Taiwan Proposes Highest-Ever Military Budget of $19.7 Billion
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te announced on Thursday a proposed defense budget of $19.76 billion for fiscal 2025. The proposal would increase military spending by 6.7 percent through 2024, making it the highest amount ever allocated by the Republic of China (ROC) to defense. “We are determined to strengthen our self-defense capabilities and enhance cooperation with […]
Chinese State TV Blacks Out Taiwan Beating Beijing for Olympic Gold Medal
China’s state broadcaster CCTV pulled its Olympic coverage on Sunday to avoid showing Taiwan’s badminton team winning the gold medal after beating a top-ranked Chinese team. Taiwan scored an upset victory in badminton when Li Yang and Wang Chi-ling defeated China’s Liang Wei-ken and Wang Qiang in the men’s doubles to win their first gold […]
‘We’re not doing anything wrong’: why the word Taiwan is banned at the Olympics | Taiwan
aJelina Yang thought she knew the Olympic rules: No flags or political messages. She was excited to cheer on her country’s athletes at the Olympics in France, where she lives and studies. So the Taiwanese student made a sign she thought would be uncontroversial: an outline of her home island with the words “Go Taiwan” […]
Olympics Spectator Removed After Ripping Taiwan Supporter’s Banner
At a badminton match at the Paris Olympics, a spectator was ejected from the stands after snatching a banner reading “Go Taiwan” as security guards tackled a woman who was brandishing the name of a banned country. Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is competing in the Olympics, but its athletes are […]
Taiwan Lin Yu-Ting clinches boxing medal, day after Imane Khelif
In Paris, Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won her first Olympic medal on Sunday in front of crowds chanting her name, just a day after Algerian boxer Imane Kherif did the same after days of online abuse and intense scrutiny over her participation. Lin defeated Svetlana Kamenova-Staneva of Bulgaria in the women’s 57 kg quarterfinals, then […]
Six States Claim China Pressuring to Not Attend Taiwan Meeting
BEIJING (AP) — Lawmakers from at least six countries are pressuring Chinese diplomats not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan, saying it is an attempt to isolate the island. Politicians in Bolivia, Colombia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and one Asian country who declined to be named said they had received text messages, phone calls […]
Why Trump should tone down his war of words with Taiwan
President Donald Trump recently told Bloomberg News that if Taiwan expects military protection in the event of a Chinese attack on what China considers a renegade province, “it should pay for Taiwan’s defense.” Trump also said Taiwan, which has “enormous wealth,”Did not do anything” onto the United States and ignores Taiwan’s role as a vital […]
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 […]