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After meeting with Xi, Biden says US 'not going to change' Taiwan policy

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) said that Washington is "not going to change its Taiwan policy"

Joe Biden raises human rights, Xi Jinping warns of Taiwan 'red line'

They discussed North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, global energy markets, trade and competition, climate, military issues, the pandemic and other areas

USA's Antony Blinken talks to Chinese foreign minister over Taiwan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed concerns over China's approach to Taiwan to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Ahead of Xi-Biden meet, China asks US not to support 'Taiwan independence'

Beijing on Saturday asked Washington to stop support for Taiwan's independence, and said the two countries should meet halfway to repair the bilateral ties

Taiwan extends nationwide Covid-19 alert by two weeks until November 29

Taiwan has extended nationwide COVID-19 alert for two more weeks until November 29, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said

TSMC, Sony partner for new $7 billion chip factory in Japan

The new factory had previously been announced last month by TSMC CEO C.C. Wei, although at the time, it had yet to be approved by TSMC's board of directors

Chinese aggression driving Europe towards Taiwan: European lawmaker

Chinese aggression towards Taiwan is responsible for driving Europe towards the self-ruled island, said a European lawmaker

Taiwan working to fight China's cognitive warfare through social media

Taiwan is working to fight Chinese cognitive warfare like the use of social media and other platforms to spread disinformation and cause social unrest

China won't attack during President Tsai's term, says Taiwan's official

Taiwan's National Security Bureau chief Chen Ming-tong said China will not try to attack the nation's remote islands while President Tsai Ing-wen is in office.

China's recommendation to stockpile sparks speculation of Taiwan war

A government advice for people to store necessities for an emergency sparked scattered instances of panic-buying

Taiwan has no future other than reunification with China: FM Wang Yi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks on Friday

United States to deepen relation with Taiwan in face of China tensions

Washington has supported Taiwan with arms sales to boost the island's ability to defend itself

Threat from Beijing is growing 'every day', says Taiwan's President

Tsai said Taiwan was a "beacon" of democracy that needed to be defended

N Korea slams US for supporting Taiwan in nod to ally China

North Korea on Saturday accused the Biden administration of raising military tensions with China

US President Joe Biden says would defend Taiwan from attack by China

Biden answered "yes" when asked during a CNN town hall Thursday whether he could pledge to protect Taiwan.

China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Joe Biden comments

China on Friday said there is no room for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by Joe Biden that the US is committed to defending the island if it is attacked

India extremely expensive says UBS, even as it gives China a double upgrade

The brokerage has an 'underweight' stance on India along with Taiwan and Australia (just downgraded from neutral)

Japan pledge to donate more coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan

This support in form of vaccines by Japan comes amid Beijing's uptick in military activity around Taiwan which lies at the western end of the Japanese archipelago.

Xi vows to reunify Taiwan with China; calls for 'peaceful reunification'

Xi's also comments came after China sent a record number of military jets into Taiwan's air defence zone for four days in a row, in a public show of force.

Taiwan applies to join pacific trade deal days after China

The Taiwanese application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership was sent to New Zealand, according to two people familiar with the situation.