Tag: Taiwan

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:47 UTC

  US Navy building up on its Pacific armada around Taiwan

  

  The United States Government of President Joseph Biden is taking additional military precautions in case China decides to retaliate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went ahead with her plans to visit Taiwan.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 16:47 UTC

  US House Speaker Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite China's threats

  

  A United States Air Force aircraft carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her entourage landed Tuesday evening in Taipei, despite China's threat that it would be regarded as an invasion of an island Beijing still regards as a province gone rogue after the 1949 civil war.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 06:52 UTC

  Pelosi not to cancel Asian tour but mum about Taiwan

  

  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidential succession, has announced she would carry on with her plans to lead a delegation of lawmakers from her country on an Asian tour, but there was no mention of Taiwan.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Calm before the storm feeling over Rep. Pelosi's planned Taiwan trip

  

  As US Lower House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to be planning a trip to Taiwan, China's Armed Forces have been reported to be preparing for war and might even try to shoot down the Democratic Congresswoman's aircraft.

• Saturday, July 16th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Taiwanese business team rounds up exploration mission to Paraguay

  

  A Taiwanese delegation visiting Paraguay on a business mission Friday came up with a final report, the Asian country's Embassy in Asunción announced.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  China on war alert over US Senator trip to Taiwan

  

  China is said to be upping its military preparations while US Senator Rick Scott is visiting Taiwan, which Beijing considers to be a rogue province. “These actions by the United States seriously violated the One China principle,” Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Wu Qian said Friday.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  US State Dept. orders evacuation of Shanghai consulate

  

  The US State Department has ordered all non-essential staff at the consulate in the Chinese city of Shanghai to leave town altogether “due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and the impact of restrictions related to the People's Republic of China's response.”

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Paraguay, Taiwan sign new agreements to bolster mutual cooperation

  

  Paraguay and Taiwan Wednesday signed in Taipei two memorandums on the prevention of African swine fever and the promotion of investment and exports, in addition to a letter of intent on industrial policy cooperation, it was announced.
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• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay greenlights use of Taiwanese COVID-19 vaccine

  

  Paraguayan health authorities Monday issued an emergency clearance for the use of the Taiwanese-developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine, it was announced.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Beijing and Taiwan jockeying for influence in Honduras

  

  Next January 27, the president-elect of Honduras in Central America, a country known to live off the drugs trade and international aid will be taking office. Xiomara Castro, the first woman president of the country, and an icon of the left-wing progressive parties of Latin America promised during her campaign that her administration would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establish full relations with Beijing, as recently happened in neighboring Nicaragua.