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US-Taiwan relations

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, center, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao, right, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
January 13, 2024, 5:37 pm
Candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan’s presidential election
Beijing, which insists the small island nation belongs to it, had called the poll a choice between war and peace
By Agencies
A PLA Navy landing ship sails towards the zone where China said it would conduct live fire exercises northeast of Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 10, 2023. (Greg Baker/AFP)
April 10, 2023, 2:44 pm
Chinese war games simulate ‘sealing off’ Taiwan; US deploys battleship in response
Exercises include rehearsing targeted strikes and encirclement of the disputed island, following Taiwan president’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
By Matthew WALSH and Jack Moore
US President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 14, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)
September 19, 2022, 7:55 am
Biden says he’s undecided on 2024 reelection bid, cautions Russia and China
In interview, US president optimistic about reducing inflation and Democrats’ prospects in midterms, blasts Trump over top-secret documents found at Mar-a-Lago estate
By Agencies
The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) transits the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2016. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder/US Navy via AP)
August 28, 2022, 9:17 pm
Two US warships sail through Taiwan Strait amid tensions with China
US Navy notes maneuver is ‘routine,’ as Chinese military says it is cautioning vessels throughout their journey, remains ready to ‘foil any provocations’
By AFP
Illustrative: An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, October 2, 2019. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/US Air Force via AP)
August 17, 2022, 12:14 am
US tests ICBM over Pacific after delays linked to Russia, China tensions
Minuteman III missile is capable of carrying nuclear warhead; US Air Force says launch is routine and ‘not the result of current world events’
By AFP
From the left, US Democratic House member Alan Lowenthal from California, Democratic House member John Garamendi, Donald Yu-Tien Hsu, Director-General of the Department of North American Affairs at Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry, Democratic House member Don Beyer from Virginia and Republican Congressman Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a delegate from American Samoa pose for a photo after arriving on a US government plane at Songshan airport in Taipei, Taiwan, August 14, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
August 15, 2022, 8:28 am
US lawmakers to meet Taiwan’s president despite China’s rage over Pelosi visit
Taipei praises trip as sign of warm ties with Washington, while Beijing tells congressmen to ‘stop playing with fire’
By Catherine Lai
A Chinese J-11 military fighter jet flies above the Taiwan Strait near Pingtan, the closest land of mainland China to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan in southeastern China's Fujian Province, August 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
August 6, 2022, 10:41 am
Taipei says China’s military drills appear to simulate attack on Taiwan
Warning comes as multiple Chinese warships and aircraft cross median line of the Taiwan Strait; Taiwanese army detects 4 drones in vicinity of offshore county
By AP
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, air force and naval aviation corps of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) fly planes as part of military drills at an unspecified location in China, August 4, 2022. (Fu Gan/Xinhua via AP)
August 5, 2022, 3:18 pm
China severs climate, military and anti-drug ties with US over Pelosi’s Taiwan trip
Move comes amid a string of retaliatory measures, including a large live-fire military exercise off coast of Taiwan; Beijing also sanctions US House Speaker
By AP
Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
August 4, 2022, 9:06 am
China launches major live-fire military drill around Taiwan following Pelosi visit
Beijing says it carried out ‘precision strikes’ after US lawmaker’s trip to island, and ‘expected outcome was achieved’; China says missiles flying over Taiwan for 1st time
By Agencies
In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits a human rights museum in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
August 3, 2022, 5:02 pm
Pelosi meets Taiwan leaders, promises support as China readies military drills
House speaker departs for next leg of Asia trip after tense visit to Taipei, including talks with anti-Beijing dissidents, as Taiwanese president says country ‘will not back down’
By HUIZHONG WU
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, walks with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, as she arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2, 2022. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
August 2, 2022, 7:00 pm
Pelosi visits Taiwan in show of support; China vows ‘targeted’ military response
House Speaker is highest ranking US official in 25 years to go to island nation claimed by Beijing, defies Chinese warnings to stay away, stoking regional tensions
By Agencies
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, waves to media as she tours the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2, 2022. (Malaysia’s Department of Information via AP)
August 2, 2022, 10:59 am
As Pelosi arrives in Malaysia, Asian tour still overshadowed by expected Taiwan stop
Despite not confirming visit, US speaker of the House expected to land Tuesday evening in Taipei on highest-level visit in 25 years as China warns of severe repercussions
By EILEEN NG
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on July 29, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
August 2, 2022, 2:04 am
White House: Pelosi has right to visit Taiwan, China need not turn it into a crisis
National Security Council spokesman warns Beijing may be ‘positioning’ for show of military strength; speaker slated to become most senior US official to visit Taipei in decades
By Martin Abbugao, amber wang and Sebastian Smith
A man uses a magnifying glass to read a newspaper headline reporting on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Asia visit, at a stand in Beijing, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
August 1, 2022, 6:00 pm
Pelosi kicks off Asia trip in Singapore, in shadow of potential visit to Taiwan
US House speaker has not confirmed her stop in disputed island claimed by China; Beijing has warned Biden not to ‘play with fire’ over issue
By Martin Abbugao and amber wang
This combination of file pictures created on June 08, 2021, shows US President Joe Biden (left) in Washington, DC, June 2, 2021; and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Macau's international airport on December 18, 2019. (Mandel Ngan and Anthony Wallace/AFP)
July 28, 2022, 10:27 pm
In phone call, Xi warns Biden not to ‘play with fire’ on Taiwan
China’s leader affirms country’s sovereignty over island, while US president reiterates opposition to any unilateral move aimed at unraveling status quo and peace in the region
By Agencies
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