Washington: The Biden administration signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China. The State Department said it had okayed sales worth more than $425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighters,
Taipei: War between Taiwan and China is "absolutely not an option", Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday, as she reiterated her willingness to talk to Beijing and also pledged to boost the island's defences including with precision missiles. China again rejected her latest overture, saying
New York: China has accused the United States of sending "very wrong, dangerous signals" on Taiwan after the U.S. secretary of state told his Chinese counterpart that the maintenance of peace and stability over Taiwan was vitally important. Taiwan was the focus of the 90-minute, "direct
Taipei: A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan, killing at least one person, bringing down a handful of buildings and tearing up roads — but forecasters said the threat of a regional tsunami had passed. The quake hit at 2:44pm (0644 GMT) about 50 kilometres (30 miles)
Washington: The US State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take countermeasures. The Pentagon announced the package in the wake of China's aggressive military drills around Taiwan
Taipei: A colourful Taiwanese tycoon unveiled plans to train more than three million “civilian warriors” to help defend the democratic island in the event of a Chinese invasion, donating $33 million of his own money. Robert Tsao, 75, is one of Taiwan’s most successful businessmen and
Taipei: Taiwan said it would exercise its right to self-defence and "counter-attack" if Chinese armed forces entered its territory, as Beijing increased military activities near the democratic island. Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own against strong objections by the government in Taipei, has held military
Istanbul: China’s defence chief reiterated Beijing's position that Taiwan belongs to the mainland. Addressing his counterparts from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said: “Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair.” Lauding support from 170 nations over Taiwan, the
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused Washington of seeking to prolong the conflict in Ukraine and of fueling conflicts elsewhere in the world, including with the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. “The situation in Ukraine shows that the US is
Beijing: China said Monday it had organised fresh military drills around Taiwan, as a delegation of visiting United States lawmakers were set to meet the island’s leader just weeks after a similar trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heightened fears of conflict. The unannounced two-day trip