Hualien, Taiwan: From the second floor balcony of his modest home, Lee Jin-He can see over a barbed wire fence into an airfield where F-16 fighter jets scream down the runway on a near daily basis.

Like Moscow’s claim Ukraine is rightfully Russian territory, China claims the self-governing island of Taiwan as its own. Chinese President Xi Jinping has not ruled out taking it by force.

BEIJING, China — China's Foreign Ministry took issue Monday with a revised U.S. government fact sheet that removed a line on American opposition to independence for Taiwan. The United States has ...

Recently, the US Department of State's official website updated the fact sheet on its relations with Taiwan island by removing the previous statement that the US "does not support 'Taiwan ...

The US state department has removed a highly symbolic phrase from its routine update on Taiwan. Its previous briefings said: “We do not support Taiwan independence.” This disappeared on ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI, Feb 17 - China on Monday urged the United States to "correct its mistakes" after the U.S. State Department removed previous wording on its website about not supporting Taiwan ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

US considers Taiwan a key ally but does not officially recognise it as a separate state from China, which views Taiwan as part of its territory and has pledged to reunify it, even by force if needed.

BEIJING/TAIPEI – China on Monday urged the United States to “correct its mistakes” after the U.S. State Department removed previous wording on its website about not supporting Taiwan ...

Taiwan is exploring buying arms worth billions of dollars from the US, sources briefed on the matter said, hoping to win support from the new administration of US President Donald Trump as China ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Donald Trump has spent his first few weeks in the White House talking about land deals like the real estate developer he once was. He has threatened to annex Greenland ...

On February 16, 2025, the U.S. State Department quietly updated its fact sheet on Taiwan-U.S. relations, removing the long-standing phrase: “we do not support Taiwan independence.” At first ...