China and Taiwan: A really simple guide - BBC
Jan 8, 2024 · China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing's control - and has not ruled out the use of force to take the island. But Taiwan sees itself as...
Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense - Council on Foreign Relations
Jan 15, 2025 · Differences over Taiwan’s status have fueled rising tensions between the island and mainland. Taiwan is the likeliest potential flash point in U.S.-China relations.
China has launched new drills encircling Taiwan. Why now?
May 23, 2024 · Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching military drills encircling Taiwan just days after the democracy swore in a new leader long loathed by Beijing.
China-Taiwan conflict: What you need to know - CNN
May 24, 2022 · China’s authoritarian turn under leader Xi Jinping and plummeting relations with Washington have pulled Taiwan closer into the orbit of the US. This has infuriated Beijing, spurring it to...
China says US naval patrol of Taiwan Strait poses security risk
3 hours ago · In addition to the Taiwan Strait, China also claims sovereignty over Taiwan, a self-governed democracy of 23 million people, and regularly sends air and naval ships, and occasionally drones and ...
China’s stunning new campaign to turn the world against Taiwan
2 days ago · Panama, for example, switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2017 and signed up to Mr Xi’s Belt and Road infrastructure scheme the same year. But on February 6th, under pressure ...
Taiwan and China need peace given 'multifold changes' …
Feb 3, 2025 · Taiwan and China need to talk to each other to achieve peace given the "multifold changes" in the international situation, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said on Monday, calling for...
China-Taiwan tension is soaring and the U.S. is directly involved.
Mar 31, 2023 · China threatened to take "resolute countermeasures" if the leader of the small, democratically governed island of Taiwan meets U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy next week during her "transit...
Chinese blockade would be act of war, Taiwan says - CNN
Oct 23, 2024 · A real Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be an act of war and have far-reaching consequences for international trade, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday after last week’s drills...
Facing Beijing's threats, Taiwan president says peace 'only option' …
Oct 10, 2023 · TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Peace between Taiwan and China is the “only option,” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, while strongly asserting the self-governing island’s defenses against Beijing’s threats to invade.