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Stranded tourists safe, repairs begin after Taiwan quake

About 400 tourists who were stranded on a mountainside when a strong earthquake hit Taiwan have descended safely, as the island repairs damage caused by the quake

The Independent UK

US leader Biden warns China and Russia, hedges on re-election plans

American President Joe Biden on Sunday issued forceful warnings to China and Russia, and expressed optimism over the US economic rebound. The US leader surprised many by hedging on whether he will seek re-election.

Radio France Internationale

China lodges complaint after Biden says U.S. would defend Taiwan in a Chinese invasion

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday that China has lodged "stern representations" with the United States, after U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.

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Taiwan’s amateur fact-checkers wage war on fake news from China

Taiwanese civil society organisations are working to combat misinformation instead of leaving the job to the government.

Al Jazeera

Joe Biden says US would defend Taiwan in event of Chinese invasion

The US president said ‘yes’ when asked during an interview broadcast on CBS News’s 60 Minutes whether ‘US forces, US men and women, would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion’

Evening Standard

Biden, again, says U.S. would help Taiwan if China attacks

In an interview with the CBS news show 60 Minutes that aired on Sunday, President Biden says White House policy remains unchanged.

WEKU

Biden: U.S. forces will defend Taiwan if there's "an unprecedented attack" by China's military

A White House official said after the CBS interview that U.S. government policy of "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan hasn't changed.

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Biden: US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion

President Joe Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan if China tries to invade the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing

The Independent UK

Biden says US would defend Taiwan in ‘unprecedented attack’

U.S. military forces would defend Taiwan if there was “an unprecedented attack,” President Joe Biden said, underscoring America’s commitment to the island as Chinese incursions mount near its shores.

Tribune News Service

Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan if China invades

US President Joe Biden said US forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement so far on the issue. Beijing responded to Biden's statement on Monday by lodging "stern representations" with the US, adding that his comments "severely violate" Washington's policy towards the…

France 24

Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion

US president’s remarks latest sign of a shift away from a policy of strategic ambiguity towards the self-ruled island.

Al Jazeera

Biden says US would defend Taiwan but denies ‘One China’ policy has changed

Biden says US forces would come to Taipei’s defence in the event of an ‘unprecedented attack’ from China

The Independent UK

Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on the issue, drawing an angry response from China that said it sent the wrong signal to those seeking an independent Taiwan.

Reuters

Taiwanese fly and flop for fun in Red Bull glider contest

Pilots with homemade gliders in Taiwan launched themselves into a harbor from a 20-foot-high ramp to see who could go the farthest before falling into the waters

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Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people and derails a train

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

The Independent UK

Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people, derails train

A strong earthquake has shaken much of Taiwan, toppling at least one building and trapping two people inside and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks at a station

Daily Mirror

Taiwan earthquake: Train derails and buildings collapse after 6.9 magnitude tremor

Taiwan has been hit by a violent 6.9 magnitude earthquake and it is the second powerful tremor in as many days. A tsunami warning was issued by the US and Japan following the quake that saw a building collapse

Bangkok Post

Powerful earthquake hits southeast Taiwan, tsunami warning withdrawn

TAIPEI: A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, bringing down at least one building in a small town.

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Reuters

Strong earthquake hits southeastern Taiwan, 146 injured

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads.

The Guardian - UK

Beijing-backed Chinese language schools in UK to be replaced with teachers from Taiwan

MPs in talks with Taiwan to help phase out Confucius Institutes as relations between the countries worsen

Reuters

Taiwan 'specially invited' to sign queen's condolence book

Taiwan's de facto ambassador in London received a "special invite" to sign the book of condolence for Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the island's foreign ministry said, adding he was given the same treatment as other dignitaries.

Salon

Taiwanese flavors meet cannabis edibles

From coffee jelly to snowflake crisp nougat, Monica Lo explores her heritage through culinary cannabis

ABC News

Guam, America's forgotten speck of an island in the Pacific, is the new front line against China

As China flexes its air strength at Taiwan and builds navy capacity at unprecedented speed, the United States is bolstering defences on its most important military outpost in the western Pacific: the tropical island of Guam.

Los Angeles Times

In Hong Kong, tributes to Elizabeth seen as veiled jab at China

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong this week, bouquets and handwritten tributes piled up as a long line of people waited in sweltering heat to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

The Hindu

China biggest threat to global peace order; need to create a counter-narrative, says IPAC

Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China members planning on visiting Taiwan soon

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