Tag: Taiwan

‘All China Can Do Is Talk’: Taiwan Official Dismisses Beijing’s Threats After US Military Aircraft Landing in Taipei

In the face of the United States’ deepening engagements with Taiwan, the Chinese communist regime can do nothing but issue stern warnings, an official of the democratic island told The Epoch Times. On July 15, a U.S. Air Force C-146-A Wolfhound landed in Taiwan, delivering “diplomatic mail” to the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei—marking…


Taiwan Chipmaker TSMC Says Profit up 11.2 Percent as Demand Rises

TAIPEI, Taiwan—TSMC, the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for Apple Inc. and other global brands, said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 11.2 percent over a year earlier to $4.8 billion as demand for smartphones and consumer electronics increased. Sales in the three months ending June 30 rose 19.8 percent to $13.3 billion, said…


Japanese Defense Paper Warns Over Taiwan Security for First Time

For the first time, Japan has explicitly warned over Taiwan’s security in its annual defense white paper on July 12. The direct wording on the Taiwan issue in the 2021 defense paper is very different from previous years, which carefully avoided any words that could provoke the Chinese communist regime. The white paper states that…


Series of Earthquakes in Eastern Taiwan Causes Some Damage

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A series of more than 20 earthquakes struck the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, causing some damage. The Central Weather Bureau reported 22 quakes over two hours starting at 6:52 a.m. The first was the largest with a magnitude of 5.2 and struck at a relatively shallow depth of 5.9 kilometers (3.7…


Gordon Chang on Chinese Drug Warfare, Military Buildup on the China–India Border, and the Crackdown on Didi

The Chinese regime “is intentionally killing tens of thousands of Americans each year with fentanyl,” says China analyst Gordon Chang. In this episode, we discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy of drug warfare, the military buildup on the India–China border, the likelihood of an invasion of Taiwan, and what the Chinese regime’s crackdown on Didi…


BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines Coming to Taiwan, Chinese Agent Says

TAIPEI—The Chinese sales agent for Germany’s BioNTech SE said on Sunday it had signed a deal to provide 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, part of a drawn-out and highly politicized process for the island to access the shots. Taiwan’s government has tried for months to buy the vaccine directly from BioNTech and has…


Taiwan Says 11 Arrested at Its Haiti Embassy

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan’s foreign ministry says Haitian police have arrested 11 armed suspects who tried to break into the its embassy in Port-au-Prince. It gave no details of the suspects’ identities or a reason for the break-in. “As for whether the suspects were involved in the assassination of the President of Haiti, that will need to…


The Chinese Regime’s Pledge to Hong Kong “Erodes:” Report

The political system of Hong Kong is now almost no different from a city in mainland China, after the ruling Communist Party’s overhaul threatened the free business climate guaranteed by its separate judicial system, a report by the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) says. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-imposed national security law (NSL) has chipped…


Taiwan Gets 1.1 Million AstraZeneca Doses From Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan has received 1.13 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan in the second such donation this year. The nation has benefited from vaccine diplomacy, receiving near 5 million doses from the United States and Japan following its worst outbreak starting in May. Taiwan has also accused China, which claims the self-ruled island…


Taiwan Asks US Not to Cause ‘Misunderstanding’ After Flag Tweet Removed

TAIPEI—Taiwan has asked its office in Washington to remind the United States not to cause “unnecessary speculation or misunderstanding” after the White House deleted a social media post on COVID-19 vaccine donations that included Taiwan’s flag. A spokesman for the White House National Security Council called the use of the flag “an honest mistake” by…