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Cross-strait war likelihood ‘moderate,’ survey shows. CONFLICT RISK: China’s hostile actions toward Taiwan could ‘precipitate a severe cross-strait crisis involving the United States,’ the report said There is a “moderate” likelihood of a cross-strait war this year that could have a “high” impact on US interests, a survey by the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations ...
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Trump to keep Taiwan-focused policy: Pompeo. UNITY MESSAGE: Rather than focusing on what Trump said on the campaign trail about Taiwan, Taipei should be willing to engage with the US, Pompeo said Taiwan plays a key role in Washington’s model of deterrence against China, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in a speech in Taipei yesterday.During US president-elect Donald Trump’s ...
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CONFLICT RISK: China’s hostile actions toward Taiwan could ‘precipitate a severe cross-strait crisis involving the United States,’ the report said There is a “moderate” likelihood of a cross-strait war this year that could have a “high” impact on US interests, a survey by the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations said on Tuesday.“Intensified military and economic pressure ...
Taiwan News - Taipei Times
VIRUS DEFENSE: As the nation’s MMR vaccination coverage rate among children is 97%, it would be difficult for a large-scale measles outbreak to occur, the health minister said Measles vaccination coverage is relatively high in Taiwan, and there is no sign of a local large-scale measles outbreak, Taiwan Immunization Vision and Strategy chairman Lee Ping-ing (李秉穎) said yesterday.Lee, who ...
Amendments greatest risk to Constitution: premier - Taipei Times
1 day ago · Recent amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法) have the potential to do the most damage to the Constitution of any legislative effort, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) told a post-Cabinet meeting news conference yesterday. The legislature is scheduled to vote today on ...
Lai says Taiwan to uphold peace through strength - Taipei Times
1 day ago · Taiwan would uphold “peace through strength” when facing the expansion of authoritarianism, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday during a meeting with a delegation from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. Former US president Ronald Reagan, who made the “six ...
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Interior ministry to request that CUPP be dissolved. ALLEGATIONS: The CUPP is using a political party name as a cover for organized crime and its members endanger national security, stability and fair elections, the ministry said The Ministry of the Interior on Thursday said it would ask the Constitutional Court to dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP).The ministry in a ...
Taiwan’s new constitutional moment - Taipei Times
Dec 24, 2024 · On New Year’s Day, it is customary to reflect on what the coming year might bring and how the past has brought about the current juncture. Just as Taiwan is preparing itself for what US president-elect Donald Trump’s second term would mean for its economy, national security and the cross-strait “status quo” this year, the passing of former US president Jimmy Carter on Monday at the age ...
US to continue friendly approach to Taiwan: official - Taipei Times
Nov 7, 2024 · TECH EFFECT: While Chiayi County was the oldest region in the nation, Hsinchu county and city, home of the nation’s chip industry, were the youngest, the report showed Seven of the nation’s administrative regions, encompassing 57.2 percent of Taiwan’s townships and villages, became “super-aged societies” in June, the Ministry of the Interior said in its latest report.
Blinken warns China not to provoke - Taipei Times
Oct 12, 2024 · “Fifty percent of commercial container traffic goes through the Taiwan Strait every day; more than 70 percent of the high-end semiconductors that the world needs are produced on Taiwan, so there’s a strong interest around the world on maintaining peace and stability, preserving the status quo, avoiding any kind of conflict that could disrupt things that are so essential to the global ...