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Michael Cunningham is a senior fellow with the China Program at the Stimson Center. [1]

Taiwan tensionsChina condemns Lai after interview on Taiwan's neighbors being 'next' Taipei-Tokyo ties draw intense focus from Beijing amid its feud with Takaichi Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech after inspecting reservists in Yilan,... [2]

Xi, a Biden: para el deshielo de las relaciones, dejen de interferir en nuestros asuntos Primer encuentro (virtual) entre los dos líderes desde que el presidente estadounidense asumió el cargo. [3]

Diálogo Xi-Trump: aunemos fuerzas contra el coronavirus Los dos líderes hablaron por teléfono. Washington y Beijing ya comparten experiencias e información en la lucha contra el Covid-19. [4]

Hi everyone! This is Annie Cheng Ting-Fang, your #techAsia host for this week. I have been camped out at the Nangang Exhibition Center for the past few days as Taipei welcomes a flood of semiconductor executives and trade diplomats from around the gl... [5]

BERLIN -- A $40 billion special budget Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te proposed one week ago aims to strengthen the island democracy's defenses against China and its ever more powerful military. [6]

TAINAN, Taiwan -- Hours after President Lai Ching-te was inaugurated as Taiwan's head of state on May 20, he hosted a banquet for more than 500 dignitaries at the Formosa Yacht Resort in Tainan, the island state's ancient former capital. [7]

Taiwan’s envoy to a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders is the 91-year-old billionaire founder of a computer chip manufacturing giant that operated behind the scenes for decades before being thrust into the center of China-U.S. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-10 · 42% match

The myth of Taiwan's 'pro-China' defense budget blockade

Michael Cunningham is a senior fellow with the China Program at the Stimson Center.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-12 · 43% match

China condemns Lai after interview on Taiwan's neighbors being 'next'

Taiwan tensionsChina condemns Lai after interview on Taiwan's neighbors being 'next' Taipei-Tokyo ties draw intense focus from Beijing amid its feud with Takaichi Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech after inspecting reservists in Yilan,

[3] MM asianews.it · 75% match

Xi, a Biden: para el deshielo de las relaciones, dejen de interferir en nuestros asuntos

Xi, a Biden: para el deshielo de las relaciones, dejen de interferir en nuestros asuntos Primer encuentro (virtual) entre los dos líderes desde que el presidente estadounidense asumió el cargo.

[4] MM asianews.it · 75% match

Diálogo Xi-Trump: aunemos fuerzas contra el coronavirus

Diálogo Xi-Trump: aunemos fuerzas contra el coronavirus Los dos líderes hablaron por teléfono. Washington y Beijing ya comparten experiencias e información en la lucha contra el Covid-19.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-11 · 41% match

Taiwan's cable concerns and Apple's AI issues

Hi everyone! This is Annie Cheng Ting-Fang, your #techAsia host for this week. I have been camped out at the Nangang Exhibition Center for the past few days as Taipei welcomes a flood of semiconductor executives and trade diplomats from around the gl

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-03 · 40% match

Taiwan defense budget seeks 'porcupine' China deterrent: 5 things to know

BERLIN -- A $40 billion special budget Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te proposed one week ago aims to strengthen the island democracy's defenses against China and its ever more powerful military.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-12-15 · 47% match

Footloose in Tainan, cultural capital of Taiwan

TAINAN, Taiwan -- Hours after President Lai Ching-te was inaugurated as Taiwan's head of state on May 20, he hosted a banquet for more than 500 dignitaries at the Formosa Yacht Resort in Tainan, the island state's ancient former capital.

[8] TH thediplomat.com · 2022-11-18 · 44% match

Taiwan’s APEC Envoy at the Center of China-US Tech Tensions

Taiwan’s envoy to a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders is the 91-year-old billionaire founder of a computer chip manufacturing giant that operated behind the scenes for decades before being thrust into the center of China-U.S.

[9] TH thediplomat.com · 2021-07-03 · 44% match

Dire Straits: Taiwan’s Fragile Status Quo

The status quo in the Taiwan Strait looks increasingly shaky. Its demise would almost certainly usher in a major conflict and undermine regional stability in East Asia – and even the international order as we know it.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-01-29 · 43% match

New Honduran president drops push to ditch Taiwan for China

MEXICO CITY -- New Honduran President Xiomara Castro took office this week in a ceremony attended by Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, signaling that the Central American country will maintain its decades-old diplomatic relations with Taipei.

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