Taiwan Becomes Unexpected Spotlight of Biden's Asia Trip
President Joe Biden of the United States made it clear at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23 that if China used force, the United States would militarily intervene to defend Taiwan.
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President Tsai's Performance in Six Years
While coronavirus (COVID-19) infections continue to surge in Taiwan, May 20 marked President Tsai Ing-wen’s sixth anniversary in office.
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State Department Updates Web Page, Testing Cross-Strait Relations
On May 5, the United States Department of State made a substantial update to its U.S.-Taiwan relations "fact sheet.”
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Amid Surging Pandemic, Queues Form Across Taiwan to Buy Home Test Kits
With the sharply surging pandemic situation in Taiwan but an insufficient supply of rapid test kits, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) gave a project approval for 22 companies to import test kits, one of which was Golden Global Biomedicine, Ltd.
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Graham Asks Taiwan to Purchase 24 Boeing 787 Aircraft
When he led a United States Congressional delegation to visit Taiwan on April 15, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham asked President Tsai Ing-wen to purchase Boeing 787 airliners.
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CTS News Ran False News Tickers About China Missile Attack on Taiwan
During the morning news broadcast from 7 AM on April 20, CTS News ran in the news ticker that New Taipei City was hit by a People's Liberation Army (PLA) missile attack, and facilities and vessels in Taipei Harbor were damaged.
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U.S. Congressional Delegation: Will Not Abandon Taiwan
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, led a Congressional delegation to visit Taiwan for 24 hours.
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Pelosi Tests Positive, Delaying Taiwan Visit
Japan's Fuji News Network exclusively reported on April 7 that Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States House of Representatives was scheduled to lead a Congressional delegation to fly from the United States to Japan on April 8 and meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on April 10.
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Taiwan Unveils 2050 Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Roadmap, Excluding Nuclear Energy
The National Development Council (NDC) released on March 30 a roadmap for Taiwan's realizing net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, in which the share of renewable energy in the composition of energy structure will come from 20 percent in 2025 to 70 percent in 2050.
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Taiwan Proposes Mutual Recognition of Sovereignty
Minister Chiu Tai-san of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) sent signals related to the cross-strait negotiation the day before yesterday that if "upholding the sovereignty of the Republic of China" does not count as Taiwan independence, it would be a better condition for negotiation with mainland China.
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