Taipei's top China affairs official warned that Taiwan's government "will not tolerate" Beijing's active engagement solely with opposition politicians while it refuses dialogue with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's democratically elected administration,

Tensions will come to a head Tuesday, when Taiwan’s parliament is due to vote on this year’s budget. The two parties that hold the majority are calling for substantial cuts, including to defense spending, that could complicate President Lai Ching-te’s plans to buy American arms both to fend off China and placate Trump.

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

When a Taiwanese telecoms company detected that an international undersea cable was damaged earlier this month, it worked to divert internet traffic from the broken line to keep customers on the island connected.

Taiwan has seen a “significant rise” in the number of individuals charged with suspicion of spying on behalf of China in recent years, according to new data released by the island’s security bureau, amid escalating intimidation by Beijing.

US officials believe corruption issues could throw China off track for its modernization goals and plans for Taiwan in the coming years.

Last month, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army staged a surprise war game – the third of 2024 and the largest ever – simulating an invasion of Taiwan.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Thursday it would apply provisional duties on imports of industrial plastics from the United States, European Union, Japan and Taiwan after a months-long anti-dumping investigation.

Taiwan has demonstrated its sea defenses against a potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multitiered strategy to deter an invasion from the mainland

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had added four U.S. companies to its so-called "Unreliable Entity List" for their involvement in arms sales to Taiwan, which China regards as part of its territory.