TAIPEI — Taiwan’s security officials said on May 23 that China has deployed more than 100 navy, coast guard and other vessels in regional waters stretching from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea and Western Pacific. The deployment began before US President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, […]
BEIJING — US President Donald Trump on Friday warned Taiwan against declaring formal independence after concluding his visit to China, whose leader Xi Jinping had pressed him not to support the self-ruling island. Trump ended the state visit claiming to have made “fantastic” trade deals, although the details were vague, and he did not appear […]
TAIPEI — Four people were killed and 97 others sustained injuries after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Hualien in Taiwan on Wednesday morning, local media reported. A red alert for tsunami has been issued after the earthquake. The temblor was epicentred at 23.81 degrees north latitude and 121.74 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 12 […]