Germany’s education and research minister is making an official trip to Taiwan next week, officials said Friday. It will be the highest-level visit by a German official since 1997 to the island that China claims as part of its territory. The March
Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced Tuesday that her government will seek diplomatic relations with China, a move which in turn implies severing ties with Taiwan. The switch, if made official, would leave Taiwan recognized by only 13 countries, including Vatican City. A
Concerns over a Chinese invasion of Taiwan continue to mount with Beijing now suspected of involvement in damaging some of the island nation’s undersea internet cables this week in another show of deliberate harassment. The disruption to Taiwan’s internet was not only
In the past month, bed and breakfast owner Chen Yu-lin had to tell his guests he couldn’t provide them with the internet. Others living on Matsu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands closer to neighboring China, had to struggle with paying electricity bills,
The Chinese government will boost its military spending by 7.2% this year, rising to a total budget of 1.56 trillion Yuan. In U.S. dollars, China’s budget now sits at $230 billion, up nearly $16 billion from its budget in 2022. China’s Ministry
China’s enhanced naval capabilities are “rapidly shifting” the balance of power away from the US, warned one military analyst. Rebekah Koffler, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer, told Express.co.uk that China’s battleships now outnumber those of the US and it doesn’t intend
close Video Rep. Tony Gonzales: China invading Taiwan would ‘100%’ be an act of war Congressmen Ro Khanna and Tony Gonzales discuss their participation in a bipartisan trip to Taiwan as the country prepares for a possible attack from China on ‘Your
Taiwan scrambled jets Wednesday morning in response to over two dozen warplanes and three ships entering their defense zone from China. The Ministry of Defense announced that 25 warplanes and three ships approached Taiwan in the early hours of the morning. According
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his army to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 – but has doubts about Chinese chances as Russia has floundered in Ukraine, a US intel chief has claimed. CIA Director William Burns also warned that
Eight-time NBA All-Star and NBA Champion Dwight Howard was among 12 players ejected from a Taiwanese professional basketball league game over the weekend after a massive brawl broke out on the court. Howard, who currently plays for the Taoyuan Leopards in the