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'We are a country': Taiwanese youth embrace distinct identity

Beijing views the island as part of China and has intensified pressure on Taipei in recent years, pushing political tensions between the two to dizzying heights

'I do have faith': Taiwan president on if US will defend the island amid China threat

In an interview with CNN broadcast on Wednesday, Tsai Ing-wen also confirmed for the first time that US troops were training Taiwanese forces on the island

‘We have a commitment’: Biden says US would defend Taiwan against China invasion

China has been sending waves of fighter jets and nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan's air defence zone — 170 in October alone

Military drills, flights necessary to defend nation's sovereignty, says China amid tensions with Taiwan

President Tsai Ing-wen had earlier vowed to protect the island and its 'democratic way of life' from Beijing’s rising pressures

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

Lee Teng-hui, former president who brought direct elections to Taiwan, dies at 97

Physically imposing and charismatic, former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui spanned Taiwan’s modern history and was native to the self-governed island

Relations with China to be based on democratic principles, says Taiwan president-elect

Taiwan's president-elect on Wednesday said that democracy would be at the heart of future relations with China.

Taiwan president visits island in disputed South China Sea despite criticism from ally US

Taiwan's president, defying criticism from key ally the United States, visited to an island holding in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday.