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'We are a country': Taiwanese youth embrace distinct identity
• 3 years agoBeijing 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
• 3 years agoIn 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
• 3 years agoChina 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
• 3 years agoPresident 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'
• 4 years agoChina 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
• 5 years agoPhysically 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
• 9 years agoTaiwan'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
Fp Archives • 9 years agoTaiwan's president, defying criticism from key ally the United States, visited to an island holding in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday.