Defense Bill Pushes Trump Toward Tougher China Policies
Congress has sent the fiscal 2019 defense authorization act to the White House with several provisions targeting China.
Taiwan
Tom Cotton Criticizes U.S. Airlines for Caving to Beijing on One China Policy
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Wednesday condemned U.S. airlines for caving to demands by the Chinese government that the companies remove references to Taiwan from their websites.
Pentagon in Show of Force With Taiwan Strait Warship Passage
The Pentagon dispatched two guided missiles destroyers through the Taiwan Strait this week in a show of force amid increasing Chinese efforts to coerce democratic Taiwan.
Taiwan Presses U.S. Airlines to Stand Up to Beijing on One China Policy
'We strongly encourage' U.S. companies to reject 'unwarranted demands from the authoritarian regime'
Taiwan is urging U.S. airlines to reject Beijing’s demand that the companies recognize the autonomous island as part of China ahead of a July 25 deadline for international carriers to comply or face steep penalties.
Mattis Goes to Asia for First Visit to China
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA—Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived here Sunday for the start of a six-day visit to Asia that will include talks in China amid heightened tensions with Beijing.
172 Lawmakers Press for Taiwan’s Inclusion in World’s Top Health Summit Amid Chinese Pressure
Nearly 200 House members are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to allow Taiwan to join its annual global health summit amid a concerted effort by China to block the island from admittance for the second year in a row.
A Taste of Taiwan
It was an honor to be invited to a dinner hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (for all intents and purposes, the embassy of Taiwan).
Taiwan Unlikely to Overcome Chinese Roadblock to World’s Top Health Summit
Taiwan is making a last-ditch appeal to the World Health Organization (WHO) to participate in its annual global health summit amid a concerted effort by China to block the island from admittance for the second year in a row.
China Air Force Again Circles Taiwan in ‘Sacred Mission’
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese aircraft have again flown around self-ruled Taiwan in what China’s air force on Thursday called a “sacred mission”, as Taiwan denounced its big neighbour over what it called a policy of military intimidation.
GOP Senator: Trump Will be Receptive to F-35 Sales to Taiwan
A senior Republican senator who called on President Donald Trump to allow the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Taiwan believes he will be receptive to the proposal given the administration’s inclination to check China’s economic and military rise.
