A typhoon was headed toward southern China and Hong Kong on Friday after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan. Typhoon Koinu, after initially weakening, regained strength as it headed west across the South China Sea toward China’s Guangdong province,
But Mr Cleverly warned that China’s economy would collapse if President Xi ordered an invasion of Taiwan. Speaking at the Spectator’s fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference, the Foreign Secretary said: “We have toughened our stance on small investment from China,
Typhoon Koinu, traveling westward from the Pacific, was strengthening as it moved toward Taiwan, meteorologists on the island said Monday. The storm was expanding in size and was expected to make landfall by Thursday morning, they said. Koinu was moving northwest with
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — After declaring his intention to run for president in late August, Terry Gou, the Taiwanese billionaire founder of Foxconn who some have compared to Donald Trump, is now an officially registered independent candidate. Gou resigned as a board member
Taiwan revealed the island’s first domestically built submarine on Thursday, a major breakthrough in its defense capabilities as tensions with China continue to rise. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen unveiled the submarine, named Hai Kun after a fish in Chinese mythology called kun,
Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen, oversaw an historic moment on Thursday (September 27) as the island nation launched its inaugural domestically manufactured submarine for testing. The ceremony took place at the port in Kaohsiung, marking a significant stride in Taiwan’s shipbuilding and design capabilities.
China’s military sent over 150 warplanes toward Taiwan this week in an unprecedented military action that the island’s government swiftly condemned as “harassment.” On Monday, mainland China’s military, known formally as the People’s Liberation Army, flew 103 warplanes near and over the
The Biden administration will redirect the bulk of an $85 million military aid package from Egypt to Taiwan, citing concerns about human rights abuses. “We are consulting with Congress as we finalize our actions,” a State Department spokesperson said in response to
China is promoting new economic opportunities for Taiwanese people while at the same time ramping up military activity around the island it claims as its own. Experts say the “carrots and sticks” approach, which Beijing has employed for years, signals a choice
China has flown 68 warplanes over Taiwan in the last 24 hours while ten of its Navy vessels circled the island in one of its biggest displays of force so far this year. China’s grandstanding comes only weeks after the United States