Taiwan

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US Senate passes $95bn aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Legislation approved by 79 to 18 votes includes $60.8bn to replenish Ukraine’s war chest as it battles Russia

US House passes vote on $95bn security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Unusual four-Bill package includes measure threating to ban TikTok and potential transfer of seized Russian assets to Ukraine

Taiwan earthquake: More than 600 people still stranded days after country’s biggest tremor in decades

At least 12 people were killed by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck on Wednesday

Taiwan earthquake rescuers face threat of landslides and rockfalls as death toll rises to 12

Searchers discovered two more bodies after Wednesday’s quake of magnitude 7.2 struck the sparsely populated, rural county of Hualien

Taiwan earthquake: Death toll rises to 10 with almost 1,100 injured, helicopters used in rescue

Country’s agriculture ministry urges people to keep away from mountains because of risk of falling rocks and ‘barrier lakes’

Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years leaves at least nine dead and almost 1,000 injured

Magnitude 7.3 quake topples dozens of buildings and leaves others tilting, particularly in eastern county of Hualien

Taiwan seeks to play down China tensions following coast guard incidents

Defence ministry in Taipei says it has not increased military presence around Kinmen islands

US accused of ‘sabre-rattling’ over Taiwan

The view that Washington is acting provocatively is shared across much of Asia

Rebel Island: The incredible story of Taiwan: a brisk narrative related with style and brio

A splendid portrait of layers of identity and resistance in what is no less a settler society than the United States

Biden urges US House Republicans to back Ukraine aid Bill

Doubts surround legislation’s fate in House of Representatives after its approval by Senate in pre-dawn vote

Beijing sends more than 30 warplanes towards Taiwan as US and China announce talks

Military pressure comes as US and China make effort to patch up frayed relations

Taiwan blames China for loss of diplomatic relations with south Pacific island of Nauru

Taipei claims Beijing offered Nauru financial inducements to make the diplomatic switch

Taiwan loses first ally post-election as Nauru switches allegiance to China

Taiwanese presidential office says China has for a long time been suppressing its diplomatic space

The Irish Times view on the election in Taiwan: Beijing should respect the vote

China’s immediate reaction to the result has been muted, encouraging observers in Taipei to hope that relations with the mainland will be no worse than before

Comfortable Lai win in Taiwan’s election but he is first president to be elected without a majority for more than 20 years

Beijing’s initial response to result is low key, saying it will not change its commitment to reunification and asserted that Lai’s failure to win majority means he does not represent mainstream opinion in Taiwan

China condemns foreign governments over congratulating Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te

China fears Lai Ching-te could declare the establishment of a Republic of Taiwan

Will Varadkar or Higgins mention human rights when the Chinese premier visits next week?

The Irish side will, of course, raise the issue of human rights abuses in China. But will the Chinese notice?

Taiwan election: All eyes on Beijing’s reaction following historic victory

New president Lai Ching-te sounds conciliatory note after his party wins third successive term in office

Taiwanese voters defy Beijing to elect Lai Ching-te as president

Ruling party candidate urges China to accept result and says he will not cross red line by declaring Taiwan an independent state

Elections in Taiwan: Beijing has made clear its preference that next president should be anyone other than Lai

Lai takes strongest anti-China stance where other candidates are more willing to placate the Chinese in hopes of avoiding military confrontation

Taiwan’s two bigger parties fear support for smaller Taiwan People’s Party from younger voters could cost them the presidency

Result of election could have major impact on self-governing island’s relationships with mainland China and the US

Taiwan’s past injustices and authoritarianism still casting a shadow

When Chiang retreated to Taiwan from mainland China he put the island under martial law. Communists and those accused of associating with them were persecuted, jailed, tortured and sometimes executed

‘He looks very old’: Stakes high in Taiwan election but candidates draw little enthusiasm from voters

Contest to succeed Tsai Ing-wen as president has become keener, the rallies louder and the campaigning more frantic as election nears

China’s Xi warns Taiwan over independence ahead of election

Taiwan’s president has urged Beijing to respect the outcome of January 13th vote

China will ‘surely be reunified’ with Taiwan, says Chinese president Xi Jinping

China has described Taiwan’s upcoming elections as a choice between war and peace

China threatens Taiwan with further trade sanctions as elections approach

Taiwan will elect a new president and a new parliament next month, and polls show the DPP’s candidate, vice-president Lai Ching-te, as the favourite to succeed Ms Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan faces a three-way presidential contest in the new year

Mr Gou withdrew his own candidacy for the presidency, weeks after China opened a tax investigation into Foxconn

Taiwan’s vice-president launches his presidential campaign

Lai Ching-te is framing the contest as a choice about the island’s relationship with Beijing

Typhoon Koinu: At least one dead and 304 injured as intense rainstorms hit Taiwan

Authorities close schools and offices with more than 62,000 homes and businesses without power

China tries to win support in Taiwan with economic links to closest mainland province

Military manoeuvres around Taiwan serve as a reminder that Beijing has a fallback option if hearts and minds cannot be won over

China unveils Taiwan economic ‘integration’ plan as warships conduct manoeuvres off coast

Decision to reposition ships signals choice between peaceful ‘reunification’ and military violence - analysts

Typhoon Haikui hits Taiwan as flights cancelled, workers told to stay at home

Typhoon made landfall in Taiwan earlier on Sunday with winds of 154km/h

China to take ‘vigorous measures’ after Taiwan’s ‘troublemaker’ vice-president visits US

William Lai, front-runner to be Taiwan’s next president, arrived in New York on Saturday

China releases documentary showing army’s preparation to attack Taiwan

Chasing Dreams, an eight-part docuseries, showcases soldiers expressing willingness to die in attack

Chinese ingenuity is tested as semiconductor sanctions bite

Technology firms have been startled by the scope of the new American restrictions

Sunak claims China represents biggest security challenge to the world

British PM says G7 taking steps to prevent China ‘from using economic coercion to interfere in sovereign affairs of others’

Chinese comedian feels official punch for stepping out of line

Stand-up joke about the army turns the spotlight on the role of comedy and intolerance of dissent

Tesla will ‘try a little advertising’, Elon Musk says

Move would be a shift for the electric-car maker, which has largely eschewed conventional marketing

Tánaiste defends comments on China as ‘measured and balanced’ after embassy criticism

Martin says his speech to the Royal Irish Academy regarding Irish- Chinese relations was "very measured and balanced"

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