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China Turns Up the Heat on Taiwan With Live-Fire Drills

The drills were the latest show of force by China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and has protested Western support for the island.

World - The New York Times - October 22

China holds live-fire drills that Taiwan says may be part of ‘deterrence’

Taiwan’s defense ministry said live-fire Chinese drills in a province facing the island were routine but also possibly part of China’s “deterrence effect.”

Taiwan again rejects South African demand to move its representative office

Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg

World - ABC News - October 22

To deter a war over Taiwan, threaten Chinese interests far from it

The U.S. must ensure that the People's Republic of China views the cost of a conflict over Taiwan as unacceptably high by threatening Chinese interests beyond the Taiwan Strait, in order to deter ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

China vows to take ‘countermeasures’ over US and Taiwan $2bn arms deal

Package includes Nasams air defence system that Taiwan says will help it in the face of China’s frequent military manoeuvres . China will take “countermeasures” to defend its sovereignty and ...

World - The Guardian - October 27

US and Taiwan set for talks to end double taxation for companies

Deal would increase investment in American semiconductor manufacturing and away from China

World - Financial Times - October 30

Taiwan's Race for Secure Internet Detours Around Musk's Starlink

SpaceX’s network hasn’t cracked the market on an island where self-sufficiency is a matter of survival.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 30

Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan's east coast, leaving 1 dead

A powerful typhoon has made landfall in Taiwan, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas

World - ABC News - October 31

Typhoon Kong-rey: biggest storm in decades wreaks destruction in Taiwan

People warned to stay inside because of high risk of storm surges, flooding and landslides as typhoon crosses island. The biggest typhoon to hit Taiwan in decades has crossed over the island, ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall

A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years.

Karaoke and Kong-rey: Taiwan sings through biggest typhoon in decades

A ‘typhoon day’ has come to mean one thing for many – a chance to indulge their favourite pastime. The winds of typhoon Kong-rey howled through the streets of the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, on ...

World - The Guardian - November 2