House GOP Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain's first bill this Congress would expose the financial assets of Chinese officials if China invades Taiwan.
In this image taken off a video released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, a member of Taiwan Navy reacts on the intercom to Chinese war ships conducting drills about 40 nautical miles (74km) off the coast of western Taiwan's Kaohsiung and Pingtung cities on Wednesday,
A man stands in front of Taiwanese navy ships anchored at the harbor in Keelung, near Taipei in northern Taiwan, on Dec. 11, 2024. The U.S. government has quietly unfrozen about $870 million in security assistance programs for Taiwan,
Li Yihu said the offer of a ‘one country’ two systems’ arrangement may be withdrawn by Beijing if Taiwan ‘moves towards separatism’.
Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office alleged, without evidence, that Taiwanese were worried that TSMC could turn into the "United States Semiconductors Manufacturing Co."
Japan, a United States ally in the Indo-Pacific region, reportedly sent a warship to a contested waterway between China and the self-ruled island of Taiwan in early February. Newsweek has emailed the Chinese and Taiwanese defense ministries for comment.
Asian equities were mixed overnight as Indonesia outperformed, Taiwan underperformed, and South Korea was closed for Independence Day.
Taiwan and the Czech Republic, living in the shadow of Russia and China, have found common cause.