China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday made a public offer of energy stability for Taiwan if it would agree to “reunification,” or peacefully submitting to rule by the Chinese Communist Party.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un declared South Korea should be named “primary foe and invariable principal enemy.”
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Friday sought to bully Taiwanese voters by warning it will “smash any Taiwan independence plots,” implicitly threatening the Taiwanese if they make the “wrong” choice by voting for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate William Lai Ching-te on Saturday.
Identical twin sisters who were separated at birth but reunited after 13 years are now the best of friends. However, it was not always a smooth road.
The Chinese government on Wednesday published a rare “white paper” adjusting its stance on Taiwan by rescinding a long-standing promise that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces would not be sent to garrison the island if Beijing takes control, by either political or military means.
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), the office that handles relations with the Chinese Communist government in Beijing, pushed back on Thursday against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vow to regain control of Taiwan.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is marking the 30th anniversary of its reunification on Saturday, drawing a generally positive picture of the progress made in knitting together east and west amid celebrations that are low-key because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Taiwan on Friday expelled visiting mainland academic Li Yi of China’s Renmin University on the grounds that he planned to deliver a speech promoting the “one country, two systems” model of unification between Taiwan and China. Taiwanese authorities judged the speech would be a violation of his terms of entry and could “endanger national security and cause public unrest.”
In an interview with CNN conducted Monday and posted in full on Thursday, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen warned other Asian nations they could be the next targets of Chinese aggression, which increasingly includes military threats along with diplomatic and economic pressure.
The Pentagon’s intelligence agency does not have a “strong grasp” on when China might try to invade Taiwan – a potential factor that could thrust the United States into a military conflict, according to a senior defense official.
