BEIJING/TAIPEI, April 29 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s economy will see unprecedented opportunities should it agree to union with China, Beijing said on Wednesday as it continues to try to persuade Taipei to accept its rule, which President Lai Ching-te’s government has repeatedly rejected. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has since late…
TAIPEI, April 27 (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat in Taiwan on Monday pressed the island’s opposition-majority parliament to pass a “comprehensive” defence budget, saying integrated air and missile defence systems and drones are critically important and in high demand globally. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te last year proposed $40 billion in supplemental defence spending, covering…
BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Thursday urged the United States to abide by the one-China principle after the U.S. criticised Chinese pressure on some African countries to revoke overflight clearances for Taiwan’s president. Taiwan this week said the Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar unilaterally revoked flight permits for its presidential aircraft to…
TAIPEI, April 23 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s minister in charge of the coast guard has made a rare visit to a Taiwan-controlled island in the South China Sea for exercises, including practising the armed boarding of a suspicious ship. Taiwan and China claim sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, and Taiwan has control of…
BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Wednesday heaped praise on the countries that denied overflight permission for the aircraft of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, declaring that the one China principle is the norm of international relations. At a regular news conference in Beijing, a spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office expressed appreciation…
Fraudsters have duped students studying abroad out of up to HK$1.5 million (US$191,531) each by accusing them of money laundering and luring them to Hong Kong to buy gold for bogus law-enforcement investigations, prompting a police warning. At least nine victims aged between 19 and 26, who are studying in the United Kingdom, Australia and…
The South China Morning Post received six honours at the State Street Institutional Press Awards Asia-Pacific 2025 on Tuesday. The awards, which recognise outstanding news reporting on institutional finance across Asia-Pacific (APAC), drew a record 246 submissions this year from eight economies – mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and France. Most…
The number of Hong Kong secondary school leavers pursuing higher studies outside the city fell to a 14-year low in 2025, with an expert attributing the trend to a surge in mainland Chinese students targeting local universities. Only 2,671 students, or 6.5 per cent of 40,948 Form Six graduates pursuing full-time courses, chose to study…
Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te said only the people of Taiwan can decide their future and rejected Beijing’s sovereignty claims. (EPA Images pic) TAIPEI: Taiwan president Lai Ching-te said today he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his government accused China of pressing three other African countries to revoke permission for his aircraft…
Hong Kong artiste Kristal Tin Yui-lee has revealed on social media that cancer cells were found in her lymph nodes, more than a year after being diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer, drawing renewed attention to the disease. A former leading actress at TVB after starting her career at the now defunct ATV, the 48-year-old has…