Taiwan

U.S. House speaker meets with Taiwan’s president, key lawmaker during a trip that has heightened tension

Taiwan is bracing for a potential show of force from China as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive on the island late Tuesday.

China will "fight to the very end" to stop Taiwanese independence, the country's defence minister vowed Sunday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island.

US President Joe Biden has warned China is "flirting with danger" over Taiwan, and vowed to intervene militarily to protect the island if it is attacked.

U.S. president's comments appear to be a departure from existing U.S. policy of so-called strategic ambiguity

Beijing has warned Tokyo against damaging bilateral relations after Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested that his country should work with the US to defend Taiwan in case of a Chinese invasion.

From a father cradling the motionless body of his six-year-old daughter, to a woman who lost her entire family, Taiwanese media has been dominated by the heartbreaking stories of survivors of Friday's train crash.

China has warned Taiwan that any attempt to seek independence "means war".

China will defend its sovereignty and nobody will stop the process of reunification with Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry said as it condemned the US decision to lift “self-imposed restrictions” on its interactions with the territory.

Joseph Wu says Beijing is seeking to expand its ‘authoritarian order’ and calls for ‘like-minded’ nations to act together to protect Taiwan

China has told its military to step up its preparedness for armed combat. It comes as relations with Australia and the US deteriorate.

China is fighting a headline-grabbing war of words with Australia and the US, while quietly amassing troops and weapons on another contested front.

Cellphones tracked, restaurants with X's taped on every other chair, thermometers to enter a building. Taiwan shows that the post-virus normal is different.

Taiwan is seen as one of the few places in the world which has successfully stemmed the spread of the coronavirus without resorting to draconian measures.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has told the BBC that China needs to "face reality" and show the island "respect".

"Really got to love the new name," Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on the ministry's official Twitter.

Taiwan's parliament has become the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage following a vote on Friday.

Trump’s tariffs prompt manufacturers to diversify production

At least 22 people have been killed and 170 injured in a passenger train derailment in north-east Taiwan.

"I believe that no Taiwanese people would accept such a thing," Lee said.