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China says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a 'powder keg'

Nov. 30, 2023 07:19 AM EST

BEIJING (AP) — China's defense ministry said Thursday that the U.S. should stop interfering in both Taiwan and the South China Sea, saying U.S. arms sales to Taiwan are making the situation more dangerous. Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party is “turning Taiwan into a...

Taiwan's main opposition party announces vice presidential candidate as hopes for alliance fracture

Nov. 24, 2023 03:31 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party announced its vice presidential candidate Friday as hopes fractured for a cross-party alliance to challenge the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and relations with China remained tense. The outcome of the...

Taiwan presidential front-runner picks former de facto ambassador to US as vice president candidate

Nov. 20, 2023 08:01 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The front-runner in Taiwan’s presidential race has picked the long-term de facto ambassador to the United States as his vice presidential candidate. Vice President William Lai announced Monday on his Facebook page the nomination of Hsiao Bi-khim — who was...

Taiwan's opposition parties fail to agree on a joint candidate for January's presidential election

Nov. 18, 2023 02:33 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's two main opposition parties have failed to agree on a joint candidate for president, once again throwing into doubt their ability to unseat the ruling party in January's election. The Nationalist Party and the Taiwan People's Party were expected to...

Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain

Nov. 16, 2023 11:25 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour meeting Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping didn't resolve any of the vital geopolitical issues dividing the world's two...

Pandas, fentanyl and Taiwan — takeaways from Biden's long-awaited meeting with Xi

Nov. 16, 2023 00:41 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a meeting a year in the making. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down together on Wednesday just outside of San Francisco, where Asian leaders gathered for an annual summit. It was almost exactly one year since their last encounter...

Biden and Xi agree to restore some military-to-military communications between the US and China

Nov. 15, 2023 21:39 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Wednesday to restore some military-to-military communications between their armed forces as the two leaders met for hours on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. ...

Taiwan's participation at APEC forum offers a rare chance to break China's bonds

Nov. 15, 2023 13:35 PM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan will take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San Francisco this week, a rare opportunity for the self-governing island democracy of 23 million people and its high-tech economy to break the diplomatic embargo on it imposed by authoritarian China. ...

Taiwan's opposition parties team up for January election

Nov. 15, 2023 08:16 AM EST

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s two main opposition parties, both of which have vowed to restart talks with China, announced a joint presidential ticket for January’s election in a deal that could bring a major political upset in the self-ruled island democracy. The agreement...

Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get US-China communications back to 'normal'

Nov. 15, 2023 00:03 AM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping swept into San Francisco on Tuesday as the two leaders made their final preparations for their first engagement in a year at a historic estate outside of the city. Biden expressed hope that the talks would help put a...