In its first official reaction to the Presidential elections in neighbouring Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated its claim on the breakaway territory as part of its own, saying that any changes in the island…
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Don’t rock the boat: Canberra’s message to Taipei and Beijing
US President Jo Biden has already directed a US delegation to travel to Taipei following the poll – bearing messages of reassurance but also restraint: don’t rock the boat. Australia should be saying very much…
China Failed to Sway Taiwan’s Election. What Happens Now?
Beijing loathes the new president, Lai Ching-te. He aims to protect the status quo with caution and American help, but tensions are likely to rise.
Toy Story 3 bear and Moutai draw the crowds at Costco’s new store in ‘China’s Silicon Valley’
More than four years after Costco’s first store in the country caused a stir, shoppers in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen this week flocked to the US retailer’s latest outlet on Chinese shores.
Candidate Strongly Opposed By China Elected President Of Taiwan
Lai and incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen reject China’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan, a former Japanese colony that split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war in 1949. They have, however, …
With carmakers in a ‘state of shock’ over Tesla-beating BYD’s prices, EU investigators will visit China’s EV giants as part of an anti-subsidy probe
The visits will help determine whether the bloc imposes higher tariffs on Chinese EVs priced so low they’re “distorting” the market.
China’s Military Says Will ‘Crush’ Any Taiwan ‘Independence’ Efforts
China’s military on Friday vowed to “crush” any efforts to promote Taiwan’s independence, a day before a crucial presidential election on the self-ruled island, which Beijing claims is part of its territory.
China’s ‘interference’ in Taiwan elections putting ‘quite a bit of pressure’ on the country
There has been “Chinese interference” in the Taiwan elections, with them putting “quite a bit of pressure” on the country, Foundation for Defence of Democracies Senior Fellow Mark Montgomery says.
Taiwan’s voters rebuff China and give ruling party third presidential term
Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power on Saturday, strongly rejecting Chinese pressure to spurn him, as China said it would not give up on achieving “reunification”.
Biden says ‘we do not support independence’ for Taiwan after its election empowers party seeking to limit Beijing’s influence
NDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden said the US did not support independence for Taiwan, after voters there defied China and returned the governing Democratic Progressive Party — which has sought to limit…
‘Taiwan is China’s Taiwan’: Beijing says Taiwan’s ruling party is not representative of popular opinion
Beijing has framed the self-ruled island’s election as a choice between “peace and war, prosperity and decline.” The outcome of Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections will likely shape China’s posture toward the island,
Alert: Polls open as Taiwan voters choose their next president, weighing China’s threat and the island’s stability
Polls open as Taiwan voters choose their next president, weighing China’s threat and the island’s stability.
WRAPUP 3-Taiwanese pack election rallies, China vows to ‘smash independence plots’
“Therefore, Taiwan must win this battle.”In the run-up to Saturday’s election, China repeatedly denounced Lai and rebuffed repeated calls from him for talks.”Without democracy and freedom, we have nothing,
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