Taiwan President Lai Ching-te intends to make two stops in the US as part of a trip to diplomatic allies, testing ties ...

When a 90-day tariff-free grace period expired this month, Taiwan escaped the letters that US President Donald Trump sent to two dozen other governments fixing new rates, including a 25 per cent duty ...

* In 1979, the United States severed official relations with the government in Taipei and instead recognised the government in Beijing. The defence treaty was terminated too.

Since taking office in January 2025, US President Donald Trump has launched a series of economic and trade policies aimed at ...

Jessica Chen Weiss is a professor of China and Asia-Pacific studies at Cornell University, and she joins us now to talk about how this visit by Taiwan's president will impact the already-fraught ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — 2024 is a year of pivotal elections, and not just in the United States. Among the first up is Taiwan, a Beijing-claimed island that is one of the strongest democracies in Asia ...

And last month, Taiwan's foreign minister told NPR that the island wasn't seeking formal diplomatic relations with the U.S. But Chinese leader Xi Jinping so far isn't letting up.

Moreover, as China and Taiwan’s political systems continue to diverge, there is little support on the island for unification. Taiwan is increasingly anchored to the West, and its population broadly ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met face-to-face, a step toward a potential leaders’ ...

A pair Taiwanese air force F-5F aircraft take off from an air base in Taitung in Taiwan on November 29, 2023. Analysts believe the Taiwan Strait could face a crisis in 2024, a CSIS-INDSR survey ...

Cheering crowds greet the victory of Taiwan's Lai Ching-te in the presidential election on Saturday, January 13. Lai's victory came in spite of efforts by China to stop him.

Taiwan does not seek conflict with China and will not provoke confrontation, but Beijing's "aggressive" military posturing is ...