By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporterThe Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday called for rationality and pragmatic communications after heated words betwe
STIRRING UP TROUBLE: China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau’s accusation that it ordered Zhou to spy was ‘pur
By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporterPresident Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday encouraged China-based Taiwanese businesspeople to return to and invest in their h
By Lin Liang-sheng and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, staff writer, with CNAStraits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Tien Hung-mao (田弘茂) yesterday
Staff Writer, with CNA /President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday urged both sides of the Taiwan Strait to maintain peaceful relations, vowing that the R
‘CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY’: Media reports said the African nation had asked for NT$6.4 billion, but Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lee declined to revea
Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuo Kishi, a member of the Diet’s House of Councilors and brother of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,
SUPPRESSION: After eight years, a ministry Web page has been updated to include the 12 latest incidents in which Beijing tried to stop Taiwan’s global
MUCH TALK DPP lawmakers agreed not to railroad the bill during its third reading and to conduct more discussion, but the act is still expected to pass
NO STATE: Minister Katharine Chang said that a planned meeting between the KMT chairwoman and the Chinese president would be a non-governmental exchan
MEETING OF THE MINDS: Friday’s day-long get-together is aimed at giving the premier an overview of potential problems facing the government’s new poli
DOUBLING DOWN: The president promised to maintain cross-strait peace and goodwill, but said that there would be no bowing down to Beijing’s pressure
‘NOT ANTAGONISTIC’: The PFP congratulated the president for drawing a clear bottom line for talks with Beijing — the existence of the Republic of Chin
TAIWAN FOCUS: The president’s Double Ten National Day speech is set to focus on domestic policies, such as promoting reform and transitional justice,
BIGGER AND SMARTER: Taiwan needs to foster interoperability with US and Japanese forces and utilize new technologies to challenge Chinese dominance, a
MISUNDERSTANDINGS? The president urged Beijing to return to its stance shortly after her inauguration, when cross-strait issues were handled in a calm
MISSION: The PFP chairman shrugged off concerns about his and Tsai’s conflicting opinions on the so-called ‘1992 consensus,’ saying he ‘would know how
SOFT POWER: The president said her commitment to peace remains unchanged and any interactions with China would be based in a dialogue, not confrontati
‘CHARITY’ FROM CHINA: The premier told lawmakers that Taiwan cannot rely on China’s ‘charity’ for diplomatic space, but must create its own internatio
NO INVITATION: Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-san said that Taiwan’s bid for observer status would need to be pushed by supporters, including the United