But that detail is conspicuously absent from State Department's account of a phone call reportedly made at the top American envoy's request US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday,

Trump term mean for Taiwan, especially with a Republican-controlled Congress? After Trump was elected in 2016, he initially tried to use Taiwan to gain leverage over Beijing. After taking a congratulatory call from then-Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump's top diplomat denouncing Beijing's "coercive" moves. "The secretary also stressed the United States' commitment to our allies in the region and serious concern over China's coercive actions against Taiwan and in the South China Sea,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi by phone on Friday, China’s foreign ministry said, the first call between the two top diplomats since President Donald Tru

Changes in policy promised by the newly inaugurated Trump administration foreshadow a future in which uncertainty will be "the new normal" for financial markets amid rising geopolitical risks, Taiwan's top financial regulator said on Wednesday.

Another U.S.-aligned democracy in Asia is mired in political gridlock, with Taiwan’s opposition challenging defense spending aimed at fending off China.

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

United States’ nominee for ambassador to the United Nations Elise Stefanik, who is currently a member of the House of Representatives, has pledged to work toward Taiwan’s maximum meaningful participation in international organizations.

Waging World War III for Taiwan—or any small nation, for that matter—would not be in keeping with the predilections and preferences of the incoming US president.

Will Trump scrap the incentives offered to foreign firms like TSMC under the CHIPS Act – while upping the pressure for Taiwan to invest in the United States?

Taiwan’s economy expanded four times faster than the year before in 2024, government data showed Friday, thanks to global demand for the island’s high-tech exports.

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