President William Lai (賴清德) is to lead a delegation to Eswatini from Wednesday next week to April 27 to celebrate King Mswati III’s 40-year anniversary on the throne, the Presidential Office said today, marking the president’s second overseas trip since taking office in May 2024.The King is to mark
ECONOMIC COERCION: Such actions are often inconsistently applied, sometimes resumed, and sometimes just halted, the Presidential Office spokeswoman said
The government backs healthy and orderly cross-strait exchanges, but such arrangements should not be made with political conditions attached and never be used as leverage for political maneuvering or partisan agendas, Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo (郭雅慧) said yesterday. Kuo made the remar
DETERRENCE FIRST: ‘If Taiwan can have sufficient deterrence capability, it can take the option of war off the table,’ American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene said
The top US diplomat in Taiwan said China should abandon its threats and military pressure against Taiwan and talk to its leaders, as that would avoid misunderstandings and stabilize relations. American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene, the de facto US ambassador, said the consistent
Tainan, Taipei and New Taipei City recorded the highest fines nationwide for illegal accommodations in the first quarter of this year, with fines issued in the three cities each exceeding NT$7 million (US$220,639), Tourism Administration data showed. Among them, Taipei had the highest number of ille
US President Donald Trump yesterday ordered a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran’s “unyielding” refusal to give up its nuclear ambitions during peace talks in Islamabad. While acknowledging that the marathon negotiations in Pakistan had gone “well” and “most points were ag
Ukraine’s military command accused Russia of repeatedly violating a truce to mark the Orthodox Easter Saturday with about 470 incidents ranging from airstrikes and drone attacks to shelling. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the ceasefire, more than a week after Ukrainian Presiden
READINESS: Building a democratic shield should be done during peacetime, as systems that could be paralyzed during a crisis are not a credible deterrent, Lin Chia-lung said
In light of China’s authoritarian expansion and military threat, democratic countries should reconceptualize the First Island Chain as a single theater, and build a collective and coordinated democratic shield to deter aggression, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) told a forum in Taipe
NO REST: Continuous Chinese aggression shows that Beijing is not interested in showing goodwill and has no intention of giving ‘moderates’ any room to operate, an expert said
The Ministry of National Defense said it spotted 16 Chinese warplanes operating near the nation on Friday, about the same time Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) was meeting Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) in Beijing.The two met in Beijing, where Xi said he “absolutely
South Korea has adjusted its electronic arrival card system to no longer list Taiwan as a part of China, a move that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said would help facilitate exchanges between the two sides.South Korea previously listed “Taiwan” as “Taiwan (China)” in the drop-down menus of its onl
US and Iranian officials yesterday began separate talks with Pakistan’s prime minister amid a ceasefire made fragile by deep disagreements and unabated fighting in Lebanon.A delegation led by US Vice President J.D. Vance and a delegation led by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf each
US intelligence indicated that China is preparing to provide Iran with air defense systems in a matter of weeks, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the matter.Beijing is expected to ship shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles known as Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) to Iran, the r
COMMITMENT TO SELF-DEFENSE: Peace is achieved through strength, and strength is achieved through long-term, stable investment, the president said
Compromising with authoritarian regimes comes at the cost of sovereignty and democracy, President William Lai (賴清德) wrote on Facebook yesterday, ahead of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).In the past few years, China has c
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) met in Beijing yesterday, where they vowed to bring people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait closer to facilitate the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”The meeting was held in the East Hall
Taipei prosecutors yesterday indicted former TV producer Lee Neng-chien (李能謙) on suspicion of spying for China, seeking a 12-year prison sentence.Lee, the husband of actress Liu Hsiang-chun (劉香君) and a retired air force serviceman, was among five people suspected of being recruited by Chinese intell
SHAKY DEAL: US President Donald Trump complained that Iran was ‘doing a very poor job’ by not allowing the free flow of ships through the Strait of Hormuz
Negotiators from Iran and the US yesterday prepared for high-level talks with their ceasefire still shaky, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.There remain many issues that could derail the truce — as well as negotiations for a broader d
US first lady Melania Trump on Thursday made a surprise statement denying any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, or that she herself was a victim of the convicted sex offender.The 55-year-old’s rare on-camera remarks at the White House came out of the blue, in an extraordinary intervention in a s
“Compromising with authoritarian regimes comes at the cost of sovereignty and democracy,” President William Lai (賴清德) wrote on Facebook today, ahead of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平). In the past few years, China has co
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait share a political foundation based on the “1992 consensus” and opposition to Taiwanese independence, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) today said during her meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).Both sides of the Strait should pla
People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese and the future of relations lies in the hands of the Chinese people, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) told Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) in Beijing today.Cheng is in China on what she has called a "peace" missio
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