Taiwan

As tensions escalate, our correspondents examine the contrasting styles and strategies of the two leaders ahead of a pivotal summit

Cheng Li-wun’s victory reshapes Taiwan’s opposition politics, setting up a new confrontation over the island’s ties to China

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While the West focuses on the military threat, activists in Taiwan accuse its own politicians of facilitating Beijing’s subversion efforts

Military spokesman reacts to British defence secretary’s remarks on region, that Taiwan question purely an ‘internal affair of China’

Move comes as US and China hold trade talks and seek to stabilise relations

Hegseth calls on Indo-Pacific allies to boost defence, warning of ‘potentially imminent’ threat

Lai is taking more assertive approach towards Beijing, but there are fears over future US support for island

People’s Liberation Army practises assault and blockade as Beijing condemns US sanctions

Beijing this week deployed military aircraft and warships near Taiwan as ‘punishment’ for statements by president

China and the European Union should intensify their strategic dialogue, says foreign minister Wang Yi

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Brown observes that securing Taiwan may be far too big a risk for the Chinese Communist Party, which values stability above all else

Taipei says no Taiwanese citizens or companies involved in operation targeting Hizbullah in September

Tensions between Washington and Beijing over the island are the most likely trigger for military conflict between the world’s two most powerful countries

President Lai Ching-te on Thursay said Beijing ‘has no right to represent Taiwan’ but he was willing to work with it to maintain peace

It is one of life’s mysteries that all waste disposal trucks in Taiwan play Fur Elise, a Beethoven favourite

Vast cloud bands remain a significant flood risk, particularly to rivers in central China already elevated due to summer rains

Storm draws comparisons with 2023′s Typhoon Doksuri, which triggered flooding and caused nationwide losses of nearly €27bn in China

Gaemi had maximum sustained winds of 138 mph by Wednesday morning, according to the US navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center

Two Fianna Fáil, one Fine Gael and two Independent representatives spending five days in country

China has in the past accused Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, of being a ‘separatist’ who staged war games

The great majority of Taiwan’s people describe their national identity as Taiwanese, with about 30 per cent saying they are both Taiwanese and Chinese and only a handful identifying solely as Chinese

Experts say exercises are designed as a rehearsal for a blockade of the self-governing island

Prospect of fresh tensions with Beijing over Taiwan may not please the United States

New president’s speech draws criticism from Beijing

Beijing views the party as separatists that are risking war in the Taiwan Strait by building up the island’s defence forces, moving closer to the United States and flirting with Taiwanese independence

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

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

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

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

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

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