Senior members of the US Senate Armed Services Committee arrived in Taiwan Friday to “reemphasize the partnership and the security, friendship agreement” between the countries, at a time when both Taiwan and China seek to strike a trade deal with the United States.Republican Senator Roger Wicker, a vocal supporter of Taiwan in the US Congress, […]
Taiwan’s opposition will keep its legislative majority in a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party, with voters overwhelmingly rejecting an attempt to recall 24 Kuomintang lawmakers.Voters in every targeted constituency rebuffed the recall effort, according to Central Election Commission data, with the KMT and its allies retaining their combined legislative majority. The DPP […]
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) In a strong bipartisan move aimed at deterring a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan, the US House of Representatives on Monday passed the Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act, a legislation that seeks to expose the financial assets and corruption of top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials if Beijing wages war on […]
US seeks clarity from allies on role in potential war over Taiwan The Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the US and China went to war over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Elbridge Colby, the US under-secretary of defence for policy, has been pushing the […]
US President Donald Trump reportedly told a group of donors last year that he had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would “bomb the sh** out of Moscow” if Russia invaded Ukraine, a threat he claimed was meant to deter any military aggression, according to an audio tape released by CNN. He said that […]
People walk in the rain in Taipei, as Typhoon Danas was passing through Taiwan (Image credit: AP) Typhoon Danas slammed into Taiwan’s west coast late Sunday, killing two people and injuring nearly 500, according to the Central Weather Administration.By early Monday, almost 400,000 households were still without power. The storm made a rare and direct […]
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck parts of Taiwan on Wednesday.According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake was recorded at 11:00:28 (UTC). The quake’s epicenter was located approximately 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, at a depth of 31.1 kilometers (19.3 miles), with coordinates 23.330°N latitude and […]
China increases the temperature around Taiwan (ANI) TAIPEI: Beijing sent two aircraft carrier strike groups and numerous warships to the waters both north and south of Taiwan last month, as noted by a Taiwanese security official, amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan, as reported by The Eurasian Times.From May 1 to May 27, around […]
French President Emmanuel (AP) SINGAPORE: China hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for drawing a connection between the Ukraine conflict and the fate of Taiwan, saying the two issues are “different in nature, and not comparable at all”.“Comparing the Taiwan question with the Ukraine issue is unacceptable,” China’s embassy in Singapore said […]
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (AP) SINGAPORE: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressures from China.He said Washington will bolster its defences overseas to counter what the Pentagon sees as rapidly developing threats by Beijing, particularly […]
