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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen thanks Belize for support amid 'constant threats' from China

President Tsai met Belize's prime minister on the final stop of a visit to Central America, where allies have been dwindling, and barely a week after Honduras became the latest to switch ties to Beijing

Explained: How US and Taiwan are strengthening military ties amid rising China tensions

Reports have emerged that Taiwan will send 500 troops to the United States in the latter half of 2023 and that Washington will send between 100 to 200 troops to Taipei. Experts say this is a good opportunity for Taiwan’s troops to increase their professionalism

Women soldiers, conscription: How Taiwan military is making big changes with an eye on China

Taipei's defence ministry said it will allow for the first time around 200 discharged women soldiers to enrol in voluntary reservist training. The decision comes a month after Taiwan announced it will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year beginning 2024

Taiwan extends mandatory military service from four months to one year over China threat

Under President Xi Jinping, China's sabre-rattling has intensified in recent years, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine deepened worries in Taiwan that Beijing might move similarly to annex the island

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as party head after poor results in local elections

The election has drawn international attention as Taiwan has become a bigger geopolitical flashpoint between the US and China.

Won't bow to Beijing, vows President Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan National Day speech

Self-governed Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China, which views the island as its territory

Taiwan grounds F-16 fighter jets after one disappears shortly after take-off from Hualien air base

The decision to pull 150 planes from Taiwan's skies leaves the island reliant on a more limited fleet to ward off Chinese jets

Taiwan urges China to deescalate military tensions and to 'never seek hegemony'

China has been recently piling on pressure by sending its warplanes into Taiwan's air defence zone at an unprecedented frequency and crossing the so-called 'median line' of the Taiwan Strait

Beijing says no change on 'One China' principle despite Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen's landslide reelection win

Tsai Ing-wen, who has firmly rejected China’s “one country, two systems” model, won another four-year term by a landslide on Saturday

Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen registers landslide win against Han Kuo-yu as voters back tough stance on China

Tsai Ing-wen wasted no time in warning communist-ruled China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, not to try to use threats of force against the self-governed island.