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Headlines about Taiwan of 19th May 2024 including Taiwan’s Lai to bolster ‘porcupine’ defense against China threat!

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Headlines about Taiwan!

Tsai Ing-wen: the leader who put Taiwan on the map and stood up to China

Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an archeologist, because “people that are dead already wouldn’t jump up and…

Foreign policy heavyweights on Taiwan’s uncertain future

HKFP speaks to Taiwan’s foreign minister, pro-Beijing figures and academics about the future of the island as it inaugurates a new leader.

Taiwan detects Chinese incursion with aircraft, vessels around nation

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND), on Friday, detected eight Chinese aircraft and eight People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels,…

Incoming Taiwan president Lai to pledge steady approach to relationship with China

Taiwan’s next president, Lai Ching-te, will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island’s relationship with China in his…

Taiwan’s Lai to bolster ‘porcupine’ defense against China threat

Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine about how rapidly developing drones can outfox traditional weaponry hint at new Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te’s defense…

Lai Ching-te, the political brawler who went from a Taiwan mining village to the presidency

Friends and analysts say Lai’s tough upbringing in a working-class family has prepared him well for his next opponent: China.

China vows to punish critical Taiwanese commentators, families for ‘slander’

The accused Taiwanese critics responded to the threats in comments to VOA with a mix of ridicule and political analysis.

Taiwan’s FM: ‘If Russia can do that to Ukraine, China might do the same to Taiwan’

TAIPEI – The start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine was a wake-up call for Taiwan, with the island nation believed to be the next conflict zone in…

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