Special budget aimed at showing island’s resolve to defend itself was announced after Trump’s renewed threats of higher tariffs on chip products.
Taiwan says China violated norms and caused a "high degree of danger" by announcing "live-fire exercises without prior warning" just off its coast.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) listed three goals to enhance Taiwan’s transitional justice efforts in a speech at the 228 Massacre commemoration event in Taipei on Friday.
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday that the history of World War Two shows aggression and expansion will end in failure, responding to Chinese comments that the island would come into Beijing's hands sooner or later.
In response to the prospect of a tariff war, representatives of Taiwan’s ruling establishment headed to Washington on February 11 to express their willingness to “work with” the Trump administration.
Context: Trump’s recent statements about Ukraine have reinforced fears that the U.S. is retreating from its decades-long commitment to Europe’s defense. NATO’s secretary general also recently called on members to spend “considerably more” than 3 percent of economic output on defense.
TAIPEI--Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan's ruling party, took an initial lead in early vote counting on Saturday, potentially setting him on course to win an election that China ...
“Taiwan cherishes peace but we also have no delusions about peace,” Lai said. He highlighted Chinese threats in the form of military exercises and gray zone tactics and said the nation would “stand firm and safeguard” its sovereignty and “free and democratic way of life.”