The latest phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump did more than reaffirm Beijing’s long-standing positions. It quietly introduced a linguistic shift in how ...

For years, I thought that China’s strategy for taking Taiwan was failing. I’m not so sure anymore. China has long used coercion short of war in a bid to make Taiwan fold without a fight, while also ...

Mr. Singleton is the senior director of the China program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. A single word can crack the facade of a great power’s confidence. That’s what happened last ...

Taiwan may restart one of its atomic power plants in 2028 if safety reviews proceed smoothly, a government minister said, in another sign the island may reverse its anti-nuclear policy. Restart ...

China has warned it will “crush” any foreign attempts to interfere on behalf of Taiwan, after Japan announced plans to deploy missiles near the democratically-governed island. “We have a firm will, ...

Taipei — Images of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te holding a plate of sushi were posted on social media on Thursday in a show of support for Tokyo after reports that China will halt Japanese seafood ...

President Lai Ching-te says the spending, which must be approved by the island’s legislature, would fund purchases of arms from the United States. By Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien Reporting from ...

This cartoon delivers its message through a simple but powerful setup: a CID officer sitting squarely on the shoulders of another man, looming over a journalist who is trying to write. The officer ...

Taiwan will prepare itself for combat within the next two years amid "intensifying" threats from China, the nation's president has declared. Lai Ching-te held a news conference on Wednesday morning ...

On Monday, December 1, sudden power outages struck Songshan Airport and parts of Zhongshan District in Taipei. At the airport, the international terminal lost power at 1:36 PM, but backup generators ...

No winter lasts forever, but the deep chill in the Beijing-Tokyo relationship set off by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan could last a long time. Takaichi has had ...