Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense
1 day ago · Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese ...
Taiwan sees threefold surge in suspected Chinese espionage cases
3 days ago · The Taiwanese government has repeatedly rejected China’s sovereignty claims and emphasized that Taiwan’s future can only be decided by its 23.5 million people. The Cameroon-flagged Shunxing39 ...
Xi says no one can stop China's 'reunification' with Taiwan
Dec 31, 2024 · No one can stop China's "reunification" with Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's speech on Tuesday, laying down a clear warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence ...
China and Taiwan: A really simple guide - BBC
China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing's control - and has not ruled out the use of force to take the island. But Taiwan sees itself as distinct ...
China sends dozens of warplanes and ships near Taiwan to show …
May 24, 2024 · In this photo released by the Taiwan Coast Guard, a Taiwan Coast Guard member monitor Chinese navy vessel operating near the Pengjia Islet north of Taiwan on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Taiwan scrambled jets and put missile, naval and land units on alert Thursday over Chinese military exercises being conducted around the self-governing island ...
What's behind China-Taiwan tensions? - BBC News
Oct 14, 2024 · Taiwan's first known settlers were Austronesian tribal people, believed to have come from modern day southern China. Chinese records appear to first mention the island in AD239, when an emperor ...
Why China Would Struggle to Invade Taiwan - Council on Foreign Relations
Jun 12, 2024 · Taiwanese military personnel stand in a line during the Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invading the island, on July 27, 2022, in New Taipei ...
China has launched new drills encircling Taiwan. Why now?
May 23, 2024 · Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching military drills encircling Taiwan just days after the democracy swore in a new leader long loathed by Beijing.
China claims Taiwan as its own. How does the conflict look to the …
Feb 14, 2024 · NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Alexander Yui, Taiwan's top diplomat to the U.S., about the tensions with Beijing. Taiwan is preparing for the possibility of war with China.
China and Taiwan: A really simple guide - BBC News
Jan 8, 2024 · The Chinese Communist Party points to this history to claim Taiwan. But the Taiwanese point to the same history to argue that they were not part of the modern Chinese state that was first formed ...