Tag Archives: Taiwan

BEIJING | Xinhua | Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday morning met with Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in Beijing. Invited by the CPC Central Committee and Xi, Cheng is the first KMT chairperson to have led …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  The Chinese mainland on Sunday rolled out a package of 10 policies and measures — spanning inter-party communication, infrastructure, travel, trade and culture — aimed at boosting exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan. The announcement by the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) …

  Xi says ready to work with Trump to steer giant ship of China-U.S. ties steadily forward BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that he hopes to work with U.S. President Donald Trump in the new year to steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations …

TOKYO | Xinhua | Japan’s main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) leader Yoshihiko Noda on Sunday criticized Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent erroneous remarks on China’s Taiwan, local media reported. At a party meeting in Nagasaki Prefecture, Noda, a former prime minister, said Takaichi “went too far” and …

TAIPEI/BEIJING | Xinhua | The 7.3-magnitude quake in China’s Taiwan on Wednesday morning had left nine people dead and 1,011 people injured as of 10 p.m., according to the local emergency operation center. Meanwhile, more than 100 people were trapped following the earthquake that hit the sea area near Hualien …

BEIJING | Xinhua | A Chinese defense spokesperson has urged the U.S. side to exercise caution on the Taiwan question and the South China Sea issue. Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in response to a media query regarding a U.S. warship illegally intruding …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan is part of a deliberate U.S. strategy to destabilize the situation in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. He noted that the visit wasn’t just carried out by one “irresponsible politician,” but was …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to China’s Taiwan region has a negative impact on China-U.S. relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, a Ugandan official has said recently, reiterating the country’s firm adherence to the one-China principle. “As …

Nanjing, China | Xinhua | The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) this week conducted joint combat exercises and training around the Taiwan Island on an unprecedented scale. In the long-range live-fire drills held at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, new models of rockets were fired …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday affirmed the world body’s one-China policy as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit has created tensions. He clarified the position at a press conference for the launch of a report of his Global Crisis Response Group over the Ukraine …