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Taiwan on alert for post-inauguration Chinese drills
TAIPEI - Taiwan is on alert for China to carry out military exercises after the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te this month, the island's top security official said on Wednesday (May 1), noting that Beijing usually begins such drills in June.
How China’s economic diplomacy can defuse tensions with the Philippines
China claimed it had a similar understanding with the Marcos administration after it came to power in 2022, whereby the government would keep honouring the agreement. However, Beijing accuses Manila of unilaterally abandoning the arrangement since February 2023 without explanation.
Taiwan Q1 preliminary GDP hits 3-year high on robust AI demand
TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Taiwan's trade-dependent economy grew at its fastest quarterly pace in nearly three years in the first three months of 2024 and quicker than expected thanks to strong exports driven by demand for artificial intelligence applications.
Taiwan hails U.S.-Japan-Philippines ties as 'great deterrent' to China
TAIPEI -- Security cooperation between Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. will help deter China's military expansionism in the region, Taiwan's top diplomat said in an exclusive interview.
Taiwan's Sunflower protest legacy looms large for incoming president Lai
TAIPEI -- In February, Wu Pei-yi walked into Taiwan's parliament to take up her rightful seat as a newly elected lawmaker. Nearly 10 years earlier, she sneaked into the same building by night in an occupation by hundreds of young protesters that launched a mass movement opposed to government plans to bind Taiwan and its economy closer to China.
Solomon Islands China-friendly PM Sogavare not standing for new term: ‘geopolitics is at play’
Solomon Islands incumbent Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said he would not be a candidate when lawmakers vote next week for a new prime minister, and his political party would instead back former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele.
China’s Xi to visit France, Serbia, Hungary as Beijing appears to seek a larger role in Ukraine
BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit France, Serbia and Hungary next week as Beijing appears to seek a larger role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that has upended global political and economic security.