TAIPEI, July 27 — Taiwan opposition lawmakers survived a major recall election on Saturday, thwarting a bid to oust one-fifth of the island's parliamentarians — a move supporters had hoped would send a message to China but that opponents called an assault on democracy.

TAIPEI, July 26 — Voters in Taiwan cast ballots today on whether to recall one-fifth of the island's Parliament, all from the major opposition party, in a move supporters hope will send a message to China, while opponents say is an assault on democracy.

PRAGUE/TAIPEI, June 29 — Taiwan's Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim said she will not be intimidated by China after Czech military intelligence said Chinese diplomats and secret service followed her and planned to intimidate Hsiao physically when she visited Prague last year.

TAIPEI, June 19 — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has ordered defence and security units to step up their monitoring and intelligence efforts in response to China's military activities, which he said have not abated even as tensions rise in the Middle East.

KAOHSIUNG, June 8 —Taiwan's Coast Guard held drills with the military today to better practice joint operations in the face of what the government in Taipei says is a growing "grey zone" threat from China, which claims the island as its own territory.

WASHINGTON, April 5 — The head of Taiwan's National Security Council arrived in the United States (US) for talks with President Donald Trump's administration, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, days after China concluded war games around Taiwan.

TAOYUAN, Jan 18 — The head of Taiwan's delegation to next week's inauguration of Donald Trump as United States (US) president said he was going there to extend the island's "highest blessings" to the US.

BEIJING/TAIPEI, Dec 13 — China's defence ministry today broke its silence about days of military activities around Taiwan, saying it was up to China to decide whether or not to hold drills and the military would "not be absent" in fighting against separatist forces.

TAIPEI, Dec 8 — Taiwan's defence ministry has said on Sunday that China had nearly doubled the number of its warships operating around the island in the previous 24 hours, ahead of what security sources expect will be a new round of war games.

TAIPEI, Dec 1 — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te began a two-day United States (US) stopover in Hawaii on Saturday as part of a Pacific tour after declaring his democratically governed island a key force for promoting global peace and stability.

TAIPEI, Nov 22 — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit Taipei’s three remaining diplomatic allies in the Pacific on a trip starting at the end of the month, his office said today, but the government declined to give details on United States transit stops.

TAIPEI, Oct 31 — A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan's east coast today, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years, closing financial markets, causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled, and reducing rail services.

TAIPEI, July 12 — Taiwan is closely watching the Chinese military, which it said posed a rising threat to the region after a flurry of warplanes passed near the island to join drills with China's Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

TAIPEI/BEIJING, May 23 — Taiwan's military mobilised its forces and said it is confident it could protect the island, after China started two days of 'punishment' drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts".

TAIPEI, May 21 — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te asked China on Monday to stop its military and political threats, saying in his inauguration speech that peace was the only choice and that Beijing had to respect the choice of the Taiwanese people.

TAIPEI, May 20 — Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's new president on Monday facing an angry and deeply suspicious China which believes he is a "separatist", and a fractious parliament with an opposition chomping at the bit to challenge him.

TAIPEI, May 18 — Taiwan's next president Lai Ching-te will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island's relationship with China in his inauguration speech on Monday (May 20), said an incoming senior security official.

BEIJING, March 5 — China will boost its defence spending by 7.2 per cent this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping's 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports today.