Tag: Taiwan
Taiwan accepts same-sex marriage, so why not adoption?
9 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Kaohsiung, Taiwan Wang Chen-wei and Chen Jun-ru are unique among parents in Taiwan. This year, in a landmark legal case, the two men became the first same-sex couple on the island to legally adopt a child neither of ...
First on CNN: House Republicans push legislation to require Biden administration to detail the status of major arm sales to Taiwan
13 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Republican House lawmakers are introducing legislation that would require the Biden administration to provide Congress with a detailed report on the status of major arms sales to Taiwan, an effort that comes as ther...
US conducts Taiwan Strait flyover amid tensions with China
23 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Friday in a demonstration of the United States' "commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," just days after dozens of Chinese warplanes e...
Taiwan accuses China of bullying over World Cup name change
14 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Taipei, TaiwanTaiwan accused China of bullying on Monday after organizers of the World Cup in Qatar again changed the reference for Taiwanese visitors applying for an identification card that doubles as an entry visa...
Taiwan warns China it has a missile capable of striking Beijing
26 Views0 Comments0 Likes
In a recent interview with Taiwanese media, You Si Kun, President of Taiwan’s Legislative Assembly, said his country wouldn’t shy away from using its Yun Feng supersonic cruise missiles should China invade. ...
China blasts US ‘bully’, says it will ‘fight to the end’ for Taiwan
23 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Singapore Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday accused the United States of being a "bully" and "hijacking" countries around the region, during a combative speech in which he said his country would "fight to...
US and Taiwan unveil new trade initiative after Taiwan was excluded from US Indo-Pacific economic initiative
16 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The US and Taiwan unveiled a new trade initiative, Taiwan's trade representative announced Wednesday, after Taiwan was excluded from the US Indo-Pacific economic initiative that President Joe Biden formally announce...
China threatens to downgrade ties with Israel after newspaper publishes Taiwan interview
18 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Jerusalem Post editor Yaakov Katz said he received a call from the Chinese embassy in Israel, insisting that his outlet take down the interview. "Didn’t take long. Got call from Chinese embassy. Apparently I’m suppo...
US congressional delegation makes surprise visit to Taiwan
15 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A US delegation led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, arrived in Taipei on Monday in a previously unannounced visit, Taiwan's foreign ministry said. The delegation will meet with Taiwan's President Tsa...
Taiwan jets scramble as China air force enters air defence zone
32 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past two years or so of repeated missions by China's air force near the democratically governed island, often in the southwestern part of its ai...
Brian Mast calls out Biden’s foreign policy on Taiwan: It is ‘just uncertainty’
16 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Host Trey Gowdy asked him specifically on Biden’s recent comments stating that the U.S. would get involved militarily to defend Taiwan should China invade. Because the White House was later forced to walk back those ...
US and Taiwan could begin talks on closer economic ties ‘in a few weeks’
17 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Singapore/Taiwan (CNN Business)Taiwan and the United States could begin talks to deepen trade and economic ties "in a few weeks," two senior Taiwanese government officials told CNN on Friday. The new discussions wil...
Why the White House contradicts Biden over his stand on Taiwan
53 Views0 Comments0 Likes
He knows where he stands on Taiwan–and that was the problem, at least according to the people who work for him. Their position, apparently, is that he didn’t say what we all heard him say – and that led to the "walkb...
Former Trump official warns Biden not to ‘poke the dragon’ when discussing Taiwan
23 Views0 Comments0 Likes
During a joint press conference with Japanese officials, Biden responded in the affirmative when asked about defending Taiwan, which critics said ran counter to the U.S. policy of "strategic ambiguity" related to Tai...
Piers Morgan on Biden’s vow to defend Taiwan: This ‘crazy situation’ keeps happening
20 Views0 Comments0 Likes
US MILITARY WILL DEFEND TAIWAN 'IF IT ES TO THAT,' BIDEN SAYS PIERS MORGAN: I think someone should tell President Biden what the policy is because the White House says he stuck to longtime policy, but he clearly hasn...
What Biden’s Taiwan comments mean for China and the US
i898
27 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Biden’s statement riled diplomats in D.C. and communist bosses in Beijing with a White House spokesman once again pressed into clean up duty, saying, "…our policy has not changed." President Joe Biden, left...