Taiwan has said that the past two weeks has seen dozens of fighters,drones,bombers and other aircraft,as well as warships operating nearby.
Taiwan’s top diplomat in Australia has urged Anthony Albanese to be wary of Xi Jinping’s “divide and conquer” tactics when he meets the Chinese president.
Taiwan is often spoken of in terms of the US and China,but not in terms of what its own people - like me - hope to see regarding their fate.
While other G20 world leaders met in Indonesia,the Chinese president was busy preparing his country for “the danger of war”.
The US president,tired from a gruelling four-day trip to Asia,said China’s slowing economy might prove a reprieve for the island.
‘Taiwan is absolutely not part of the People’s Republic of China,’ Foreign Ministry Spokesman Jeff Liu said at a briefing on Thursday.
A super typhoon and two tropical storms have prompted authorities in Asia to close schools,cancel flights and trains,and sandbag residential areas.
The Foxconn founder’s entry further crowds a pro-China field - which is good news for the China-wary Democratic Progressive Party.
China appears to be militarising another disputed South China Sea island that is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
A textbook inspired Morris Chang to create a company that is now a $US500 billion juggernaut and part of our everyday lives. It also put him at the centre of a technological cold war between the US and China.
Stefano Sannino says the EU and Australia are becoming even closer and Taiwan is Europe’s business.