Typhoon Gaemi: oil tanker and cargo ship sink amid stormy seas | Taiwan
A tanker and a cargo ship sank and three other vessels were stranded as Typhoon Gaemi crossed Taiwan, bringing torrential rains and strong winds to the island, causing widespread flooding and leaving three people dead. Philippine authorities were scrambling to contain an oil spill after a tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of crude oil capsized […]
Taiwan launches annual war games as tensions simmer with China
Taiwan has launched its annual Han Kuang military exercises aimed at simulating real-life combat. China has been conducting regular military drills around Taiwan for four years in an attempt to force Taipei to accept its territorial claims over the island. The five-day military drills will run alongside the Wan’an civil defence exercise, which simulates a […]
GORDON CHANG: Will Trump Hand Taiwan To China?
“Taiwan is 9,500 miles away,” former President Donald Trump told Bloomberg on June 25. “It’s 68 miles away from China.” In a wide ranging interview, the 45th president sounded as if he were willing to abandon the self-governing island to Beijing, which claims it as its 34th province. As Bloomberg noted, “Trump makes it clear […]
Taiwan ‘willing to take on more’ defense responsibility after Trump barb
Former President Donald Trump’s complaints about Taiwan’s relationship with the United States has startled leaders in Taipei, where officials are hastening to counter his criticisms ahead of a potential return to the White House “Taiwan has steadily strengthened its defense budget and demonstrated its responsibility to the international community,” Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai told reporters. […]
Computer chip stocks plunge as Biden trade controls, Trump’s Taiwan remarks rattle investors
Shares of major computer chip makers including Nvidia and TSMC continued to fall on Thursday as warnings from both President Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump rekindled geopolitical concerns among investors. The sell-off came after the Biden administration threatened to impose tough limits on foreign chipmakers’ exports to China and after former President Donald Trump […]
7.4 earthquake hits Taiwan 2024, tsunami forms | FOX 5 News
A powerful earthquake hit Taiwan on Tuesday as a tsunami formed off the coast. The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake at a … source
Trump says Taiwan should pay the US for its defence as ‘it doesn’t give us anything’ | Taiwan
Donald Trump has said Taiwan should pay the United States for its defense against China and questioned whether the United States would support Taiwan’s democracy if Trump returns to power in November’s presidential election. In response to Trump’s comments, Taiwan Premier Zhao Chung-chi said Taiwan and the United States had good relations despite the lack […]
Taiwan Reports Single-Day Record of Chinese Warplanes in Its Airspace
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday it had spotted 66 Chinese military aircraft and seven Chinese naval vessels circling the island in the past 24 hours, marking China’s largest incursion into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in 2024. Taiwanese officials said 56 Chinese planes crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait, […]
China sends dozens of warplanes near Taiwan after top US envoy pledges to help island with self defense
Raymond Greene began his term as director of the U.S. Institute for Taiwan Studies on Monday. He pledged on Wednesday to “vigorously support Taiwan’s ability to defend itself.” On the same day, Taiwan saw 66 Chinese military aircraft and seven warships sailing nearby within a 24-hour period, a clear display of Chinese military force. The […]
China using Philippines as ‘a dress rehearsal for Taiwan,’ former Trump adviser says
A recent clash between China‘s Coast Guard forces and the Philippine military pushed Phillipine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to invoke a mutual defense treaty with the United States, according to a former Trump adviser. “Beijing has already attacked to such a degree that it should trigger our mutual defense treaty response if President Marcos, in […]