Typhoon Gaemi's outer skirt was bringing heavy rain to much of Taiwan, where a direct landfall was expected Wednesday evening in the northern county of Ylan. Fishing boats were recalled to port amid turbulent seas, while air travelers were rushing to board overseas flights before the storm arrives, amid numerous cancellations. On Wednesday morning, the typhoon was east of Taiwan moving at 13 kilometres per hour with maximum sustained wind speeds of 162 kilometres per hour, gusting at 198 kilometres per hour, the Central Weather Administration said. In the capital Taipei, heavy rain was falling, but high winds had not yet arrived. Gaemi, which was called Carina in the Philippines, did not make landfall in the archipelago but enhanced its seasonal monsoon rains. The rains

Don't break law and you have nothing to fear, China tells Taiwan staff

Speaking at a regular news briefing, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, reiterated there was no cause for alarm for most Taiwanese

Taiwan reports surge in activity by China's PLA near Taiwan Strait

The Taiwan Strait, separating Taiwan from mainland China, has been a frequent area of contention, with Beijing viewing Taiwan as a breakaway province and asserting sovereignty over the island.

Taiwan begins military exercise with combat drills amid rising China threat

The five-day drill is being held even as China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) flew a record number of aircraft close to the island this month

Tensions rise in South China Sea as Taiwan rejects Philippines' claims

MOFA said the claims made by the two nations were unacceptable and stressed the sovereign rights of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to its islands in the South China Sea

Trump may weaken deterrence against China; posing risks for Taiwan: Experts

Trump will be facing President Joe Biden in November if Biden withstands pressure to step aside due to his age. However, their different foreign policies have significant implications for Taiwan

Taiwan detects 22 Chinese aircraft, 8 naval vessels around its territory

Earlier, on Saturday, MND detected 22 PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels in the vicinity of Taiwan, marking a notable escalation in military activities

Taiwan tracks 22 Chinese aircraft, 7 warships around its territory

17 of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ, prompting a strategic response from Taiwan's defence forces

TSMC set to report a strong profit but Trump's comments pummel its stock

While TSMC's stock - and the broader Taiwan market - has reached record highs, it began slumping after Trump's comment that "Taiwan took 100% of our chip business"

Taiwan reports increase in military activity by China near its borders

Ten of the detected aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line, which traditionally serves as an informal boundary

Asian chip stocks tumble on fear of US mulling tighter curbs on tech export

Among the worst hit were shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, which has shed roughly $61.35 billion in market value over two days