The Latest Breaking News from Taiwan

The US State Department has approved a possible $100 million (3.3 billion baht) weapons sale to Taiwan so that the self-ruled island can improve its Patriot missile defence system amid pressure by China, the US government said Monday.

The US$100 million arms deal is meant to help Taiwan “sustain, maintain, and improve” its air-defense missiles in the face of pressure from China, a U.S. defense agency said.

Taiwan has been hit by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, confirms new seismic data.

GlobalWafers Co., which supplies silicon wafers to semiconductor manufacturers, says it will invest $3.6 billion in facilities in Asia, the United States and Europe after its attempt to acquire Germany’s Siltronic AG failed

China and Argentina issued a statement supporting each other’s territorial claims over Taiwan and the Falklands respectively.

Tub-thumping talk of all-out war in Ukraine seems overblown but the White House knows the fledgling Sino-Russian axis is a real threat, in Taiwan and elsewhere

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the leaders of several more countries on Saturday as Beijing used the start of the Winter Olympics to score diplomatic points amid simmering tensions with the United States. Following a groundbreaking agreement with Russia on Friday over Taiwan and against NATO expansion, Xi held meetings…

Taipei says Russia’s declaration that the island is part of China increases people’s ‘disgust’ of Beijing’s ‘arrogance’.

Taiwan on Saturday condemned as "contemptible" the timing of China and Russia's "no limits" partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, saying the Chinese government was bringing shame to the spirit of the Games.