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Honduras becomes the ninth diplomatic ally that Taipei has lost to Beijing since pro-independence president Tsai Ing-wen first took officeHonduras has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced on Saturday, saying it recognis…
The decision by Honduras is also a setback in Washington’s efforts to use its influence in Central America to help prevent China from isolating Taiwan.
Taipei: At the recently concluded "rubber-stamp" National People’s Congress (NPC) session in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping signalled that his government would oppose "pro-independence" influences in Taiwan and called for the "peaceful development of cross-strait relations".While he sounded "moderate" in his messaging on the Taiwan issue, Xi reiterated the fundamental policy stand on it: "
ANALYSIS/INTERVIEW — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended talks in Moscow this week by declaring that their alliance was driving geopolitical change […] More
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Delegation of British lawmakers met Taiwan’s president during visit to the island this week amid a deteriorating UK-China relationshipChina-Taiwan tensions explained in 30 secondsA British parliamentary delegation to Taiwan has called for the UK govern…
Beijing is watching ‘very carefully’ how world responds to Russian aggression, says US secretary of stateFollow our Ukraine coverage US secretary of state Antony Blinken has warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has a “profound impact” on Asia, sayi…
Tsai Ing-wen will visit allies Guatemala and Belize next week, and stopover in the US, after Honduras said it would establish ‘official relations’ with ChinaTaiwan’s defence ministry has contingency plans for any moves by China during Taiwan President …
Sidharth Kaushal, research fellow at the UK-based Royal United Services Institute defense think tank, said AUKUS will likely make a Chinese attack on Taiwan, “decidedly less appealing.”
Officials in Washington have underscored that an expected unofficial stopover in the U.S. by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen should not be used as a pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait.
Ma Ying-jeou’s tour is first since end of civil war and comes amid intensifying efforts by China to subsume TaiwanTaiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou will visit China this month in the first visit by a current or former leader since the defeated Nat…