China and Taiwan: A really simple guide - BBC
WEBTaiwan has strong links to China, its biggest trading partner. And many Taiwanese have business and family connections across the strait.
China-Taiwan conflict: What you need to know - CNN
WEBMay 24, 2022 · In recent years, Taiwan has downplayed its territorial claims over mainland China, and is today a vibrant democracy, with its own military, currency, constitution and elected government. But it...
Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense
WEBFeb 8, 2024 · Taiwan has been governed independently of China since 1949, but Beijing views the island as part of its territory. Beijing has vowed to eventually “unify” Taiwan with the mainland, using...
How China could take Taiwan without even needing to invade
WEBJun 21, 2024 · China ’s military could isolate Taiwan, cripple its economy, and make the democratic island succumb to the will of Beijing’s ruling Communist Party without ever firing a shot, a prominent...
Xi warned Biden during summit that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with China
WEBDec 20, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Chinese President Xi Jinping bluntly told President Joe Biden during their recent summit in San Francisco that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China but that the timing...
China has launched new drills encircling Taiwan. Why now?
WEBMay 23, 2024 · CNN — Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching two days of military drills encircling Taiwan just days after the democracy swore in a new leader long...
Maps: Tracking Tensions Between China and Taiwan
WEBAug. 7, 2022. Shows of force near Taiwan and Japanese islands. Over the past five days, China has been sending military aircraft and unmanned drones into areas close to Taiwan and Japan’s...
China’s Military Drills and Other Tensions With Taiwan, Explained
WEBAug 8, 2022 · China’s military announced live-fire drills that started Thursday, some of them in parts of the sea that appear to infringe on areas that Taiwan says are in its territorial waters.
How China Could Choke Taiwan - The New York Times
WEBAug 25, 2022 · China is honing its ability to blockade Taiwan, giving Beijing the option of cutting off the self-ruled island in its campaign to take control of it.
Facing Beijing's threats, Taiwan president says peace 'only option' …
WEBOct 10, 2023 · TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Peace between Taiwan and China is the “only option,” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, while strongly asserting the self-governing island’s defenses against Beijing’s threats to invade.
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