Comments made by US President Donald Trump during an interview on Fox News, shortly after his summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, unusually echo China’s language on Taiwan. Likewise, Trump again suggests that arms sales to Taiwan are up for negotiation...
KMT chair Cheng Li-wun has called for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Such calls occurred shortly after Cheng’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month. A meeting between Trump and Xi is scheduled for this month. Cheng is herself scheduled to set off on a ten-day visit to the US in June...
A Truth Social post by US President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation after Trump threatened that “a whole civilization” would die if Iran did not comply with US demands to surrender. In the same post, Trump incongruously stated “God Bless the Great People of Iran”, as well as touted “Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized people prevail”....
US president Donald Trump alarmed after comments suggesting that he would decide whether to suspend arms sales to Taiwan after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in April...
In a recent interview, President Lai Ching-te raised eyebrows with a claim that US president Donald Trump would “surely win the Nobel Peace Prize” if he were able to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to renounce the use of force against Taiwan. The claim was made during an interview with US radio host Buck Sexton of "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show"...
Unsurprisingly, the tariffs that US President Donald Trump has threatened the world with have led to strong reactions in Taiwan. In particular, Trump originally suggested that Taiwan would face 32% tariffs, having previously lashed out at Taiwan for “stealing” the US semiconductor industry and suggesting that Taiwan should pay the US for its defense...
Shares for the Taiwan Stock Exchange, or Taiex, plunged yesterday by 9.7% at opening. What ensued was the largest one-day drop on record for Taiex, triggering a circuit breaker that briefly halted trading. Tuesday proved similar, with steep drops at open...
