Donald Trump Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images US President Donald Trump said Beijing does not intend to take any action against Taiwan, as it understands that otherwise it will not leave it unanswered. The American leader said this in an interview with CBS News, News.Az reports. “They understand what will happen if they take any action….
China is adding new diplomatic moves to justify its military threat to coerce Taiwan into submitting to rule from Beijing. In a formal position paper delivered to the United Nations last month, China declared that China’s sovereignty over Taiwan was guaranteed by the 1971 UN resolution that recognized the Peoples Republic of China as the…
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first confirmed phone call of Trump’s second term in June. Trump had previously claimed in April that Xi had called him, though he did not clarify when that conversation occurred US President Donald Trump has said that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, has told him that Taiwan…
Beijing: China condemned the United States on Monday for removing a reference to the status of Taiwan from the State Department website, urging Washington to “correct its mistakes”. Beijing views Taiwan as part of its territory and has refused to rule out using force to unify with the self-ruled island one day. The United States…
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Washington needs to approach the issue of Taiwan “prudently”, the ministry in Beijing said, as the pair held their first talks since Donald Trump took office. “We will never allow Taiwan to be separated from China,” Wang said, adding…
TAIPEI — A Chinese war plane goes missing near Taiwan. China sends swarms of military boats and planes for a blockade as Taiwan goes on a war footing. Panic ensues on the streets of Taipei. The premise of “Zero Day,” a new Taiwan TV drama envisioning a Chinese invasion, is a topic that has for…
Beijing: China said Sunday it “firmly opposed” US President Joe Biden’s approval of $571.3 million in defence assistance for Taiwan. The White House said Friday that Biden had authorised the drawdown “of up to $571.3 million in defence articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to…
Beijing considers democratically governed Taiwan its own territory, a claim the government in Taipei rejects. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Chinese government protested Sunday (December 22, 2024) the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire”. U.S. President Joe Biden authorised…