Taiwan

BALTIMORE: President Joe Biden on Thursday said the United States would come to the defense of Taiwan if the island were attacked by China, which considers it part of its territory. "Yes," he responded when asked in a CNN town hall about…

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's nominee for the ambassador to Beijing on Wednesday dubbed China aggressive and untrustworthy, insisting that boosting Taiwan's defenses against the threat of Chinese invasion should be a US priority.…

TAIPEI: The odds of war with China in the next year are "very low," a top Taiwanese security official told lawmakers on Wednesday, amid heightened tensions between Taipei and Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island. Taiwan has…

TAIPEI: The death toll from a fire in southern Taiwan that engulfed a building overnight has further risen to 46 killed, according to local officials who said at least another 41 people were injured. The 13-storey building caught fire…

BANGKOK: After sending a record number of military aircraft to harass Taiwan over China's National Day holiday, Beijing has toned down the saber rattling but tensions remain high, with the rhetoric and reasoning behind the exercises…

TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen received her first dose of the island's domestically developed coronavirus vaccine on Monday, launching its rollout to the public. The vaccine, made by Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp., was given…

TAOYUAN: Taiwan welcomed 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the United States on Sunday as help from a true friend, more than doubling the major semiconductor-producing island's arsenal of shots as it deals with a cluster of…

TAIPEI: Twenty-eight Chinese air force aircraft, including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers, entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, the island's government said, the largest reported incursion to date.…

NEW YORK: Fast food giant McDonald's on Friday said hackers breached their servers and accessed data from customers in Taiwan and South Korea. The announcement by the iconic US chain about "recent unauthorized activity on our network"…

BEIJING: China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwan's independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and China's "reunification", Premier Li Keqiang said on…